UAE banks to complete due diligence on accounts of Syrians
Abu Dhabi Banks and financial institutions operating in the UAE will do a full due dilgence by Sunday in compliance…
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Emiratis want crackdown on women's skimpy dress
With the number of foreigners dwarfing that of locals in her hometown of Abu Dhabi, Asma al-Muhairi has become increasingly…
RBS, others quit Dubai Group debt talks
Royal Bank of Scotland and two other banks have abandoned talks on restructuring Dubai Group's $10 billion debt and threatened…
Syrian funds come under UAE scanner
Banks and financial institutions in the UAE have started searching for any accounts, investments, money deposited and transferred by 139…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issues new finance laws
KSA; Al Tamimi & Company has learned that on 2nd July 2012 the Saudi Council of Ministers issued a package…
Saudi Approves Mortgage Law
Saudi Arabia has approved a draft law allowing mortgages to be sold in the Kingdom, the state news agency said…
Islamic finance to be probed
There is no doubt that Islamic finance is maturing into a global phenomenon with increasing appetite for Islamic instruments and…
Dla Piper welcomes new markets law
Tomorrow the DFSA's new Markets Law comes into effect and will have a far reaching impact on the financial…
UAE banks violating blank cheque regulations
Some UAE banks are flagrantly violating rules that prohibit them from taking blank cheques from customers who apply for personal…
Kuwait cbank issues new guidelines on banks governance
“Within the effort aimed at keeping up with the latest in international banking supervisory criteria meant to bolster governance criteria…
Oman plans Islamic finance rules before year-end
A regulatory framework for Islamic finance is taking shape in Oman as government bodies move towards meeting the country's stated…
Ex-bank convicted of $26m fraud in Bahrain
A Bahrain court has sentenced a former bank chief executive convicted of embezzling BD10 million to jail for four years…