China will market debt to US-based institutional investors for the first time as part of the proposed offering. ( read original story ...)
Cyprus cancels maligned ‘golden passport’ scheme
Cyprus has scrapped a lucrative program granting citizenship to wealthy investors amid new allegations that a top state official and a veteran lawmaker were implicated in attempts to bypass strict vet ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus scraps ‘golden passport’ scheme over alleged abuse
Cyprus said on Tuesday it will scrap its citizenship scheme for foreign investors next month over alleged abuses uncovered in a television programme. ( read original story ...)
Bahrain Development Bank Selects TCS BaNCS™ Global Banking Platform to Speed Up Innovation
Tata Consultancy Services’ Front-to-back Digital Banking Solution, Deployed on the Public Cloud, to Help BDB Enhance Agility, Usher in Superior Customer Experience, and Accelerate Digital ... ( read original story ...)
Ooredoo Qatar launches media campaign on 5G business cases
Ooredoo Qatar has launched a media campaign on how its 5G network will help Qatar lead the world in technological advancement. Ooredoo aims to demonstrate to businesses how 5G is transforming lives ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar an ideal test-bed for developing robust B2B FinTech market: Expert
Qatar’s demographics size makes the nation an ideal test-bed for developing a robust business-to-business (B2B) FinTech market. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon: Paralysis doesn’t stop Naji’s success
Naji contracted the virus when he was just 6 months old during the epidemic in the 1970s. At the time, the virus caused a fever and paralyzed movement in his legs and hands. Having received intensive ... ( read original story ...)
Israel Sees Commercial Aviation Deal With UAE Within Days
Direct air traffic between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi or Dubai would be a tourism and business boon for Israel and the Gulf power, while also easing Israelis' travel to Asia. Saudi Arabia has agreed ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq oil minister plans company to handle Kurdistan oil operations
Iraq's oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar proposed to form a company tasked with managing upstream and oil exports operations in Kurdistan’s semi-autonomous region, state news agency INA cited as saying ... ( read original story ...)
Cambodia awards Korean lender a commercial bank licence
South Korea’s DGB Daegu Bank said it received a licence from the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) to transform its specialised banking unit in the Kingdom into a full-fledged commercial bank. ( read original story ...)