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Almarai

Saudi’s Almarai completes acquisition of International Dairy and Juice for $68m

The purchase was funded from Almarai’s internal cash flows

Dubai’s Emirates Group cuts annual loss by 83% to $1bn for FY 2021-22

“We expect the group to return to profitability in 2022-23″ – Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, Emirates Group chairman

Cash dividends worth Dhs29bn proposed by 38 UAE listed companies for 2020

Banks are the largest distributors of profits

Saudi arrests businessmen, bank employees in $3.1bn corruption scheme

Those arrested were allegedly involved in a scheme that transferred more than SAR11.5bn outside the country

How fintech innovations are helping the unbanked across the GCC

As societies adopt more digital payment tools, it is important to bring along the 25 million locally who are still living in cash mode

UAE Central Bank withdraws Dhs10.9bn in excess liquidity during August

This move came after the central bank met the market needs for liquidity over the previous months

Airline

Airline industry to burn through $77bn in cash during second half of 2020 – IATA

IATA urged governments to support the industry during the coming winter season with additional relief measures, including financial aid

Cash flow key challenge in recovery of UAE-based small and medium businesses – survey

Facebook announces grant of USD 544,609 to support Dubai small businesses in their economic recovery following the pandemic

Kuwait’s $112bn pension fund has cash to burn after revamp

Cash accounts for about 11.5 per cent of its investments, which the fund aims to cut to 4 per cent over the next seven months

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Dubai school operator GEMS raises extra debt to bolster its cash

The “incremental” funding will be used to support working capital needs

Dubai’s Emirates processes nearly 650,000 refund requests, returns over Dhs1.9bn to customers

The airline crossed its target by early June, expanding its processing capability from a monthly average of 35,000 requests to nearly 200,000

UAE’s Emirates Islamic offers free Business Banking debit cards to SMEs

The initiative will grant an alternative channel to customers seeking access to cash

Abu Dhabi City United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi offers more bonds to stockpile cash

The fall in oil prices has put a strain on the finances of Middle Eastern energy-producing countries