Preparing For A Digital Future
Digital transformation is more than adding a software wrapper for a new digital channel or digitising parts and pockets... Read more
IFRS 9: A Clear View Of GCC Banks Asset Quality
It’s been a year since banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFR... Read more
Court Of The Blackchain
Tell us more about Court of the Blockchain. Court of the Blockchain is an initiative launched in July 2018 in partners... Read more
Middle East: Retaining The Digital Native
How would you describe the development of digital transformation in the Middle East’s banking sector? Habib Hanna (H... Read more
Developing The Talent Pool In The GCC
How was 2018 for EIBFS? 2018 was a great year that saw EIBFS exceed the targeted number of training programmes. Under ... Read more
The Future Of Islamic Finance
Islamic financial assets were estimated to be valued at $2 trillion in 2018 and are expected to grow in excess of 30 pe... Read more
Mashreq: Digital Simplicity
Tell us your projections this year. For the remainder of 2019, we believe non-oil activity, including government spendi... Read more
Bank Of The Future: Liv
What are your views on digital banking in the UAE? Suvo Sarkar (SS): With the UAE having one of the world’s highest ... Read more
GCC Capital Markets: Slowly But Surely
2018 closed encouragingly for the GCC as it witnessed five IPO listings raising over $1 billion in the last quarter of ... Read more
Saudi Arabia's Balancing Act
The reasons why Moody’s recently affirmed Saudi Arabia’s A1 credit rating are pretty clear: Saudi Arabia’s money ... Read more
Calm Seas: A Modest Growth For The Wealthy
Looking back in the last 12 months, what are your views on the private banking and wealth management sector in the Midd... Read more
GCC: A Pricing Marvel
The $100 billion-plus of orders that Aramco’s generated for its maiden $12 billion bond sale will be also remembered ... Read more
GCC: Managing Operational Risk Effectively
In recent years, banks globally and here in the UAE were occupied by the implementation of IFRS 9. This tended to dwarf... Read more
Lebanon: State Of Play
Business cannot continue as usual. Decades of fiscal irresponsibility, corruption and nepotism drained the treasury and... Read more
An Outlook On 2019 In GCC
The year 2018 witnessed several industries adjust to the ‘new normal’, where unpredictability was rife, particularl... Read more