DFM Mobile App Goes Live
Investors’ connection with Dubai Financial Market (DFM) trading activity and services has been made easier with DFM’s new smart services application, which provides investors...
DFSA Issues General Investor Statement on Cryptocurrencies
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) wishes to draw investors’ attention to certain new and evolving online offerings. These product offerings tend to involve...
Digital Financing Solutions for Startups Launched in Dubai
MBRF and Beehive join hands to provide digital financing solutions for startups
Partnership will enable SME to use FinTech to secure funds for growth and...
5 Tips To Ensure Your Financial Investments Are Safe
The law governing financial crimes right across the UAE has been tightened up with the establishment of the Dubai Economic Security Centre. This body,...
Western Union Enables Money Transfers via Messenger
Western Union, a leader in global payments, today announced an innovative and compelling way for Facebook Messenger users in the U.S. to send money...
Digital Finance Can Turbocharge Growth In Emerging Economies
Two billion individuals and 200 million micro, small, and mid-sized businesses in emerging economies today lack access to savings and credit. Even those with...
Start Path Global Startups Forecast a Fintech Future
Mastercard Start Path Global Startups Forecast a Fintech Future
Applications currently being accepted for Start Path Global 2017 summer class
Today, Mastercard announced opening...
Another step closer to VAT implementation in GCC
The Ministry of Finance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently launched a series of Value Added Tax (VAT) and excise awareness sessions...
Dubai Financial Market launches ETF trading platform
Platform Falls Under New Regulatory Framework And Adheres To Global Best Practices
The exchange hosts bell ringing ceremony to celebrate the launch of...
Mobile Money Make International Remittances Cheaper
The GSMA today issued a report entitled, ‘Driving a Price Revolution: Mobile Money in International Remittances’ that looks at the impact of mobile money...
DGCX wins Exchange of the Year Award 2016
The Exchange continued its growth trend with an average open interest reaching a high of over 460,155 lots valuing an average of US$ 7.61...
VAT in GCC – It’s coming, so how do we get...
To help businesses in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries understand the potential impacts of the implementation of VAT, Deloitte in the Middle East...
Moving Money to Dubai
International money transfers are a significant topic for discussion for the approximately 7.8m expatriates living in the UAE. It’s more of an issue in...
Late payments on the rise in UAE
During the past few months, more UAE companies are reporting late payments as liquidity tightens due to the prolonged effect of low oil prices...
Dubai’s financial system electronically linked to Federal Government
On the sidelines of the first Government Financial Coordination Council meeting for 2016
In a bid to meet the requirement of the International Monetary Fund...
Non-tax revenues can generate at least 10% of GDP in UAE
Given the volatility and unpredictability of oil prices, the primary economic strategy for all GCC countries is to diversify government income and reduce dependency...
Tax reform in the GCC approaching
Tax reform in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is a matter of when, not if, and Saudi Arabia is not immune. The Kingdom,...
73 percent of UAE residents admit they have debt with UAE...
73 percent of UAE residents surveyed by compareit4me group admitted to having some kind of debt with UAE banks, with credit cards topping the...