Bank Muscat’s Premier banking sets benchmark for world-class experience
Setting a benchmark for personal and relationship banking, Premier banking from Bank Muscat has established an imprint of differentiated and…
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Qatar leads GCC's banking sector growth
Led by QNB, Qatar-based banks outperformed GCC peers across various metrics in the second quarter of 2016 (Q2, 2016). Banks…
Qatar Bank CEO Says Liquidity Better After $9 Billion Bond Sale
The availability of funds in the Qatari banking system, which earlier this year became a more serious issue than during…
63 per cent of GCC HNWIs likely to invest in Global Real Estate in 2016, says Cluttons
The third instalment of Cluttons’ 2016 Middle East Private Capital Survey, carried out in partnership with YouGov, shows that London,…
The Dubai entrepreneur banking on Bitcoin’s success
Ola Doudin, the Jordanian founder of the Dubai-based start-up BitOasis, bought her first Bitcoin three years ago. She was…
UBS Eyes Middle East Investments Beyond Oil and Gas
The Middle East is well placed to diversify its economy away from oil and gas, with growth potential in numerous…
SMEs still unwilling to expand and hire staff despite improved optimism
The tide is turning for small and medium-sized enterprises as banks lend them more money and business confidence heals, according…
Leading Arab banks to participate in SWIFT's annual global financial services event
SWIFT, a member-owned cooperative and global provider of secure financial messaging services, announces today that more than 200 delegates and…
SWFs pull $16.2 billion in H1
Sovereign wealth funds, including the state-owned investment funds in the GCC region, pulled 16.2 billion from third-party asset managers in…
Saudi central bank's foreign assets drop by $6 billion in July
Net foreign assets at Saudi Arabia's central bank fell to $555 billion in July, down $6 billion from the previous…
Dos and Don't s for start-ups eyeing UAE free zones
If ever there was a good time to take the plunge and start your own company in the UAE, now…
Banks should complete documentation for loans
I have been working for a private firm in the UAE since July 2014. In September 2015, I had applied…