Muscat / EMIRATES BUSINESS Marking its third award of the year, Bank Sohar was recently recognised as one of the best ‘Straight Through Processing’ (STP) banks in Oman by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a globally renowned financial firm. Award was handed over to Bank Sohar at its headquarters in MBD by Karim ...

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 ...