Corporate governance: Someone to watch over me?
Long considered to be an afterthought or a cosmetic gesture at Gulf companies, corporate governance is now being taken more…
Regulation, Risk & Compliance
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Reason logic in tax on expat remittances
The Finance Committee of the National Assembly has approved the draft law on the taxation of expatriate transfers without serious…
NBO partners with Axis Bank to offer banking services to NRIs
To address the financial needs of non-resident Indians (NRIs) residing in or moving to the Sultanate, the National Bank of…
Bahrain accuses shuttered bank of busting Iran sanctions
A former Iranian bank has been accused by the Bahraini government of operating a covert corruption scheme that allowed Tehran…
Qatar Central Bank says reserves ‘more than enough’ to cope with blockade
The Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar, Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani, has said that the bank’s reserves and…
Qatar's market manipulation fears fueled by 'abnormal' derivative moves: bank CEO
Qatar’s top bank QNB is helping the country’s authorities with data and expertise to probe if Qatar’s neighbors manipulated its…
Tajikistan sees Kuwait as gateway to Arab world: minister
Kuwait acts as Tajikistan's gateway to the Arab region and its key partner in the Middle East region, Nizomiddin Zohidi,…
Emirates Islamic offers personal finance up to 20 times customers' monthly salary
Emirates Islamic has announced that customers can avail personal finance up to 20 times their salary during a special promotion…
Pak-Iran rice trade via Dubai continues despite PTA
The Pakistan and Iran bilateral trade can reach the level of $10 billion mark within very short period from the…
Kuwaiti Parliament considers bill to tax remittances
Kuwait's top lawmakers proposed a new legislation to impose a fee on foreign remittances, despite being warned by the government…
Qatar central bank to issue about as much riyal debt in 2018 as in 2017
Qatar's central bank plans to issue roughly the same amount of riyal debt in 2018 as it did in 2017,…
Oman central bank eases capital, lending curbs in effort to boost growth
Oman's central bank said on Tuesday it was cutting the capital adequacy ratio for commercial banks and taking other steps…