Banking & Finance

Al Masraf and Commerzbank sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cross-border banking collaboration

With the growing demand for reliable cross-border banking solution, Arab Bank for Investment and Foreign Trade (Al Masraf) is expanding its global network through...

Ministry of Finance signs 3rd agreement under the ā€˜Retail Sukuk’ Initiative with Emirates Islamic Bank

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has signed the 3rd agreement under the ā€œRetail Sukukā€ initiative with Emirates Islamic Bank, one of the leading Islamic...

Mastercard Gateway attained SAMA certificate for the new e-commerce payments interface

Mastercard Gateway is now certified to facilitate online transactions through SAMA's New E-commerce Payments Interface. This certification will enable Mastercard Gateway to process ecommerce transactions...

Standard Chartered: ā€œUAE ranked the world’s most advanced market for digital trade readinessā€

Standard Chartered announced the findings of its latest ā€˜Future of Trade: Digitisation’ report, which identifies the United Arab Emirates as the most advanced market...

QNB Group with HSBC successfully issues USD 500 million digital native bonds under EMTN programme

QNB Group announced the successful completion of Qatar’s inaugural Digitally Native bond issuance, a USD 500 million 3-year floating interest rate digital bond. Using...

Wio Bank launches Wio Family, the UAE’s first shared banking experience for families

Wio Bank has launched Wio Family, the UAE’s first fully shared banking experience – and a movement that rethinks how families save, spend, and...

Zand launches UAE’s first AED-backed Stablecoin on public blockchain

In a defining milestone for the UAE’s digital economy, the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has approved Zand, the nation’s AI-powered digital bank,...

DIB successfully issues debut Sustainability-linked Financing Sukuk

DIBĀ announced that it has successfully accessed the international Sukuk market with a USD 1 billion Sustainability-Linked Sukuk, priced at a profit rate of 4.572%...

WATCH: GBM & Splunk: Security & Analytics – Threat Prediction & Operational Optimisation Roundtable

https://youtu.be/FDGdEV-W8kQ On 12 November, at the Four Seasons Hotel Jumeirah in Dubai, MEA Finance hosted its 2025Ā Threat Prediction and Operational OptimisationĀ Roundtable in the morning, all...

WATCH: MEA Finance 2025 Annual Industry Awards celebrates the achievements of our region’s banking, fintech, technology and financial markets services businesses

https://youtu.be/6KNOxxCpIoE The MEA Finance Annual Industry Awards, the region’s pinnacle recognition and celebration of innovation, foremost market management, service excellence and leadership announced the winners...

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