Washington / AP Here’s another use for the smartphone as it invades daily life: in place of your debit card at your bankcash machine. The “cardless” automatic teller machine (ATM) is gaining ground in the US and around the world, with smartphone technology allowing for speedier and more secure transactions. Dozens of US banks are installing new ATMs or updating …

Dubai / Emirates Business Banks must wake up to the way technology affects the daily lives of their customers or risk being left behind in the smart phone revolution, a digital banking expert will tell a major assembly of financial service decision-makers in Abu Dhabi. Chris Skinner, Chair and founder of the European networking forum, the Financial Services Club, says …

Dubai / Emirates Business The retail business segment of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) plans to increase capacity by 40 per cent between 2016 and 2020 across its network of service stations in the UAE. The growth plans include ongoing renovation of two major service stations in Dubai Internet City and OudMetha and the construction of 54 more stations in …