- S&P Global Ratings has forecast that private sector lending will remain muted for one to two years in GCC countries....
It said that there had been only marginal improvement across GCC banks overall
However, it is also expected that GCC economies will expand at an unweighted average of 1.8 percent in 2021 and 4 percent in 2022
- Egypt and Saudi Arabia have signed a $1.8 billion electricity interconnection project that aims to exchange some 3,000 MW during...
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) and the Saudi Electricity Company said they would sign cable, airline and transformer stations agreements
“Saudi Arabia and Egypt share the same goals, and we work together as a team to implement them”
- Last few years have seen a lot of tension between governments and central banks around the world, on the one...
Concerns are rising that these currencies could be used to fund illegal actions and for money laundering.
Several countries have taken strict measures to crack down on the industry that is viewed with suspicion uniformly across the world.
- Supply-side issues such as semiconductor scarcity and port backlogs may strain supply chains and weigh on trade in particular areas,...
The forecast projects export volume growth in 2021 will be 9.3% in the Middle East
The current trade projections, according to the forecast, imply that the ratio of trade growth to GDP growth will rise to 2.0:1 in 2021
- The world's airlines made a joint pledge Monday to reach "net zero" CO2 by 2050, as the aviation industry ramps...
"The important decision that we must make today will secure the freedom to fly for future generations"
IATA represents 290 member airlines comprising 82 percent of pre-pandemic global air traffic
- The DMCC welcomed around 1,800 companies to Dubai from Q1 to Q3 this year.
DMCC last month welcomed 215 new businesses to its free zone and business district in the best September performance since inception
This year also saw its best H1 performance since 2013; its best June and August performances on record are also from this year
- Alturki Holding oil arm, the Saudi Sawafi company, has bought out Newsco, the US drilling services company, for an undisclosed...
Newsco is one of the most important directional drilling companies in the petroleum industry in the world
Sawafi, the global leader in upstream technologies, will now control about 9 patents in directional drilling
- The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has penalized six exchange houses for flouting rules to combat money laundering...
The sanctions imposed last month followed the exchange houses’ failures to comply with AML & Sanctions Compliance Frameworks by end-2019
The UAE has in recent months beefed up regulations targeted at banks and financial institutions to combat and prevent money laundering





















