UAE President Issues A Federal Law On Public Debt
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued Federal Decretal Law No. (9) of 2018 on public debt,…
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New debt law will help UAE financial markets
The new Public Debt Law enabling the UAE to issue sovereign bonds will help to deepen the capital markets in…
UAE issues federal law on public debt
The UAE’s finance ministry has announced a public debt law permitting the federal government to begin issuing sovereign debt and…
Doha Bank achieves continuous compliance with the ISO 20000
Doha Bank has successfully achieved continuous compliance with the ISO 20000 standard. The outcome of the audit determines an organisation’s…
Reforms and austerity renew banks’ interest in Saudi Arabia
A radical blueprint to transform Saudi Arabia through socio-economic reform and ambitious development projects is persuading banks to return to…
Turkish bank deploys Daon’s IdentityX platform for biometric authentication
Daon announced that Akbank has deployed Daon’s IdentityX facial recognition technology for mobile banking authentication. Akbank is the first bank…
Basel AML Index reveals slow progress in combating money laundering
The results of the seventh annual Basel Anti-Money Laundering Index released today support the growing concern that governments worldwide are…
Qatar to introduce banking service platform for Fintech
Qatar Central Bank (QCB) is ready to introduce a banking service platform to drive the rapid development of financial technology…
Qatar Sets 2019 for Free Zones Launch
One of the two free zones in Qatar will be operational from the first quarter of 2019, Minister of State…
NY fines UAE's largest bank over lax money-laundering safeguards
Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that the Department of Financial Services has fined United Arab Emirates-based Mashreqbank…
Masdar Signs Region's First Green Revolving Credit Facility to Drive Sustainability Goals
Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, has signed a green revolving credit facility (RCF) with four local and international banks…
Sovereign funds hiring their own rainmakers
WHEN Lucid Motors, an electric carmaker, announced that it had raised US$1 billion in financing last month, the transaction appeared…