UAE, South Korea to jointly promote entrepreneurship and support SMEs
The UAE Ministry of Economy (MoE) and the Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) will work together to further enable the…
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Leveraging Centralised Cloud MiFID II Advisory
When new financial regulations are introduced, financial institutions do not always have sufficient time to be operationally ready ahead of…
The Banking Control Law in Saudi Arabia
In light of the extra precautions the Saudi government is taking to mitigate financial crimes, it is necessary to shed…
UAE gross bank assets increase 0.8% to Dhs3,321.5bn at end of December 2021
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has said that the Money Supply aggregate M1 increased by 2.3%, from Dhs686bn…
Islamic Development Bank hires banks for 5-year dollar sukuk
The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank has hired a group of banks to arrange the sale of five-year U.S. dollar-denominated sukuk,…
UAE’s new whistleblowing regime ‘significant and positive’ step for employees
New whistleblower regulations launched by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the financial regulator in the Dubai International Financial Centre…
Beware of fraudsters while banking, warns ROP
The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has warned people against opening bank accounts and allowing unknown people to use them. …
Oman to set up to association for debt relief
Muscat- Dr. Laila bint Ahmed Al-Najjar, Minister of Social Development, said the formation of the Al-Gharmeen Charity Association to help…
ADGM Academy, The Human Resources Authority, and Banque Misr launch banking educational programme for Emiratis
Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy, the educational arm of Abu Dhabi Global Market, the Human Resources Authority (HRA), and Banque…
GCC banks require monitoring once pandemic measures lifted: IMF
The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) banking sector requires close monitoring to contain financial vulnerabilities once the Covid-19 policy support measures…
Submit your tax returns by this date: Tax Authority Oman
The Tax Authority has urged those subject to the provisions of value-added tax to submit tax returns for the first…
Some UAE banks ask for further temporary relaxations on key IFRS 9 compliances
A number of UAE banks, especially those with restructured loan exposures to corporates and SMEs, are seeking more - and…