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...
Mahra Ladies Banking designed exclusively for today’s woman
Mahra Ladies Banking provides significant discounts at shops, restaurants, hotels and resorts
Additional benefits include concierge services, free valet parking, unlimited access to Ladies Clubs...
The next crisis: Credit Card Debt
Together with the financial crisis, the banking crisis, the mortgage crisis and the employment crisis, we are on the verge of experiencing a credit...
New personal loans system from May 1, 2011
A new retail loan system announced by the Central Bank earlier in 2011 aiming at regulating personal lending will be enforced on May 1,...
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,...
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...
Al Ramz Securities joins Fidessa’s connectivity network
Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, market data and global connectivity solutions for the buy-side and sell-side, has today announced that...
GoldMoney Completes “GoldMoney Standard†Testing
GoldMoney, one of the world’s largest providers of physical bullion for investors, has completed testing of all the gold bars stored for customers in...
UAE Central Bank caps mortgage lending
Mortgage lending regulation allows the country’s banks to provide a loan of up to 80 percent of the property value to UAE nationals and 75 percent to expatriates.
UAE Credit Cards immune to Low Interest Rates
Interest rates are the lowest they have been in decades. But there is a little indication the customers of U.A.E. banks are benefiting. This...
Gold hedging strategies for emerging markets
The World Gold Council posted a new report on gold as investor’s tool. Investors in emerging markets can use gold to reduce exchange-rate...
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...
Majid Al Futtaim Sets A New Standard in Sustainable Financing with...
Continuing its regional leadership in responsible financing, Majid Al Futtaim issues new Green Sukuk.
Majid Al Futtaim has raised $500 million to refinance part of...
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...
Management Accountants Optimistic About Future Earning and Learning
“Never better time to be a management accountant”
Pay levels for management accountants are performing well against the backdrop of low global inflation.
The latest annual...
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....
CFA Institute announces June 2011 worldwide CFA Exam Results
CFA Institute announced today that 43 percent of 115,027 current and aspiring investment professionals worldwide passed the June 2011 CFA exams, bringing them one...
DIFC revises cost of doing business to stimulate further expansion and...
The Dubai International Financial Centre ("DIFC"), the financial and business gateway between the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region ("MEASA") and the world,...