Middle East and North Africa

Middle East and North Africa

Islam Economy Institute to Hold Int’l Studies

Turkey's first institute on Islamic economy and finance aims to conduct international academic studies from Turkey's economic hub of Istanbul. The Marmara University Institute of Islamic Economics And Finance (MUISEF)...

KFH-Bahrain Launches Secure and Simple Mobile Banking Application

In line with its digitization drive, Kuwait Finance House–Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain) has announced the launch of its new mobile banking application, which aims to provide...

Emirates NBD Completes Acquisition of Denizbank

Emirates NBD has completed the acquisition of Sberbank’s 99.85 per cent stake in Denizbank. Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, the Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Emirates...

UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Cut Rates Following Fed’s Decision

The Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority (SAMA), the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announced that they have...

Al-Nahedh: Positive Financial Results of KFH Thanks to Focus on Core...

Group Chief Executive Officer at Kuwait Finance House (KFH), Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh said that KFH has achieve positive financial results in H1 2019 thanks...

Etisalat Digital Announces Blockchain Trade Finance Initiative with First Abu Dhabi...

First Abu Dhabi Bank and Etisalat Digital recently announced a new initiative that will be offering digitized trade finance services via the UAE Trade...