Rising costs facing Mideast firms in fight against financial crime
Companies in the Middle East and North Africa are facing rising costs to fight financial crime, with more than half…
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Thomson Reuters Releases 2014 Financial Crime Report For Middle East & North Africa
Thomson Reuters has released the findings of a financial crime report covering the Middle East and North Africa region in…
Kuwait & China Ink Deal For Banking Control Cooperation
Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait Dr Mohammad Y. Al-Hashel said here on Saturday that there had been an…
Regulation of credit rating agencies in KSA
Anum Saleem, Senior Associate at Eversheds, Riyadh spoke to Zoya Malik about the benefits of proposed regulations on KSA credit…
Jordan’s sukuk market looking set for take-off
The Islamic debt market in Jordan is set to capitalise on growing worldwide interest in sukuk (sharia-compliant bonds) after long-awaited…
Qatar to treat Gulf investors as locals, freeing up foreigner quotas
Qatar's stock exchange will treat investors from Gulf Cooperation Council countries as local citizens from Thursday when calculating whether foreign…
ME banks set to raise share in transaction revenues
Middle East banks are set to increase their share of global transaction banking revenues by at least 25 per cent,…
Sharia board to be set up for Islamic finance sector
Inconsistency in compliance with Sharia standards poses an existential threat to Islamic finance, Central Bank of Bahrain Governor Rasheed Al…
KPMG tie partnership to launch Audit Committee Institute
KPMG, an audit services firm, and Hawkamah, the institute for corporate governance, have partnered to establish the Audit Committee Institute…
Ashmore signs with SRB to supervise Islamic offerings
Having received the Saudi license from Capital Market Authority in 2014, Ashmore has signed up with the Shariyah Review Bureau…
Shariah authority on cards
The UAE Central Bank is to give a big boost to Islamic finance in the country as a unified board…
APICORP secures $950 million through Shariah compliant syndicated financing
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation, an investment company established in 1975 by the 10 member states of the Organization of…