Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) launched a consultation on its proposed framework for regulating loan-based crowdfunding platforms. The consultation is the first in a series of papers which set out the DFSA’s approach to the regulation of crowdfunding platforms and the financial technology (FinTech) industry within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The DFSA ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s growing appeal as a destination for staging and attending events was recently recognised at prestigious awards, reflecting the combined efforts of the emirate’s public and private sectors to continuously expand and evolve the city’s offering across both business and leisure events, festivals, meetings and conferences. For the fifth time since 2011, Dubai was named ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways is launching a third daily flight on the Abu Dhabi – Bengaluru route, effective March 26. The triple daily schedule will provide greater choice to local passengers travelling between the two cities, and improved connectivity to destinations across the GCC, North America and Europe via the airline’s Abu Dhabi hub. The capacity ...