• GCC banking’s tech shift saves time, money

    GCC banks started adopting online and mobile banking, and ATMs, in the 1990s and 2000s. More recently, they've integrated advanced technologies like AI, blockchain, and big data, enhancing customer service and fraud detection.
  • Experts at GALF call for consolidating data to formulate policies

    A panel deliberated on the advances in integrated, automated, electric mobility in the airport environment.
  • Hub71 startups secure $408m in investments since inception in 2019

    Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, said on Wednesday that its startup community secured AED 30 million ($8.1m) in 2021 through more than 20 corporate deals. Since its inception in 2019, the affiliated startups have bagged AED1.5 billion of investments and create about 1,000 jobs, while the aggregate valuation of...
  • The three types of big data that matter for CMOs

    With a few exceptions, the bulk of brands to date have mostly leveraged big data for short-term purposes. For instance, companies have learnt how to manage their online reputation by creating social media command centers that can detect and react to consumer chatter in real time. They’ve also learnt to...
  • Ongoing Saudi diversification; Aramco, Alphabet to ink pact

    Making industrious efforts toward lessening its dependence on hydrocarbons and diversifying its current economic portfolio, Saudi Arabia is exploring potential joint ventures to establish tech hubs in different pockets of the nation. Working in this direction, Saudi state-owned Aramco, Middle East’s largest oil company, and Alphabet, parent company of US-based...