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flydubai ties up with Al Fardan Exchange

flydubai, Dubai’s first low cost airline, has signed an agreement with Al Fardan Exchange to allow customers to pay for their flights at any...

Dubai International Financial Centre Celebrates Ranking as 8th Best Global Financial...

· DIFC Governor presides over the iconic bell ringing ceremony, signalling the start of trading at the region’s international financial exchange · Ceremony reinforces Dubai’s...

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...

First Financial Services Association to be established in UAE

A group of leading financial institutions in the United Arab Emirates have established the Financial Services Association (UAE), the first of its kind; a...

Ministry of Finance signs MoUs with ESMA and AJFD

Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced the signing of memorandum of understanding with Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) and with the Financial...

UAE currency to be printed on home turf

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates and the Emirates Investment Authority (EIA) signed a deal to introduce a mint in the country...

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...

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...

Middle East Insurance Summit Sees Growth Potential of up to 400%...

Debo Ajayi: “Summit will encourage debate and dialogue, stimulating innovation and regional products to realise huge untapped market potential” Summit runs from 11 to 15...

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...

Morgan Stanley becomes approved applicant for Dubai Gold Securities

Dubai Gold Securities LLP today announced that it had accepted Morgan Stanley as an Approved Applicant in connection with the ongoing offering on NASDAQ...

The Gulf Islamic Fund of Gulf Investment Corporation ranked first...

The Gulf Islamic Fund, a Shariaa Compliant investment vehicle of Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC), ranked first among Shariaa compliant funds investing in...

Federal Ministries begin implementing the G2 E-Dirham System

Federal Ministries in the UAE have begun implementing the second generation of the E-Dirham within their entities as announced during a press conference held...

AMAN’s AGM approves 7.5% bonus shares

Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company (AMAN) has successfully concluded its Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday (March 22, 2011) at ‘The Emirates Towers’ Hotel...

DFM launches iVESTOR Shabab card

The Shari'a compliant card enables parents to track their children's expenditure, and entitles holders to receive a DFM Investor Number The new card emulates the...

UAE Expats Sent Home AED164.3 Billion in 2017

Expats remittances from the UAE amounted to AED164.3 billion during 2017, a growth of 2.2 percent from AED160.8 billion in 2016. According to a report...

GFH announces the appointment of executive Chairman and new capital program

Gulf Finance House B.S.C. (GFH) today announced the appointment of Esam Janahi as Executive Chairman and the launch of a new capital program. Following...

Emirates Money launches ‘Loan against Property’ for UAE residents

Loans of up to AED 3 million offered to UAE residents, against property owned in UAE Repayment tenors of up to 15 years with facility...