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Qatar’s QIB’s growth is built on its position as a leading Islamic Bank with deeply rooted customer relationships and strong engagement with the local community in supporting sustainable business practices

Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has devised a comprehensive growth and development strategy for the coming years with customers at the centre. A Q&A with Bassel Gamal, Group CEO of QIB on the bank’s digital channels driving its sustainability strategy.

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Beyond the Buzz: New Treasury Solutions with AI

As artificial intelligence (AI) appears poised to revolutionize financial services, Andreas Lutz, CEO of global treasury solutions leader Fides, discusses the potential benefits of AI-powered treasury services, using AI to bridge the API connectivity gap with legacy systems and mitigating risks through responsible AI.

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Ethiopias’s Rising Demand for Digital Banking

Substantial investment in its digital platform positioned Awash Bank to capture growth opportunities driven by Ethiopia’s rapidly increasing demand for mobile and online banking services. Kefyalew Shiferaw, Awash Bank’s Chief, Digital Banking Officer, discusses the bank’s digital strategy and future expansion into new markets.

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Navigating the Sustainability Commitment Paradox: A roadmap for corporate treasurers

Although there is widespread support for ESG initiatives and a large proportion willing to prioritise positive environmental and social impacts...

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How financial institutions can help with the fight against climate change

When it comes to taking the necessary measures to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, action does not come cheap. Introducing the necessary changes to energy production, ensuring more environmentally methods of production and re-tooling existing industries, for example, will come with significant costs. And, unfortunately, a significant proportion of these costs are going to be borne by those least able to afford them.

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Mitigating climate change: the role of the Paris Agreement Global Stocktake

When 195 countries signed up to the Paris Agreement in 2015, it seemed the world was finally taking climate change seriously. The commitment to taking the measures necessary to limit the increase in the mean global temperature to a maximum of 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels seemed a turning point in the fight against climate change.

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Nomo breaks new ground in Islamic digital banking

‘We continue to listen to customer needs,’ says Abdullah Al-Tuwaijri, CEO, Consumer, Private & Digital Banking of Boubyan Bank and board member of Bank of London and The Middle East, the largest Islamic bank in Europe

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Belfius: We Go Further For The Love Of Our Belgian Customers

Acclaimed for its cash management and trade finance expertise, Belfius Bank is leveraging its public-sector experience to innovate corporate transaction banking in Belgium. Koen Vierendeels, Belfius’s Head of Transaction Banking, discusses the customer-centric heart of the bank’s strategy and how its Belgian-market focus is a strong competitive advantage in achieving customer service excellence and navigating risk.

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Growth Opportunities in Kuwait’s Dynamic Capital Markets

Named “2023 Best Debt Bank in the Middle East” by Global Finance, Kamco Invest is well-positioned to drive innovation and growth in the region's capital markets, says Abdullah AlSharekh, Managing Director of Markets & Investment Banking.

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COP28: A crucial waypoint in the Race to Zero

On 30 November, the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference begins in Dubai. With COP28 taking place in the United Arab Emirates, just one year after COP27 in Egypt, the concerns of developing economies will be at the forefront of the global climate agenda.

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ION: helping FX clients thrive in uncertain times

Foreign exchange trading is, like other investments, susceptible to the volatility that can plague us all in uncertain times. And the past few years have seen more uncertainty than most.

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Innovating Corporate Banking to Drive Kuwaits Digital Transformation

Kuwait’s leading banking innovator, Boubyan Bank is transforming corporate banking with a fully digital one-stop corporate platform. Abdul-Salam Mohammed Al-Saleh, Chief Executive Officer, Boubyan Bank’s Corporate Banking, Financial Control, Treasury and Legal Affair, discusses the bank’s corporate banking strategy, market opportunities in transactional, trade and supply chain banking and commitment to serving as a digital transformation partner to corporates.