Middle East and North Africa

Middle East and North Africa

Dubai Crown Prince Unveils Plan to Hold Islamic Economy Week

Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has issued directives to hold the Islamic Economy Week from October 27 to...

From Sukuk to Warrants, Iran Works to Deepen Capital Markets

Iran is developing a range of new financial products, from Islamic bonds to warrants and insurance-linked securities, in an effort to give local firms...

ICIEC Wins The Global Islamic Finance Award 2018

The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) won a prestigious award, the Global Islamic Finance Award (GIFA) for the...

MENA Finance Firms Spend $155 Billion in Digital Disruptive Technologies

FinTech is increasingly impacting the financial services sector with 82 percent of financial services companies plan to increase fintech partnerships in the coming three...

Bahrain Banking Group Launches Islamic Digital Bank in Germany

Bahrain's Al Baraka Banking Group has launched a digital banking service in Germany with plans to offer its interest-free financial services across Europe, the Islamic lender...

Liquidity Management Tools for Islamic Banking Segment Planned

Efforts to address credit downgrades, support the growing Islamic finance segment and tackle the challenge of delayed payments were among the topics explored by...