Lebanon lira no longer fit for airline owned by central bank

Starting on Monday, February 17, Middle East Airlines will only accept foreign currency payments

Dubai Islamic Bank records 2% profit rise in 2019

The bank’s total income amounted to Dhs13.68bn in 2019, up 17 per cent from Dhs11.73bn in 2018

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank posts 4% profit rise in 2019

The bank’s group net revenues for 2019 grew 2.5 per cent to Dhs5.91bn compared to Dhs5.769bn in 2018

UAE’s largest lender FAB turns to sterling in return to bond market

The bank offered a three-year £450m ($583m) note at a yield premium of 98 basis points over UK gilts

Abu Dhabi’s ADIB looks to save Dhs500m by cutting jobs, shutting branches – report

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank is reportedly planning to close local and international branches

Saudi wealth fund PIF aims for more than 1,000 employees by year end

The PIF has invested in companies such as Tesla Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc.

Profit at Abu Dhabi's Mubadala climbs 12.4%

Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala sees commodities ‘fizzle’ due to coronavirus

The new coronavirus is hurting economic expansion as airlines cancel flights and factories look elsewhere for components they would have bought from China

Lebanon weighs IMF help to decide on $1.2bn bond payment

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri requested the World Bank and IMF for assistance to address the country’s financial woes

Malaysia’s largest Islamic bank Maybank launches first overseas branch in Dubai’s DIFC

The lender will focus on corporate financing, treasury and capital markets and trade finance

Dubai’s Emirates Investment Bank appoints new CEO

Former CEO Khaled Sifri, who joined the bank in 2008, resigned from his role in May 2019

UAE’s NMC gets takeover approaches, chairman suspended from board discussions

NMC shares have fallen more than 70 per cent since the Muddy Waters report came to light

Saudi’s STV hires from Google to help build tech unicorns

Ian Jakovljevic will join Saudi Arabia’s STV as chief development officer next month

UAE banks start process of recovering money from defaulters in India – report

At least nine banks from the UAE have reportedly initiated legal action against defaulters in India to recover around $6.9bn

First Abu Dhabi Bank becomes latest UAE lender to cut jobs

The UAE-based bank dismissed hundreds of employees in recent weeks across several divisions

Kardashian friend to help Saudis seal Newcastle United deal

Carla DiBello, an entrepreneur friend of the reality television star, is advising PIF on the proposed acquisition of the soccer team

Profit at Abu Dhabi's Mubadala climbs 12.4%

Mubadala to weigh buying Jadwa’s UAE healthcare assets

Jadwa owns a 42 per cent stake in Abu Dhabi-based United Eastern Medical Services LLC

Bahrain’s Investcorp posts 17% drop in half-yearly net profit

The Bahraini investment firm posted net income worth $48m for H1 FY20, slipping 17 per cent compared to $58m for H1 FY19

‘Bonafide’ Indian workers in UAE will not pay income tax in India

India’s Finance Ministry issues clarification following its proposal for the Finance Bill 2020 last week

How Muddy Waters is hammering Indian billionaire’s BR Shetty’s NMC

The London-listed company’s share price has fallen 24 per cent this year to 13.48 pounds

Dubai’s Emirates NBD reports 44% profit rise in 2019

Net interest income increased 26 per cent while non-interest income grew 38 per cent

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UAE-based BR Shetty’s fortune drops by $1.5bn since Muddy Waters attack

The family’s troubles began last month when Block’s Muddy Waters Capital issued a report criticising NMC’s accounts

Dubai’s DIB completes Noor acquisition to create one of the world’s largest Islamic banks

Following the acquisition Dubai Islamic Bank has total assets exceeding Dhs275bn

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Video: How the Kuwait Goodwill Fund is transforming communities in Senegal

As a result of concessionary loans made in Senegal, communities are thriving and supporting their country’s economy

Saudi issues $5bn of bonds as regional tensions ease

Saudi Arabia’s fixed-income assets have been more resilient than those elsewhere in the Middle East

Saudi Arabia kicks off three-part dollar bond offering

The kingdom last sold bonds in October when it raised a $2.5bn sukuk

World’s 2,153 billionaires are richer than 4.6 billion people – Oxfam

The world’s richest 1 per cent have more than twice the wealth of the rest of humanity combined

Dubai bank reportedly seeking Al Jaber Group’s DIFC land to recover debt

Emirates NBD is seeking to seize or sell the undeveloped land in DIFC

UAE approves draft law to allow family owned companies to list

The United Arab Emirates is home to three stock markets – NASDAQ Dubai, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Dubai Financial Market

Scrapping the paper trail via blockchain technology

Blockchain’s decentralised technology has industry-disrupting capabilities, but how far will it venture in the trade finance arena?

Former CEO of Dubai contractor Drake and Scull arrested in Jordan

Khaldoun Al Tabari faces criminal charges in the UAE filed by DSI