Stocks Gulf stocks soar on US-Iran ceasefire deal Aya Anwar Apr 8, 2026 0 Gulf stock markets surged on Wednesday as global equities rallied after US President Donald Trump agreed to a…
Featured GAFI, Emirates NBD sign MoU to promote investment in Egypt Aya Anwar Dec 14, 2025 0 Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Sunday…
Featured Egypt’s trade body, Emirates NBD explore financing push to boost exports, attract FDI Yomna Yasser Nov 23, 2025 0 The Egyptian Commercial Service (ECS) held talks with Emirates NBD to expand financing options for local companies…
Featured Pilot Launch of the D-MENA Bank CEO Composite™ Dina Abdel Fattah Oct 26, 2025 0 Banks across the Middle East and North Africa have entered a new phase in the global financial system—marked by…
News Talabat’s $2b IPO marks DMF revival Aya Anwar Dec 8, 2024 0 Dubai Financial Market (DFM) is set for a major boost as Talabat, the Middle Eastern arm of Germany’s Delivery Hero…
Stocks Gulf stocks subdued as investors eye Fed minutes Nada Ali May 22, 2024 0 Most Gulf region stock markets opened lower on Wednesday, as investors are waiting for updates from the US Federal…
Arab Gulf stocks subdued on US rate cut concerns Nada Ali Apr 16, 2024 0 Stock markets across the Gulf opened cautiously on Tuesday, mirroring a broader Asian sell-off.
Stocks Gulf stocks mostly fall amid US rate concerns Nada Ali Apr 3, 2024 0 Gulf stock markets went mostly down in early trade on Wednesday, as investors assessed the possibility of the US…
Stocks Gulf stocks gain on Tuesday Nada Ali Apr 2, 2024 0 Gulf stock markets rose in early trading on Tuesday, driven by expectations of increased oil demand in China and…
Stocks Gulf stock market mixed in early trade Nada Ali Apr 1, 2024 0 Gulf stock markets had a mixed performance in early trade on Monday as oil prices rose and investors awaited US…
Stocks Gulf markets up on higher oil prices Nada Ali Mar 28, 2024 0 Gulf stock markets rose on Thursday as oil prices increased after two days of decline.
Stocks Gulf stocks fall on Wednesday due to lower oil prices Nada Ali Mar 27, 2024 0 Gulf stock markets fell on Wednesday due to declining oil prices, influenced by a rise in US crude stockpiles and…
Stocks Gulf markets mixed on Tuesday before US data Nada Ali Mar 26, 2024 0 Gulf stock markets had a mixed start on Tuesday as investors awaited US Federal Reserve interest rate decisions and…
Stocks Most Gulf markets ease ahead of US inflation data Nada Ali Mar 25, 2024 0 Most Gulf stock markets were down in early trade on Monday, following Asian markets lower ahead of US inflation…
Featured Mixed moves in Gulf stocks, eye on US inflation Aya El Sayed Mar 11, 2024 0 Gulf stock markets showed mixed performance in early trading on Monday as traders anticipated US inflation data…
Money Emirates NBD-Egypt 2023 net profits jump 174% Yomna Yasser Mar 7, 2024 0 Emirates NBD-Egypt reported on Thursday a 174 per cent growth in its net profits for 2023, marking the highest…
International News ADIB issues first USD-denominated Green Sukuk Aya El Sayed Dec 12, 2023 0 Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) issued the world’s first USD green Sukuk on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange ADX on…
Stocks Most Gulf markets rise amid a rise in oil prices Aya Anwar Nov 28, 2023 0 Most Gulf markets closed high on Tuesday on increasing oil prices, amid anticipations that the OPEC+ producer group…
Banks Dubai’s Emirates NBD Q3 net profit jumps 38% Nada Ali Oct 26, 2023 0 Emirates NBD, Dubai's biggest lender by assets, reported on Thursday a net profit of $1.4 billion in its…
Money HSBC, Citi among banks to manage Egypt’s first Islamic bonds Amwal Al Ghad English Feb 24, 2022 0 Egypt has named six international banks, including Citigroup and HSBC Holdings, to manage its first sale of…
Money Egypt’s Banque Misr gets $250 million loan from gulf banks Amwal Al Ghad English Feb 20, 2022 0 Egypt’s second largest public bank Banque Misr has secured a loan of about $250 million from a consortium of gulf…
Money Egypt expects to receive $3 billion loan, in part for sustainable green projects – sources Amwal Al Ghad English Nov 23, 2021 0 Egypt is set to finalise a $3 billion loan to be used in part to finance sustainable green projects, three sources…
