Middle East Business News

UAE Shoppers Opting For Contactless Payments Over Cash Purchases

Survey from Dubai Police, Dubai Economy and Visa revealed 71% are using digital payments over cash in stores Read more

Saudi Arabian Mining Unit Signs $4.1bn Finance Deal

Maaden Waad Al Shamal Phosphate Co will refinance $2.3 billion owed to a syndicate of commercial banks and financial ins... Read more

Oman Set To Introduce 50% Tax On Sweetened Drinks

Oman will introduce a 50% levy on sweetened drinks from October 1 next. Read more

Finablr's Auditors EY Resign Over List Of 'concerns'

Non-executive directors Abdulrahman Basaddiq and Bassam Hage have also resigned Read more

Rakbank Reduces Credit Card Limit To AED5,000 As Covid-19 Bites

The bank saw a 43% drop in profit in Q1 and said the limit cap is part of its risk monitoring activity Read more

Saudi Central Bank Affirms Commitment To Currency Peg Against Dollar

Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority to maintain exchange rate at 3.75 riyals to the dollar Read more

Yallacompare Raises $4.25m From Kuwait-listed Gulf Insurance Group

Previous investors in yallacompare include STC Ventures, Wamda Capital, DSO and New York-based Argo Ventures Read more

Silver Lake Follows Facebook To Back Ambani's Reliance Jio

The Silver Lake deal is the latest in a series of fund-raising plans by chairman Mukesh Ambani, as the tycoon seeks to b... Read more

UK's Financial Reporting Council To Investigate Ernst & Young's Auditing Of NMC Health

Regular to concentrate on 2018 financial statements of troubled UAE-based healthcare provider Read more

Dubai Healthcare City Authority Reveals Business Relief Package

Package designed to reduce financial impact of Covid-19 pandemic Read more

How Did Lebanon's Economy Reach The Brink Of Collapse And Can It Recover?

Lebanon had racked up a debt equivalent to 170% of its GDP by the end of 2019 Read more

$1m Equity-free Grant Launched To Support Struggling Start-ups Amid Covid-19

Fund by Sharjah-based Sheraa will replace budget for its annual events which have been cancelled in line with safety mea... Read more

US Law Firms To Pursue Legal Action Against Troubled NMC Health

Firms urging investors to contact them in a bid to recoup losses Read more

Oman Tells Banks To Free Loan Repayments For Three-months

The decision will come into effect in May. Read more

Embattled Finablr-owned Travelex Goes Up For Sale

BR Shetty has resigned from the board off Travelex, although he remains in place as chairman and majority stakeholder at... Read more