Thomson Reuters named benchmark administrator, agent for Saibor
Thomson Reuters announced Sunday that it was selected as benchmark administrator and calculation agent for the Saudi Arabian Interbank Offer…
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McLaren names Kanoo retail partner for Bahrain
British luxury sports car maker McLaren Automotive has appointed Kanoo Motors as retail partner for Bahrain, thus enhancing its retail…
London based Advance Global Capital, an impact investment firm, partners with Invoice Bazaar, a Dubai based FinTech start up, to help SME suppliers with their receivables challenge
Advance Global Capital, announced the partnership with Invoice Bazaar, a FinTech Supply Chain Finance platform in the United Arab Emirates…
CBB Sukuk Al-Salam issue 187 oversubscribed by 128%
The Central Bank of Bahrain today announced that the monthly issue of the Sukuk Al-Salam Islamic securities, Sukuk Al-Salam, has…
QIIB expects to receive licence for Moroccan JV before year-end: CEO
QIIB expects to secure the licence from the Moroccan authorities for its joint venture bank in the kingdom before the…
Planet Payment and Mashreq Announce Contract Extension – DCC at POS & ATMs in the UAE
Planet Payment, Inc., a leading provider of international and multi currency payment processing and transaction services, and Mashreq, one of…
QIB Implemented Operational Risk Management System to Achieve Actionable Risk Intelligence
Qatar Islamic Bank, Qatar’s leading Islamic Bank, has implemented a state of art Operational Risk Management system provided by MetricStream,…
Sri Lanka woos Qatari investors
Sri Lanka has invited Qatari investors to seize the favourable climate for foreign investment in the country. Besides several…
Kuwait retains its sixth-place ranking as one of the world's best tax environments
As its domestic and international businesses await major regulatory change with the introduction of VAT from January 2018, Kuwait has…
HSBC Subsidiary to Sell Lebanon Business Arm to Blom Bank
HSBC Holdings plc HSBC announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, has agreed to sell…
ADCorp appoints Talal Al Zain as the Chief Executive Officer
Abu Dhabi Financial Group and GFH Financial Group today announced the appointment of Mr. Talal Al Zain as the Chief…
Governance structures of Islamic finance needs fine tuning
Islamic financial institutions’ business activities must comply with Islamic law (Sharia). Rating agency Standard & Poor’s believe that in…