Middle East Business News

StanChart, BNP Among Banks Said To Be Added To Saudi Aramco Bond

Saudi Aramco's first-ever international dollar-bond offering will part-fund the acquisition of petrochemical giant Saudi... Read more

StanChart, BNP Among Banks Said To Be Added To Saudi Aramco Bond

Saudi Aramco's first-ever international dollar-bond offering will part-fund the acquisition of petrochemical giant Saudi... Read more

Apple Pay Said To Be Coming To Saudi Arabia This Week

Advertisements from Al-Rajhi Bank suggest Apple Pay will be available in Saudi Arabia on February 19 Read more

Opinion: How Middle East Millennials Will Manage Their Wealth

Digitally savvy and globally aware, are millennials' financial needs also different from older generations, asks Remy A.... Read more

Apple Legend Steve Wozniak To Join FinTech Celebration In Bahrain

Global tech innovator and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will take centre stage at GCC Financial Forum, part of Fintasti... Read more

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Said To Mull Merger Option

Sources say the UAE's second-biggest Islamic lender is in early talks with financial advisers about measures Read more

Saudi Aramco May Raise Up To $15bn In Debut Foreign Bond

The world's biggest oil producer may sell the bonds in the first half of the year Read more

Kuwaiti Bank Signs Ripple Deal To Speed Up Payments

Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait announces partnership with financial technology firm Ripple to enable instant cross-border paymen... Read more

Dubai Digital Bank Is First To Launch Smartphone Insurance Plan

Liv. says Mobile Insurance is the first in a series of insurance products to be launched over coming months Read more

Investcorp, Standard Life Plan To Raise Up To $1bn For Gulf Fund

New joint venture will focus on healthcare, education and utilities and may also invest in the wider Middle East and Lev... Read more

Saudi Wealth Fund Plans San Francisco Office In Technology Push

Saudi Public Investment Fund is looking to open offices in San Francisco, as well as New York and London Read more

Bahrain's Investcorp Bank Sees Sweet Spot In Indian Property Crunch

Investcorp Bank, which manages about $23bn of assets, plans to provide structured lending to developers faced with borro... Read more

Deutsche Bank Seeks To Rebuild In Middle East After Cost Cutting

Jamal Al Kishi, Middle East and Africa CEO, said Deutsche Bank said it expects to be involved in large financing deals a... Read more

World Bank Says To Set Up Office In Abu Dhabi's ADGM

New Abu Dhabi Global Market office will exercise full functions of World Bank Read more

Bahrain's Investcorp Inks $330m US Real Estate Deal

New portfolio includes 2,510 units across North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arizona and Texas Read more