Dubai Unified Licence cuts business bank setup time from 65 to 5 days, a 90 per cent reduction that boosts ease of doing business
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Dubai Chambers and EDB join forces to unlock growth opportunities for SMEs
Dubai Chambers and Emirates Development Bank join forces to simplify banking, expand trade finance and support SME global expansion
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Dubai Police and banks team up to stamp out financial crime
Dubai Police will team up with banks and financial institutions to combat economic crime in the UAE
digital payments
Mashreq repositions NEOPAY as UAE digital payments continue to soar
Dubai banking major completes transition of its existing payments business into wholly owned subsidiary
DEWA
Mashreq launches digital initiative to support Dubai’s IPO push
Dubai banking major says retail customers can now subscribe to upcoming IPOs through online banking platform and app
DFM
How Dubai’s largest bank plans to add momentum to emirate’s IPO push
Emirates NBD announces the launch of a new IPO platform to support investors
Dubai banking
Dubai’s Mashreq invests in fintech at centre of F&B payments revolution
Bank says partnership reinforces its commitment to support the burgeoning fintech ecosystem across the UAE
Dubai banking
Dubai’s Mashreq picks Israeli firm to help detect financial fraud
Mashreqbank is ThetaRay’s first customer in the UAE following normalisation of relations between the two countries in 2020
Amazon
Now you can bank in the UAE using Amazon Alexa
Emirates NBD announces launch of voice banking following recent arrival of Alexa in the UAE
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
Mashreq chairman ‘cautiously optimistic’ amid uncertain banking landscape
AbdulAziz Al Ghurair makes comments as Mashreq reports AED85m net profit for first six months of 2021
bond issuance
Emirates NBD hails $750m bond listing amid UAE economic recovery
Bank says issuance was 2.3 times oversubscribed with a strong demand from the Middle East region
Dubai banking
Dubai’s largest bank sees Q1 net profit rise on improving UAE economy
Emirates NBC CEO says bank will accelerate the pace of investment in digital and international network on back of strong results
Coronavirus Dubai
How the UAE’s largest Islamic bank helped 54,000 customers during pandemic
Dubai Islamic Bank says it provided relief measures totalling $2.45bn to mitigate impact of the coronavirus crisis
Dubai banking
Mashreq said to mull plan to move employees to cheaper hubs
Sources say Dubai’s third-biggest lender is shifting jobs to locations including India, Egypt or Pakistan
