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Kuwait's leading Islamic bank, Warba Bank, celebrated the listing of the bank's $250 million perpetual Tier-1 Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai...
This was the third listing after a $250 million and a $500 million instrument in Mar 2017 and Oct 2019 respectively.
The new listing brings the total outstanding value of the bank’s Sukuk on the exchange to $898 million.
The total number of tourists coming to the Kingdom in the period has surpassed 2.1 million, while the number of...
The total number of tourists coming to the Kingdom in the period has surpassed 2.1 million, while the number of overnight tourists has inched up by 8.9 percent
Jordanian Minister of Tourism Nayef Al-Fayez said that the National Tourism Strategy is geared to attract more tourists than recorded in 2019, before the outbreak of the pandemic
The airline will work with the Henan Province Airport Group.
The virtual MoU was signed during the virtual Zhengzhou Week event at the China Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
It is said to contain plans for Etihad’s potential operation of regular cargo services between Abu Dhabi and Zhengzhou
The regulatory approval, the first in the Middle East and North Africa region, may push Binance to set up its...
The regulatory approval, the first in the Middle East and North Africa region, may push Binance to set up its headquarters in Manama
The second regulatory approval for Binance has come from Canada, which has approved a money services business license
The Saudi Central Bank "SAMA" has released a public consultation on rules for regulating the business of real estate refinance...
The draft can be reached by visiting Public Consultation Platform affiliated with the National Competitiveness Center at https://istitlaa.ncc.gov.sa.
SAMA has invited the public, specialists, and interested individuals to provide their views and observations on the rules within 30 days.
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has announced that it will commence a Monday to Friday working week from 1 January...
ADGM said the new working week brings Dubai's business community and financial sector closer to global markets and real-time economic and trading activities.
More than 3700 entities are registered with the ADGM and it has a strong pipeline of growth, said the IFC in a statement.
Central Bank will acquire the Societe Generale Bank Jordan.
The acquisition is said to be part of a drive to expand the Central Bank's foothold regionally and domestically
Its chairman Bassem Al Salem said the bank would also issue $100 million in perpetual bonds to help drive growth
No Way Home has grossed $467.3 million in North America and $587 million internationally since its release earlier this month.
Spider-Man has become the first billion-dollar-grossing film of the pandemic era
The movie took an estimated $81.5 million in North America over the Christmas weekend
The Chinese real-estate firm has $300 billion in liabilities.
In recent months, Evergrande has repeatedly said it will finish its unfinished projects and deliver them to buyers
This, despite the company having missed a payment of more than $1.2 billion earlier this month
As ecommerce expands, companies are becoming more aware of the region's shifting consumer behavior and needs, say experts.
Retailers in the region are becoming more aware of the necessity to create ‘brand.com’ sites
AR and AI will become more commonly used to improve the consumer experience