Features
Central Bankers Report Card 2017 | Ratings For Middle East & Africa
These are the ratings for central bank governors from the Middle East and Africaregions in 2017.
Middle East
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
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.
News
Can New CEO End Crisis For Teva Pharmaceutical
Kåre Schultz willtake over as CEO at a time when the pharmaceutical companystruggles withcompetition, downwardpressure on drug prices,expiring patents, risingoperational costs, bribery investigations,fines and failed acquisitions.
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Branchless Mortgages
Global Finance: What is Bidaya's business strategy? Mohamed Badat: Our business strategy involves leveraging innovation and digital infrastructure to directly reach customers in a secure, swift and seamless manner. Home finance and real estate has long been perceived as a ...
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Chain Of Crude
Global Finance talks withArnaud Stevens,Frederic Dalibard of Nexitis, and Luca Comparini of IBM about blockchain technologies and commodity trade finance.
Features
Open Or Shut? MENA Banks Under Pressure
New regulatory demands are changing banking relationships and, combined with rapid technological change, squeezing transaction banks in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Proving Products
Global Finance: What are the unique features of the Al Nuwair Deposit Account? And what about the Eservice Gold Account? Fahad Khaled Al-Mukhaizeem: Al-Nuwair deposit is an innovative investment deposit that promises clients with expected profit rates based on the ...
News
Re-Elected, Rouhani Faces A New World
The re-election of moderate Hassan Rouhani for a second term as Iran’s president ends a chapter in Iran’s history,
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Amazon Conquers Arab World With Acquisition Of Souq.com
Amazon enters Arab markets of the Middle East / North Africa region by buying up Souq.com, an established online retailer.
Data
Bahrain Diversifies To Draw FDI
After ratings downgrades a year ago, the Kingdom of Bahrain has worked to diversify revenue sources while maximizing the benefits of its strong relationship with Saudi Arabia.
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Best Banks In the Middle East 2017
Global Finance Magazine’s 2017 rankings of the best banks in the Middle East.
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Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2017
Our annual awards illustrate how shariah-compliant institutions are expanding into new markets, even in the non-Islamic West, and taking up the global call for “inclusive growth.”