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2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

Mashreq Q1 profit rises

Total revenue increased 10% year-on-year.

TECOM profit climbs

High occupancy across assets boosts earnings.

Emirates Stallions Q1 revenue up 11%

The rise helped by strong demand in real estate

ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.
  • MENA region startup funding falls to 2018-19 levels

    Factors contributing to the slowdown include the aftermath of SVB crisis, Eid and Easter holidays, and the global decrease in investment in tech startups due to Ukraine war.
  • US banks may become more cautious in granting loans: Yellen

    Still predicting "moderate GDP growth, US treasury secretary has affirmed that the country's banks may be more cautious in granting loans after recent turmoil in the sector, she said In an interview to be aired on Sunday. The dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank shook the financial...
  • US Treasury Secretary US economy to grow, downplays recession fears

    Washington, United States - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expects the world's biggest economy will continue to grow, despite heightened recession concerns following recent turmoil in the banking sector. The dramatic collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank last month had rattled the industry, prompting US authorities including...
  • US senators reprimand regulators for failure to stop SVB collapse

    Washington, United States--US lawmakers accused regulators Tuesday of failing to do enough to prevent the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank earlier this month, despite knowing it was over-exposed to the risk of rising interest rates. The Senate Banking Committee grilled senior Federal Reserve, Treasury and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) officials...
  • First Citizens agrees to buy failed Silicon Valley Bank

    It will buy "all loans and deposits" from Silicon Valley Bank, whose fall this month set off global fears about the sector. SVB became the biggest US bank to fail since 2008 when regulators seized it after a sudden run on deposits. The bank was a key lender to the...
  • Silicon Valley Bank demise: US Fed lends banks $12bn to ease stress

    The Fed had unveiled the scheme alongside the Treasury and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Sunday night, as authorities looked to prevent other banks from running into the liquidity issues that ultimately doomed California's SVB. According to data made available Thursday, the Fed drew an additional $152 billion in...
  • US banking crisis after SVB fall to have limited impact on Europe: rating agencies

    Markets were rocked earlier this week by the collapse of two US regional lenders, SVB and Signature Bank, which forced authorities to launch measures aimed at preventing contagion across the sector. S&P Global Ratings said the European banks it follows and rates did not have the same economic model or...
  • Joe Biden reassures Americans about safety of banking system

    Washington, United States--President Joe Biden sought to reassure Americans over the country's financial system Monday as more US banks and leading European lenders were hammered amid contagion worries. Silicon Valley Bank -- a key lender to startups across the United States since the 1980s -- collapsed after a sudden run on...
  • HSBC buys UK arm of SVB

    In a rescue deal, it bought SVB for a nominal price of $1.2.
  • SVB failure unnerves USDC, other cryptocurrencies

    The FDIC on Friday took over SVB, a major lender to the tech world, in the second-largest bank failure in US history. The bank is expected to reopen on Monday under a new name.
  • Silicon Valley Bank demise has markets jittery, analysts say no contagion risk

    Officially closed and put into receivership by US authorities on Friday, SVB was at risk due to a heavy concentration in its client profile, according to Morgan Stanley.