The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and India have launched trade agreement negotiations, marking a new phase in the strategic partnership.
Kuwait marks its 65th National Day today (on February 25), highlighting a year of strong financial performance underpinned by sovereign wealth fund assets exceeding $1 trillion, according to a regional statistical report.
Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, has announced a landmark partnership with EDGE Group, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups.
The Bahrain Association of Banks (BAB) and BENEFIT, the leading fintech and electronic financial transactions service provider in the kingdom, held a strategic meeting to review the company’s corporate strategy for 2025–2027, in a move aimed at accelerating digital transformation across Bahrain’s financial sector.
Beyon Connect, part of the Beyon Group, has signed an agreement with Mubasher Capital, one of the region’s leading investment brokerage firms, to adopt EKEY for Business (EKEY-B) Bahrain’s national digital identity authentication and consent-based eKYC platform for the private sector.
The world’s high-net-worth individual (HNWI) population of nearly 23 million individuals who collectively hold close to $87 trillion in wealth are reshaping global investment priorities, says a DIFC report which highlighted that the UAE attracted 9,800 new millionaires in 2025.
Saudi Arabia recorded total revenues of SR1.11 trillion ($295.87 billion) in 2025, while expenditures reached approximately SR1.389 trillion ($370.24 billion), resulting in a budget deficit of SR276.61 billion ($73.73 billion), the kingdom's Ministry of Finance has announced.
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will raise a temporary tariff from 10% to 15% on US imports from all countries after the US Supreme Court struck down his previous tariff programme. However, far from being a source of relief, it has infused new risks and uncertainties into trade policy, US debt and the dollar.
DAE Capital, a leading Dubai-based aircraft lessor, is closing in on a deal to buy control of leasing platform Macquarie AirFinance, a Reuters report said quoting two industry sources.
The UAE Ministry of Finance (MoF), in its capacity as issuer and in collaboration with the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) as issuing and payment agent, has launched the first-ever 7-year tranche of UAE dirham-denominated Islamic Treasury Sukuk (T-Sukuk) valued at AED550 million.
