Qatar National Bank mandates banks for Kangaroo bond
Qatar National Bank, the Gulf’s largest lender, has mandated Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and Bank of America Merrill…
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UAE welcomes removal from EU tax haven list
The UAE has welcomed the decision by the European Union to remove the country from a list of 'uncooperative tax…
Citi gets Saudi go-ahead for investment banking business
Citigroup has won formal approval from Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority to begin investment banking business there, the US bank…
Doha to launch strategy on financial inclusion and literacy: QCB
Doha will soon launch a strategy on financial inclusion and literacy as part of a national strategic plan for financial…
Bank Leumi Announces Agreement for Strategic Investment Into Bank Leumi USA, Setting the Latter's Value Just Under 1 Billion USD
Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. reported today that it has signed an agreement providing for strategic investment into Bank Leumi le-Israel…
CBB and DFSA sign MOU
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Central Bank of Bahrain signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week…
Chartered accountants need to adapt to stay relevant
Chartered accountants will have to embrace new technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain to remain relevant or risk doing…
Saudi Arabia pumps $2 billion into Yemen’s central bank
Saudi Arabia will deposit $2 billion into Yemen's central bank in an effort to help the war-torn through an ongoing…
Emirates NBD hires StanChart for potential Formosa bond- sources
Emirates NBD , Dubai's largest bank, has appointed Standard Chartered and other banks to lead a potential Formosa bond issue,…
UAE to be removed from EU blacklist of tax havens
The European Union will probably remove the UAE and South Korea from a blacklist of tax havens later this month,…
Holborn opens HK office following acquisition of Globaleye HK
Holborn Assets, the Dubai-based international financial advisory firm, has announced its acquisition of Globaleye Hong Kong as part of its…
Iran, Turkey's senior officials discuss banking ties
Senior officials from the Central Bank of Iran and Turkey met in Iran's capital Tehran to discuss new ways of…