Iran's central bank issues draft rules on cryptocurrency
The Central Bank of Iran has released an early draft of its regulations on cryptocurrencies, reversing a previous ban, but…
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Hawkamah and IMF Focus on Emerging Central Bank Governance Trends
Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are convening a high-level Central Bank Governance Forum in…
Lulu Group eyes for international market inks deal with Swiss real estate
Zurich Airport in Rumlang, Switzerland. According to a statement issued on Monday by the T14H, with the addition of the…
Open Banking: Growing in customer trust in 2019 by Herbert Leonelli, Profile Software
The banking industry is looking to achieve strong customer authentication, consent and reliability as required by PSD2, Open Banking and…
Qatar National Bank hires arrangers for U.S. dollar bond: sources
Qatar National Bank (QNB), the largest lender by assets in the Middle East and Africa, is planning to issue U.S.…
New head of compliance for BDB
In line with its strategic plan to invest in local talent and empower women in the banking sector, Bahrain Development…
Middle East cryptocurrency exchange ‘Rain’ to be Shari’a compliant
Rain, a Bahrain based cryptocurrency exchange operating out of the Regulatory Sandbox, has today announced its successful Shari’a compliance certification…
Banks move toward digitisation, fintech
The Union of Arab Banks (UAB) expects Arab banks, including Egyptian banks, to adopt digitisation and financial technology (fintech) in…
DFSA Enforces Fine in the UK Against Sanctioned Individual
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of financial services conducted in or from the DIFC, has successfully…
Striking A Balance Promoting Data Privacy While Addressing Business Needs by Jacques Visser, DIFC
Picture this – you’re at your laptop, planning your next holiday destination and within minutes, ads from different airline companies…
EU puts Saudi Arabia on blacklist for lax control on money laundering
Saudi Arabia is to be included in the EU's blacklist of countries that pose a threat to the bloc because…
Barclays deal with Qatar was ‘dodgy’
Senior Barclays executives spoke of being “rumbled” over a plan to pay Qatari investors millions of pounds in secret fees…