Money Banque Misr to secure largest syndicated loan in its history worth $1 billion Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 20, 2021 0 Egypt's second largest state-run lender, Banque Misr is in the process of obtaining the largest syndicated loan in…
Money Emirates NBD to provide EGP 2 bln for Egypt’s biggest agricultural wastewater plant mohamed Hamdy Aug 8, 2021 0 Emirates NBD Egypt Bank announced on Sunday the provision of 2 billion Egyptian pounds ($127.4 million) to finance…
Money Ora Developers Egypt signs EGP 2.54 billion loan agreement Amwal Al Ghad English Jan 24, 2021 0 Ora Developers Egypt, part of Naguib Sawiris-led Ora Developers Group, signed a loan agreement with four banks for…
Money Banque Misr lead arranger for EGP 2.5 bln Sawiris-led ZED West project Mostafa Mahmoud Dec 2, 2020 0 Egypt's second-largest state bank, Banque Misr is lead arranger for a 2.54 billion Egyptian pound ($162.3 million)…
Money Emirates NBD Egypt pre-tax profits at EGP 1.338 billion in 9 months mohamed Hamdy Nov 29, 2020 0 Emirates NBD Egypt said on Sunday its profits before tax reached around 1.338 billion Egyptian pounds ($85.5…
Money Bahrain’s Bank ABC starts due diligence on Blom Bank Egypt aya salah Sep 27, 2020 0 Bahrain-based The Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) has started due diligence on Blom Bank Egyptahead of submitting an…
Money First Abu Dhabi Bank reportedly to restart negotiations to buy Bank Audi’s Egypt unit Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 6, 2020 0 UAE's biggest lender, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) plans to restart negotiations to buy the Egyptian unit of…
Featured A third yet-unnamed suitor enters race to Acquire Blom Bank Egypt Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 3, 2020 0 Competition heated as another foreign non-banking financial institution is said to have entered the race with…
Money Emirates NBD negotiating to acquire Blom Bank Egypt Amwal Al Ghad English Aug 15, 2020 0 Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, is in early talks with Lebanon's Blom Bank for a potential…
Featured Emirates NBD Egypt reports 44% increase in profit during 2019 Amwal Al Ghad English Mar 15, 2020 0 Egypt reported a 44.23 percent year-on-year hike in its net profits in 2019, the bank’s consolidated financial…
Banks Dubai’s largest bank Emirates NBD hikes foreign ownership limit to 20% Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 2, 2019 0 Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest bank, on Monday announced that it had raised its foreign ownership limit to 20…
Money Emirates NBD completes acquisition of Denizbank, fifth-largest bank in Turkey Amwal Al Ghad English Aug 1, 2019 0 Emirates NBD completed the acquisition deal of Turkey’s Denizbank from Russia’s Sberbank after gaining regulatory…
Banks Emirates NBD- Egypt awarded the best bank for 2018 Amwal Al Ghad English Jan 29, 2019 0 Egypt has been awarded “The Best Bank” in Egypt for 2018 by The Banker Africa for the second year in a row. This…
Arab Emirates NBD boosts Dubai, Saudi falls after budget Amwal Al Ghad English Dec 19, 2018 0 Dubai stock market rebounded on Wednesday as top bank Emirates NBD surged, while falling oil prices continued to…
Banks Egypt’s NBE bank signs $750 mln financing deal with global banks Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 3, 2018 0 National Bank of Egypt (NBE), the country's largest state bank, reached a $750 million financing agreement with a…
Banks Emirates NBD Egypt posts 1.18bn pounds net profit at end-2017 aya salah Apr 2, 2018 0 Emirates NBD Egypt’s business results show that the bank achieved a net profit of EGP 1.18bn in 2017 compared to…
Financial Institutions Egy Lease in talks with three banks for 150 mln pounds funding aya salah Mar 19, 2018 0 Egy Lease is in talks with other three banks, Banque Du Caire, Emirates NBD, and the Arab Investment Bank, to…
Banks Egyptian non-oil private sector declines slightly in Feb.: PMI aya salah Mar 5, 2018 0 Egypt’s Emirates NBD Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) or the non-oil private sector fell to 49.7 in February,…