Aldar has become the first in Abu Dhabi to complete mortgage financing on an off-plan property for its customers through Abu Dhabi Real Estate Centre’s newly launched framework that enables the financing bank to be named on the mortgage registration certificate before property handover.
The Egyptian Cabinet has greenlit measures for the Ministry of Finance to issue up to $3 billion in international bonds throughout fiscal year 2026/2027. This move aligns with state strategy to cover budget funding gaps, broaden currency and lower refinancing exposure.
Marking Emirati Women’s Day, Emirates NBD, a leading banking group, has launched a campaign under the unifying theme, ‘Banat Zayed’ (Daughters of Zayed).
Standard Chartered has announced the expansion of its institutional Bitcoin (BTC/USD) and Ether (ETH/USD) spot trading in the UAE through ‘Standard Chartered DIFC’.
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has done live USD transactions at scale as part of Swift’s Ledger Minimum Viable Product (MVP), using tokenised deposits and Swift smart contract settlements.
CFI Financial Group, a global leader in online trading services, has appointed Federico Cirulli as Chairman of the Board, marking the latest step in the group's evolution into a more institutional and scalable organisation. The appointment follows a period of record trading performance and continued expansion of the Group's international footprint.
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, has announced an enhanced version of A2A Protect, delivering real-time risk insights that help banks stop account-to-account fraud before money leaves customer accounts.
Benefit, Bahrain’s leader in Fintech and electronic financial transactions, recorded 261.2 million transactions across the Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS)in the first half (H1) of 2026.
The global economy has proved more resilient than expected in the face of the energy supply shock triggered by the conflict in the Gulf, with global growth for 2026 holding at around 3%, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.
BENEFIT, a leading fintech company in Bahrain, has announced that it had processed 261.2 million transactions through the Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS) in the first half of 2026, up 7.6% when compared to last year, with the total value surging by 6.1% to BD19.3 billion ($51.2 billion).
