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2017 Could Be A Record Year For Arab Fintech

Some of this year’s biggest deals include $20 million for Bahraini payment solution PayTabs, $3.5 million for Emirati finance-comparison platform yallacompare and $1.5 million for Emirati mobile-banking solution NOW Money.

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Cryptocurrencies Will March On Unfazed

The likes of Burger King in Russia haveissued Whoppercoin, a cryptocurrency that enables customers to buy a signature Whopper burger.

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Equifax: A Breach Too Far

The breach has put the personal data of 143 million people at risk of identity theft.

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Fund Raising: SPACs Return To Favor

SPACs ,created in the US in the 1990s to help financial sponsors raise funds more quickly in capital markets, had suffered, until recently, from a weak IPO market and several failed acquisitions.

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The Bitcoin Wars: Regulation Vs. Opportunity

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that raise funds using digital currencieshave come under regulatory fire in recent times.

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Iraq Welcomed Back To Global Debt Market

With an enticing yield of 6.75%, Iraq attracted $6.6 billion in orders for its $1 billion issue of five-and-a-half-year bonds in early August, its first independent bond sale in more than a decade.

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More Rules Expected for ICOs After China Ban

Financial regulators the world over are beginning to take a closer look at digital currency Initial Currency Offers andcompaniesthat use them to raise funds.

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Banks Back Nurturing A Creative Culture In-House

By recognizing entrepreneurial talent and encouraging employees to step forward with ideas, banks get a chance to boost innovation fromwithin

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New Accounting Rules Leave US Companies Guessing

US companies are scrambling to adjust to a change in accounting rules that has been more than a decade in the making.

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New Roles, New Metrics For CFOs

With the duties of chief financial officers growing in scope and complexity, evaluation and pay packages are changing too.

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Renminbis International Use Falls Following Intervention

The Chinese central bank’s heavy-handed intervention in the currency markets earlier this year has triggered a decline in trading of the renminbi and a reversal in the rise of the Rmb in international payments.

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Saudi Arabia Issuses First Domestic Sukuk

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Finance raised 17 billion riyals ($4.5 billion) in its first domestic sukuk issuance in late July.