UAE, Saudi banks expect increase in loan demand in 2020
Dubai Expo 2020, banks’ regional expansion and slowdown in property market are contributing factors to rising credit...
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Goldman’s workforce expansion in China is part of five-year strategy plan
The headcount will increase by 600 employees in Goldman Sach’s mainland operations...
Open banking unleashes business lending race
The UK’s open banking directive is starting to propel SME growth and is having a cascading effect on European banking...
UK: Open banking unleashes business lending race
The UK’s open banking directive is starting to propel SME growth and is having a cascading effect on European banking...
Why Kenya needs fewer banks
Around 80 percent of the profits made by the Kenyan banking sector go to the top five to six banks...
Al Wateen: A unique digital factory in the Kuwait Islamic banking sector
Kuwait’s Warba Bank is pioneering digital banking innovation in the Gulf countries with an in-house centre to develop exclusive digital products and services...
Cashless society: epayments catch fire in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia achieved 36% epayments out of all payments in 2019 against a target of 28% for 2020. Is this growth sustainable?...
UOB taps into $10 bn Asean millennials market with neobank TMRW
The bank says that 70% of ASEAN consumers demonstrate high ecommerce engagement...
XAI is the future of AI in banking
If not handled well, AI-led customer disintermediation could plague banking; but that’s where XAI can help...
African fintechs are riding global investor sentiments
Sub Saharan Africa is now among the fastest growing fintech investment zones with trade war weary Chinese flying in with cash...