Technology
Fintech Galaxy acquires Egypt’s Underlie as it expands regional Open Finance...
UAE-based Fintech Galaxy, the first Central Bank-regulated Open Finance platform in the Middle East, announced the acquisition of Underlie, an Egypt-based Open Banking platform...
Jordan Kuwait Bank selects Codebase Technologies’ Digibanc Platform for digital onboarding...
Jordan Kuwait Bank (JKB) will launch its omnichannel digital onboarding service using Digibanc, Codebase Technologies’ award-winning digital banking and fintech platform. The Bank will...
Banking & Finance
National Bank of Fujairah posts results achieving its best ever operating...
NBF announced results for the year ended 31 December 2022 in accordance with the approval received from the Central Bank of the United Arab...
Dubai Islamic Bank full year 2022 group financial results
Dubai Islamic Bank announced its results for the period ending December 31, 2022.
FY 2022 Highlights:
Substantial growth in Group Net Profit of 26% YoY...
Islamic Banking
Gulf Islamic Investments launches a $100 million Shari’ah compliant debt fund
Gulf Islamic Investments (GII) is launching a $100million Debt Fund – GII Debt Fund-I (“GDF-I” or the “Fund”).
GDF-I will focus on supporting high growth companies in...
Opinion Pieces
A red card for cash: football fans empowered by digital-first banking...
Football’s biggest tournament has arrived in the Middle East for the first time ever, and with it more than 1.5 million fans from around...
Wealth Management
Walton Global acquires 40 acres for builder land financing in Pinal...
Walton Global, a real estate investment and land asset management company, has acquired 40 acres of land for a builder land financing facility through...
Editor's Pick
ADGM’s Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum charts path to upcoming COP28
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) successfully concluded the fifth edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum (ADSFF). As a part of Abu Dhabi’s...
Investments
Azizi Developments’ Creek Views II 35% sold to 33 nationalities
Azizi Developments is seeing a high demand from international investors for Creek Views II, its recently launched AED 350 million development on the shores...
Interviews
Come One, Come All
At the beginning of 2022, there were six Robo Advisory platforms operating in GCC– CBD Investr, Derayah Smart, FinaMaze, Haseed Invest, NBK Capital SmartWealth,...
Appointments
Mashreq hires digital banking pioneer as Head of Mashreq Neo and...
Radu’s responsibilities include developing innovative digital banking propositions, designing customer journeys to deliver superior customer experience, driving customer acquisition, revenue, and profitability, and building...