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  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is enhancing its contribution to Dubai’s position as the leading regional leading hub for innovation through the publication of new a FinTech consultation paper. The paper is the third in a series, setting out the DFSA’s approach to the regulation of pioneering financial technology (FinTech) activities. The DFSA has been following ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has announced its participation in ITB Berlin – the World’s Leading Travel Trade Show – as part of the Emirate’s stand at the event and in collaboration with the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM). The show will ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced the launch of a trading platform for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the first of its kind in regional capital markets. Governed by a world-class regulatory framework, the platform offers unprecedented levels of integration and provides ongoing support to the burgeoning ETF industry, particularly market makers, authorised participants and liquidity providers. DFM hosted ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the UAE, and Francois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of International Trade of Canada, met in Abu Dhabi to discuss ways of promoting and enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries, with a focus on trade and investment, to benefit their people. Welcoming ...

  DUBAI / WAM Yousef Obaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Ras al-Khaimah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, RAK Chamber, discussed development of economic relations with Poland, during his meeting with Robert Rostek, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the UAE. Al Nuaimi underlined the chamber’s commitment to support, develop and diversify fields of economic and investment cooperation with Polish ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi International Airport will be one of the largest state-of-the-art airports in the world, with a capacity to accommodate 30 million passengers per year by 2019, said HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, declared, following a tour of the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB) on Sunday. “The ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has dedicated the Year of Giving along with all its initiatives and activities to the UAE martyrs in memory of their heroic deeds and in appreciation of their sacrifices. The President’s directive aims to instill the values of generosity and selflessness, which the martyrs ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM   Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the government of the United Arab Emirates has launched the  National Strategy for the Year of Giving, declared by the UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, praised President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s commitment to honouring the nation’s martyrs, as part of the national strategy for the Year of Giving. “The move signifies the prudent leadership’s loyalty ...

  Dubai / WAM The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai along with Omniyat, a Dubai-based developer, has launched ‘Tarmeem’ initiative to undertake varied community development projects during 2017, which is the ‘Year of Giving’ in the UAE. ‘Tarmeem,’ which means ‘restore/refurbish,’ is aimed to provide quality education and amenities to children with little or no financial means. The first ...