Deposits in Saudi Arabian banks increase by 7.3% in 2019
Savings and term deposits increase by 13.2% year-on-year in 2019 to SR 501.67 bn...
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Grab enters wealth management with Bento acquisition
Bento Invest will be rebranded as Grab Invest and new products will be available in Singapore by mid-2020...
MTN to invest $1.6 bn in Nigeria to boost connectivity
This follows the Nigerian government’s decision to drop charges against MTN Group for alleged unpaid taxes worth $2 bn...
UAE spearheading MEA’s smart hospitals market
According to experts, the market will be worth $2.1 bn by 2023...
CIMB Philippines virtual bank provides AI-backed onboarding
While the process earlier took more than 15 minutes, now it can be completed in less than five minutes...
Masdar to launch UAE’s first ‘sustainable’ REIT
The sustainable real estate investment trust is expected to have an initial valuation between Dh950 mn and Dh1 bn...
ZTE and MTN Uganda unveil the first 5G standalone network in East Africa
The Chinese multinational telecom equipment giant has emerged as a vital provider of end-to-end services in the ICT sector...
Nigerian fintech startups attracted $122 mn in funding in 2019
Total funding accumulated by fintechs fell by 21.8% year-on-year...
Indonesia to replace coal power plants with renewable energy sources
The plants, which are to be replaced, could have a combined power capacity of over 11,000 MW...
GCC Healthcare market expected to hit $70 billion this year
Currently, GCC is spending just around 50 percent of what mature markets invest on healthcare...