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Islamic Finance news Awards Ceremony and Dinner

The Islamic Finance news Awards 2008 Ceremony and Dinner will be held at the Al Ameera Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Dubai on the 3rd March...

UAE Banking Sector Poised for Growth in 2022

The top 10 UAE banks reported a 5 percent year-on-year increase in total assets worth AED 2,989 billion in 2021, and an increase of...
Crypto Stalking

Investors Flock to Cryptocurrency Staking with $100 Billion Staked in Major...

Data acquired and calculated by Finbold indicates that the value of the top ten staked cryptocurrencies stands at $99.2 billion as of April 20, 2021. Cardano (ADA)...

Emirates Islamic Bank integrates Emcredit services to efficiently manage risk

1. Bank to use Credit Scope to mitigate risk; calls for greater information sharing and increased transparency 2. Joins Emcredit’s growing member base In a...

Emirates NBD launches Emirates Global Sukuk Fund

•    High profit rate, low minimum investment •    Semi-annual income distribution •    Low management fees, award-winning team Emirates NBD announced today the launch of the Emirates Global...

UAE banks must refrain from offering loans over the phone

In recent news and regulations issued from the central bank of the UAE, another restriction has been implemented on the banking sector. All banks must...

Dubai Holding to Launch Region’s First Digital Bank

Dubai Holding, the global investment holding company, has announced it will invest up to AED 1 billion over the next five years to launch...

“In Dubai we are not good in publicizing what we are...

Reuters reports that Dubai's finance chief said on Thursday the global market reaction to Dubai's shock debt restructuring was now softening and that the...

BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey finds renewed optimism over...

Investors have returned from holidays with a defensive mindset but fresh hopes are emerging about China’s economic prospects, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch...

UAE bourse emerges star Arab performer

The UAE bourses emerged as the star performers in the Arab world in the first few weeks of 2013, with the markets of Abu...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it plans to open an infrastructure region in the UAE in the first half of 2022.

AWS To Open Data Centers In UAE

New cloud infrastructure region to launch in first half of 2022, allowing customers to run workloads and store data locally while serving end users...

Markets Fear `Systematic’ Crisis in Euro Region

Thomas J. Lee, the chief U.S equity strategist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., talks with Bloombergs Margaret Brennan about the potential for Greek debt...

Bahrain Financial Harbour repays US$134M Sukuk facility

Bahrain Financial Harbour Holding Company B.S.C. (c) (“BFHHC”), whose owners, Emar Bahrain (“Emar”), agreed to purchase Gulf Finance House’s (“GFH”) 49.88% investment in BFHHC...

MENA Corp and ZagTrader launch new Online Trading Platform

Premier financial services group MENA CORP has partnered with the Middle East's most sophisticated trading platform, ZagTrader, to launch MENA TRADE, a new fully...

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...

Al Etihad Credit Bureau Completes System Integration with Dubai Courts

Al Etihad Credit Bureau (AECB) today announces it has started including court-ordered payment obligations from Dubai Courts in its Credit Reports, upon completing system integration...

Emirates NBD unveils first rebranded branch

Emirates NBD, the Middle East’s largest bank by asset size, unveiled today its first fully rebranded branch, reflecting the successful conclusion of...

UAE Islamic banks account for 30% of global Islamic Banking industry

UAE Islamic financial services sector represented 30% of the global Islamic banking industry in 2011