DFSA Strengthens Dubai’s Financial Technology Proposition
The Dubai Financial Services Authority is enhancing its contribution to Dubai’s position as the region’s leading hub for innovation through…
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Taking blockchain to the next level
Held in the Burj Al Arab on 6 March 2017, the Keynote Events 2017 World Blockchain Forum brought together key…
Fintech Business, Beehive, is the First Peer to Peer Lending Platform to Receive DFSA Regulation
Beehive has become the first peer to peer lending platform to set up offices in the Dubai International Financial Centre…
Dubai's digital drive forecast to be worth extra $4.8bn by 2019
Tech giant Cisco estimates that Dubai’s digitisation initiatives could generate a potential AED17.9 billion $4.87 billion in value by 2019.…
Saudi Arabian Sovereign Fund may invest in German tech, finance companies
Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund is looking at taking minority stakes in German technology and financial…
Emirates NBD named the UAE's most valuable banking brand
Emirates NBD has been named the UAE’s most valuable banking brand with a $3.4 billon valuation, according to a new…
Edmond Tehini returns to Calypso as Managing Director, Sales – Middle East
Calypso Technology has announced it has appointed Edmond Tehini as Managing Director of Sales in the Middle East, based in…
Bahrain in talks with Singapore on blockchain pilot
Bahrain has held talks with Singapore’s central bank as it devises plans for a pilot blockchain project in the Gulf…
Ex-UBS Bankers Target Israeli Millionaires With Wealth Broker
Two former UBS Group AG bankers are exporting their Swiss private-banking advisory business to Israel as a boom in the…
Dubai celebrates cream of the crop
Some of Dubai's best businesses came together to claim their awards as top performers and innovators in 2016 at a…
Nasdaq and Borse Dubai sign market technology deal
Nasdaq and Borse Dubai have signed an agreement to bolster the technological infrastructure of Dubai’s stock exchanges, Dubai Financial Market…
Lebanese banks lag behind European peers in fintech
Banks in Lebanon are falling behind their European counterparts when it comes to providing technological financial services, better known as…