Dubai / Emirates Business PayPal and Ipsos released their third annual cross-border commerce report. The global insights research investigated the online domestic and cross-border shopping habits of more than 28,000 consumers in 32 countries, to uncover opportunities for consumers in the world’s commerce revolution. The Global Cross-Border report shows Middle-East as one of the regions with the highest incidence …

  Dubai / Emirates Business Mashreq, the UAE’s leading financial institution, has introduced its latest innovation – UAE’s First ‘Mashreq Bot’; an Artificial Intelligence agent – or chat-bot – programed to simulate an intelligent conversation with users. Customers can use the chat-bot to display Mashreq products and perform card-less cash transactions, low ticket local transfers and inquire about balance and …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The second World Halal Tourism Awards 2016 winners were announced on Thursday. An unprecedented 1.9 million votes were received across the 16 Halal tourism categories making it the largest travel awards presentation in the world. The awards were independently verified by an industry governance panel ensuring that all nominations fulfilled criteria of each of …