Dubai / WAM National Bonds Corporation (National Bonds), the leading sharia-compliant savings and investment company in the UAE, has announced that it registered a 50 percent increase in the number of female regular savers in 2016 in comparison with 2015. In addition, the cumulative savings within the company’s various programs grew by 43 percent last year. Currently, National Bonds ...

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