09/24/2019
Emirates NBD boosts trade finance offering with launch of smartTRADE portal
New portal offers enhanced and quicker services for Transaction Banking clients
Retail Banking
09/23/2019
Doha Bank offers salary transfer customers chance to win new Lexus LX 570
A total of 528 other cash prizes are also up for grabs in the Al Dana Draws, which feature the country’s biggest prize pool.
09/23/2019
QDB launches ‘Entrepreneurship leave programme’
The programme targets Qatari nationals of government organisations subject to the Human Resources Law No (15) of 2016 who own existing projects and wish to devote their full time to developing these projects.
09/23/2019
Al Masraf celebrates the groundbreaking of its new building in KIZAD
The new building will host the first branch for a bank within KIZAD
09/20/2019
U.A.E.’s Commercial Bank Plans to Cut Up to 18% of Its Workforce
Lender expects 80-100 staff to take voluntary redundancy
09/20/2019
KFH-Turkey... Robust Financial Position, Very High Liquidity Ratios
Al-Nahedh: 20.27% CAR of KFH- Turkey... higher than regulators` requirements
09/19/2019
Abu Dhabi’s CPI slips 0.8% in 8 months
The CPI reached 111.1% for the January-August period of 2019
09/19/2019
ABK sponsors central bank’s International Banking Conference – Shaping the Future’
Finance and banking sector facing unprecedented disruption today: Al-Sumait
09/17/2019
al khaliji first among banks to move headquarters to Lusail
The vision for Lusail city was first conceptualised in 2005 and is today one of Qatar’s largest undertakings.
09/17/2019
Kuwait Finance House to buy Bahrain’s AUB in $8.8b deal
Kuwaiti lender offers 1 share for every 2.325581 shares of Ahli United Bank
09/17/2019
Dynamic currency conversion option on Emirates NBD ATMs
Visitors to the UAE will now have the option of choosing to carry out dynamic currency conversion of their cash withdrawals when using their Visa card at any Emirates NBD ATM across the country.
09/16/2019
Doha Bank CEO honoured with excellence award
He said steps must be taken to ensure that remuneration is established through an explicit governance process, and should be considered good practice to give a significant role to non-executive independent board members in the process.
09/16/2019
Qatar- Commercial Bank enters into partnership with WCPI
Partnership grants Commercial Bank exclusive right to market in Qatar WCPI's ‘Leasing and Finance Programme'
09/15/2019
Kuwait Finance offers to buy Ahli United in $8.8bn deal
The combined entity will potentially become the Gulf’s sixth-biggest lender with $100bn in assets
09/15/2019
Burgan Bank Revamps Its Al Thuraya Salary Account to Now Provide a New Range of Options and Features
Burgan Bank recently announced the revamp of its Al Thuraya Salary account which provides customers with new valuable and beneficial offerings and a monthly cash draw.
09/13/2019
Altico misses interest payment, underlining stress in realty market
The default by Altico Capital follows a rating downgrade and the resignation of its chairperson Naina Lal Kidwai earlier this month
09/13/2019
Kuwait Finance House plans $8.8bn deal for Bahraini bank
Kuwaiti lender has offered to buy Bahrain's Ahli United Bank in an all-share deal
09/12/2019
NBK receives 3 awards from Global Finance at GFM Awards in Dubai
Bank wins ‘Most Innovative Digital Bank’ award for real time payment tracker
09/12/2019
Kuwait's Warba Bank hires banks for dollar sukuk
BNP Paribas, Emirates NBD Capital, and Standard Chartered were hired as joint global coordinators
09/12/2019
NBK Sponsors the International Banking Conference: "Shaping the Future"
The prestigious event will welcome an audience of top- key policymakers, senior banking industry executives, banking experts and FinTech entrepreneurs from across the globe.