Digital Payments Giant Debuts on Fortune Future 50 List
Debuting on the first-ever Provider Debuts on ? Now that’s priceless. Coming in at No. 14 Mastercard has been recognized as a leader on...
DGCX launches Middle East’s First Derivatives Trading Academy
Exchange seeks to extend benefits of derivatives trading to wider business community
DGCX Academy to offer broad range of educational programmes
Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange...
ADX, Nasdaq Dubai Sign Index License Agreement
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, ADX, and Nasdaq Dubai have signed an agreement to develop and launch an Index Futures contract based on the Abu...
Forbes Middle East: A map for new investments
"Forbes Middle East" has provided in its seventh edition an in-depth study of the free-zones, highlighting the features of these areas and the important...
Middle East banks to get richer
Banks in the Middle East seize opportunities for global expansion
Bank M&A transactions set to outpace GDP growth in emerging markets
World trade flows, increased gross...
Investors Hiking Cash Holdings; Expectations of Fed Hike Put Back to...
Global investors have raised their holdings of cash significantly in response to a weaker global economic outlook, particularly in China, according to the BofA...
US Dollar Remains Weak despite Dip in Commodity Prices
This week may provide the decision point for the USD. With Non-Farm Payrolls due this Friday, the uncertainty surrounding the American recovery will undoubtedly...
UAE amends terms for key lending facility
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Finance has amended the terms of its liquidity facility for banks, curbing the state's ability to convert the...
EU growth concerns send riskier assets tumbling
Higher-yielding assets turned bearish on Friday, as slowing economic growth throughout the euro-zone led to risk aversion among investors. Of particular concern is the...
Family Businesses & Succession Planning in GCC Countries
As the GCC economy slows down due to declining oil prices, an important question presents itself: Where is the GCC money going?
Even though there...
Emcredit to release credit-related economic indicators
1. Research reports valuable for business decisions, monitoring trends and economic policy making
2. First report to highlight trends in UAE business activity in 2009
3....
Regional Trading to Follow Trends in Global Markets
Global equity markets continued the positive trajectory as investors got more clarity on three events that have mostly dominated the trading activity for majority...
Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain Are a Rerun of The Dotcom Mania
A new Technology Quarterly report from The Economist published in the September edition examines blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Tim Cross, The Economist’s science correspondent, takes...
FAB Launches AI Analytics Portal for Merchants in Partnership with Al-Futtaim
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions, has launched a new portal...
Silver demand in fabrication to grow 3.9% in 2013, research says
The silver demand in fabrication is expected to grow 3.9% year-on-year in 2013, boosted by increasing demand from industrial applications, jewelry, silverware and coins...
Regional markets likely to remain range bound due to lack of...
Global markets continued the positive momentum during the month of February. Better than expected economic data from China, benign US inflation and optimism over...
Foreign investors net DFM buyers by AED 16.29 mln
Non-Arab foreign investors bought shares at a net value of approx. AED 58.69 million on Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today, while their sell transactions...
‘No Coffee for Bitcoin’ Starbucks Clarifies
Starbucks has clarified that it will not be accepting Bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrencies as payment, despite misleading reports from mainstream media.
Earlier last Friday,...