Tribune news service A 35 percent increase in customer complaints against banks has been witnessed in Bahrain over the past three years, it has emerged. The Central Bank of Bahrain has received an average of 31 such complaints every month this year, compared with 28 last year, 26 in 2014 and 23 in 2013. Four complaints last month were …

  Tribune news service Bahrain’s decade-long national award for women empowerment has received global recognition. The new award is named after Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty King Hamad and Supreme Council for Women (SCW) president, and will now come under UN Women. The council has been tasked by UN Women to come …

  Emirates Business CFA Society Emirates, the association for financial and investment professionals in the UAE, has unveiled the results of a survey which assessed the impact of introducing Value Added Tax (VAT) across the GCC. The survey provided market insights from CFA members and charterholders in the United Arab Emirates. With the UAE set to become the first country …