American Expats' UAE Bank Details to be Shared with US Government!
The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Finance, has announced the signing of the agreement to facilitate implementation of the…
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A blueprint for fiscal reform in the GCC
The precipitous fall in oil prices since June 2014 is projected to result in a $287bn loss in oil exports…
DIFC Courts inform UAE's lawyers about new Wills and Probate Registry rules
Over one hundred UAE lawyers and members of the public gathered for the third DIFC Courts Lecture of 2015 to…
CBE governor briefs Sisi on efforts to secure hard currency, fight black market
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with the Central Bank of Egypt’s governor Hisham Ramez, to review efforts aimed at providing…
82% of financial institutions are failing to capitalise on regulation – RESEARCH
GFT has released the findings from a global research project aimed at uncovering the attitude of the global investment banking…
HSBC gets license to buy Saudi stocks directly
HSBC Holdings has received a qualified foreign investor license in Saudi Arabia and traded shares on the bourse on Monday,…
ATM fraud alert sounded out
The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the Kingdom’s central bank, has warned commercial banks to improve their systems and customers to…
Bonds and sukuk issuances under the new UAE Commercial Companies Law
The long anticipated UAE Federal Commercial Companies Law no. 2 of 2015 (the “New Companies Law”) was issued on 25…
EY: Nearly half of MENA businesses do not have an anti-bribery or anti-corruption policy
The survey, which polled 3,800 employees of large businesses in 38 countries (400 in MENA, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman…
QIB participates with $50m in syndicated facility to SMG
Qatar Islamic Bank, participated in a Shariah Compliant Syndicated Finance Facility for Stanford Asia Holding Company, a subsidiary of Stanford…
Kafa’a seeking to enhance financial sector standards
The Qatar Finance and Business Academy has launched the Kafa’a initiative to elevate and advance Qatar’s financial services sector. …
mWallet gets the green light in the UAE
The UAE Banks Federation has given the green light to the mobile wallet initiative which will revolutionise digital payments in…