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Tag : Finance
Dubai fintech NOW Money driving financial inclusion for low-income workers
70% of the GCC’s population, mostly low-income expat workers, do not have a bank account – NOW Money wants to change that...
UAE’s new insolvency law to protect individuals mired in debt
The new insolvency law will enhance the country’s competitiveness in the ease of doing business...
Singapore’s Portal launches fund targeted at APac HNWIs
Portal Digital Fund operates on the basis of a fund-of-funds structure and aims to have $100 mn in funds in the future...
Digital technology in banking: Challenging the challenger banks
How can banks become powerful digital platform businesses connecting trading partners through trust?...
Keeping global financial institutions ahead of geopolitical risks
Although exposure to geopolitical risks is inevitable for financial institutions on the expansion path, technology helps them mitigate the effects...
Bahrain government epayments increase by 29% in third quarter
445, 000 financial transactions were carried out during the period which amount to $121.25 mn...
Emerging markets: Intelligently automating financial services
AI helps financial firms in Latin America and Africa compete on the basis of customer experience as opposed to labour arbitrage...
London to host 9th Edition Operational Risk Management in FIs
The conference seeks to identify the emergence of new threats and reinforce operational risk management practices in the industry...
DIFC records 45% growth in Islamic assets in Q2 2019
Islamic finance sector is growing at a rate of 1.5 times more than traditional finance...