World Bank issues its first Hong Kong Dollar green bond
The HKD 1bn 2-year green bond offers a coupon of 2.14% per annum up to April 23, 2020 maturity date and has an issue price of 100%...
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S&P Global Ratings: Islamic finance stands to gain from standardisation and fintech
In a report titled "The Future Of Banking: Islamic Finance Needs Standardization And FinTech To Boost Growth," S&P Global Ratings says it believes the global Islamic finance industry will expand slowly in 2018 and 2019...
NatWest and MarketInvoice join forces to fund British businesses
The range of invoice finance solutions help to improve cash flow, quickly and easily, without having to wait out lengthy payment terms...
S&P Global Ratings: Global credit conditions tempered by potential Sino-US trade war
The company recently published its quarterly updates on credit conditions in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Latin America on the evolution of macroeconomic conditions and broad financial trends...
QNB plans to expand growth rate in Southeast Asia
The bank seeks to find prospects with at least four to five percent of local market control and an internal rate of no less than 15% within three years...
Intel shares fall to US$48.12 on the Nasdaq Stock Market
Reports say Apple is designing its own chips and will replace Intel processors by 2020...
Why is a ‘Value Added Tax’ so important to the UAE?
Mohammed Fathy, General Manager of Dubai-based tax consultancy Al Dhaheri Jones & Clark, explains its long-term effect on the region’s sectors and GDP percentage...
Nasdaq launches Nasdaq fund network to expand market transparency
Comprehensive service to include all publicly available investment products, increasing market access to more individual users...
Low-income households to help design £55mn scheme to tackle financial vulnerability
The £55mn financial inclusion fund comes from £330mn released from dormant accounts to be spent on good causes that was announced by the Government in January this year...
Bank of Ireland UK builds on unique partnership approach to retail banking
Bank of Ireland (UK) plc, part of Bank of Ireland Group, publishes its Annual Results for the year ended 31 December 2017...