Search Results for: Emirates NBD
Saudi Arabia is losing oil market share to Iraq and Iran
April 27th, 2017
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, is losing market share to Iraq and Iran as a result of OPEC’s agreement to curb supplies to bolster prices, according to the head of research at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. “If ...
The Russian “Laundromat” exposed; how the complex money laundering scheme worked
March 23rd, 2017
Three years after the “Laundromat” was exposed as a criminal financial vehicle to move vast sums of money out of Russia, journalists now know how the complex scheme worked – including who ended up with the $20.8 billion and ...
Which Gulf country’s banking sector is the top in assets volumes
March 9th, 2017
The UAE’s banking sector came first on the list of the banking sectors in terms of asset volume in the GCC region, with a total value of about US$711 billion, over (AED2. 61 trillion) in 2016, according to statistics ...
Job hiring in UAE picks up pace, to rebound in 2017
December 29th, 2016
After a prolonged slump, recruitment activity in the UAE started to pick up in the last quarter of the year, further strengthening expectations of a rebound in the job market in 2017. Recent online job postings show that the ...
Which is the next hotspot to attarct investors interest in UAE?
July 25th, 2016
UAE-based companies with more than 50 staff are now required to provide free housing for workers earning less than $544 per month. Worker housing projects in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are expected to draw increased interest from investors ...
Dubai’s largest bank reported Q2 net profit rises 16%; $520m net profit
July 18th, 2016
The bank made a net profit of Dhs 1.91bn in the three months to June 30 Dubai’s largest lender, Emirates NBD (ENBD), reported a 16 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit on Monday, broadly in line with analysts’ ...
Visa Opens its Global Network with Launch of Visa Developer
February 5th, 2016
Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) announced the launch of Visa Developer, a milestone that transforms the world’s largest retail payments network to an open platform that will drive innovation in payments and commerce. For the first time in the company’s nearly 60 ...
Which bank is UAE most valuable?
February 4th, 2016
Emirates NBD is UAE’s most valuable bank Firm makes global branding list released by consultants Brand Finance Emirates NBD have been named the most valuable bank in the United Arab Emirates on a global bank branding list released by ...
Lower oil prices hit UAE and Saudi Arabia economies, latest PMI survey shows
February 4th, 2016
The economies of the UAE and Saudi Arabia slowed further last month, according to monthly trackers of business activity published yesterday, as falling oil prices and a stumbling global economy hit the region. The UAE purchasing managers’ index, which ...
Dubai economy picks up with tourist activity on the rise
December 14th, 2015
Dubai’s economy picked up in November as tourist activity increased against the previous month, an economic survey of the emirate shows. The Dubai economy tracker, a survey of business conditions in the emirate, rose to 53.4 in November, up ...