Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Islamic Finance

Afreximbank, ITFC and BADEA launch Collaborative COVID-19 Pandemic Response Facility

November 5, 2020

The African Export-Import Bank partners with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, the Trade Finance Arm of the Islamic Development…

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Coronavirus

‘We have great admiration for our Saudi partners’ says UK envoy to Riyadh

November 5, 2020

British ambassador to Saudi Arabia Neil Crompton has praised the Kingdom for helping the world to move forward from the…

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Awards and Recognition

CBUAE and ADGM announce winners of FinTech Abu Dhabi 2020 Innovation Challenge

November 5, 2020

The Central Bank of the UAE and Abu Dhabi Global Market has announce the winners of the fourth annual FinTech…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

UAE's FTA to issue Tax Residency, Commercial Activities Certificates for investors via its e-Services portal

November 5, 2020

The Federal Tax Authority, FTA, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, MoF, has completed its preparations to issue both…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Government should be the one to submit its accounts to audit: Lebanon central bank

November 5, 2020

Lebanon's central bank said on Wednesday the government should be the one to submit its full accounts to a forensic…

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Comment & Analysis

Fitch affirms Commercial Bank’s rating at ‘A’ with stable outlook

November 5, 2020

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Commercial Bank’s long-term issuer default rating at ‘A’ with a stable outlook.   The rating stems…

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Fraud & Ethics

CBO warns against unlicensed money collection

November 5, 2020

The Central Bank of Oman has warned the public against dealing with the money transfer services that are not licensed…

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Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Qatar Chamber calls for reviving GCC free trade negotiations with EU

November 5, 2020

Qatar Chamber chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani has called for the reactivation of free trade negotiations between the GCC…

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Coronavirus

UAE construction sector gets some maneuver room with revised Bankruptcy Law

November 5, 2020

At the beginning of this year, the outlook for the construction market was already fairly bleak, with falling oil prices,…

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Comment & Analysis

QC calls for activating GCC free trade talks with EU

November 5, 2020

Chairman of Qatar Chamber, Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, participated in the consultive meeting between the GCC Ministers of…

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Executive Moves

EY grows MENA partnership through 38 new executive appointments to Partner and Associate Partner

November 5, 2020

EY  has announced the admission of 22 new partners to its leadership team across the Middle East and North Africa…

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Comment & Analysis

Bank of Israel Circular on banking transactions with the UAE

November 4, 2020

Following the execution of the Abraham Accords Peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel in…

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