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UAE leads region in global postal services index

DUBAI / WAM The UAE has been ranked first among Arab countries in terms of quality and performance of postal services. Chairman of Emirates Post Group, Mohammed Sultan Al Qadi, said that the UAE’s top regional ranking on the Integrated Index for Postal Development (2IPD), is a great achievement, and constitutes a new element on the postal policy map for ...

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Islamic banks account for 20% of UAE banking sector’s total assets

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE is home to eight Islamic Banks, accounting for approximately 20 percent of total assets in the banking sector, which comprises 23 percent of total domestic credit as of the end of August 2017, Mubarak Rashed Al Mansouri, Governor of the UAE Central Bank, said. “The growth of Islamic banking has been supported by robust ...

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ADIB profit surges 13%

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) Group announced on Sunday that its net profit for the first nine months of 2017 rose 13 percent year-on-year to AED1.69 billion. “Net profit for the third quarter of 2017 delivered a 10.8 percent year-on-year rise,” the bank said in a press statement. Revenues increased by four per cent for the ...

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