Tag: banking

Dubai: The resignations of key officials in the US government … team] actions are having greater impact across asset classes,” Vaqar Zuberi, head of hedge funds at Mirabaud Asset Management, told Gulf News via email. “This is likely to continue …
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Discussions also centred on the challenges and opportunities in promoting Islamic financial instruments in China with a focus on Islamic Sukuk. The impact of Dubai’s emergence as the largest Islamic Sukuk hub in the world on Chinese companies was tackled …
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The banking industry, integral to our commercial and personal lives, has evolved with the times to embrace new challenges and cater to constantly changing consumer behaviour and attitudes. Technology has undoubtedly played an obvious and increasingly …
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Dubai: Financial results of UAE banks in the second quarter of this year point to improving profitability, modest balance sheet growth, margin expansion and improving costs, according to banking sector analysts. While the underlying trend of a turnaround …
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The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) last week gave an update on the impressive plans it has to expand — both physically and commercially — as part of a 10-year plan that aims to triple its size by 2024. On the real estate side of the …
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Dubai-based Noor Bank has laid off several dozen employees, banking sources told Reuters on Tuesday, the latest lender to adjust to more subdued growth levels in the local financial services sector. Although the number of jobs cut in the past few weeks was …
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Details on entering MEED’s new awards programme can be found below As the UAE’s banking industry becomes ever more competitive, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) says it will continue with its current strategy based on prudence in risk management …
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Union National Bank (UNB), 50 percent owned by the Abu Dhabi government, has begun operations at its branch in Shanghai, becoming the first bank from the UAE to operate a branch in mainland China, the bank said on Tuesday. The Shanghai presence will …
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according to UAE Central Bank statistics. The term ‘Short Term Deposit’ refers to an amount of money placed in a bank or financial institution for a term no longer than one year. It will usually earn a fixed rate of interest. According to Central Bank data …
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UAE banks saw profitability decrease in the second quarter because of lower non-interest income but on the bright side net interest margins are increasing, according to the latest UAE Banking Pulse report from Alvarez & Marsal, the global professional …
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Instant. Accessible. Convenient. All words to define what mobile banking means today for customers in the UAE and Middle East, and across the world, and indeed what they now expect from banking services. We’re seeing banks today recoiling from large …
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Noor Bank has allegedly made dozens of redundancies at its branches this week, with up to 200 redundancies in total planned, according to media reports. Noor Bank has issued a statement saying that these redundancies are part of its restructuring programme …
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Outmoded blank security cheque system wide open to abuse, claim critics UAE banks still demand blank cheques as security for credit. They can quite legally fill out the amount themselves and cash the cheque whenever they see fit, regardless of whether …
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“The UAE has reached a very advanced stage regarding the legislative aspects of the tax system that is among the best in the world. Through Ministry of Finance, which is authorised to issue tax legislation and policies, the Tax Procedures Law was issued …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Dubai developer Emaar Properties has posted 2.8 billion dirhams ($772 million) in net profits for the first half of 2017 and laid out plans to spin off its domestic real estate business. Emaar Properties, which trades on the …
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Further, IPO activity in the first half (H1 … In the UAE, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Limited – Dubai Branch (“ICBC”) listed three bonds on Nasdaq Dubai, amounting to $400 million, $300 million and EUR500 million. In Saudi Arabia, Acwa …
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DUBAI, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Dubai’s Emaar Properties , which is … The retail operation last week reported a 5 percent increase in second-quarter profit. The initial public offering (IPO) of up to 30 percent of the UAE development business is expected …
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