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.…
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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…
Angola’s parliament approves elimination of double taxation with Portugal, China and UAE
The Angolan parliament unanimously approved proposals for the resolution of agreements for the elimination of double taxation and prevention of…
UAE Central Bank announces M1 increases by 1.3%
The UAE Central Bank had announced that the Money Supply aggregate M1 increased by 1.3 per cent, from Dh479.5 billion…
UAE deposits $3 billion with State Bank of Pakistan
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development made a $3 billion deposit at the State Bank of Pakistan on January 23.…
UAE to implement new technology to reduce cheque fraud
Banks in the UAE are expected to soon start implementing new technology – including the use of QR codes to…