Dubai / Emirates Business Cash is still the reigning king, but that is likely to change rapidly given the UAE’s thrust towards cultivating smart economies, says Xpress Money’s Associate Vice President – Strategy, Digital & BIA, Arundhoti Banerjee. Xpress Money – one of the world’s most dependable money transfer brands – believes that cashless transactions will become far more common …

Bloomberg The UK government said it wants to maintain tariff-free, bureaucracy-light trade with the European Union for a period of up to two years after Brexit, a proposal cheered by British businesses but which is likely to raise eyebrows on the continent. Ahead of the publication Tuesday of the first of a series of new papers aimed at fleshing out …

Bloomberg Canadian grocer Metro Inc. is bracing for as much as C$50 million ($39.2 million) in additional costs next year due to a minimum wage increase in Ontario. The Montreal-based company said it’s reviewing how to mitigate the impact of the measure on growth as it reported a decline in same-store sales and earnings that missed estimates. Profit for the …