Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE gross bank assets amounted to AED2.8 trillion by the end of August 2018, four percent up from AED2.694 trillion by the end of December 2017, according to Central Bank of UAE statistics released on Sunday. Gross credit increased to around AED1.633 trillion by the end of August, a growth of 3.3 percent from AED1.58 ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Futures Foundation and Haykal media have kicked-off the region’s first ever EmTech Mena 2018, a platform designed to address the future trends of technology in an evolving world. The event is held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council. Organised ...

Bloomberg The rise of US shale oil is set to extend well into the 2020s, stealing market share from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), the group said in its latest World Oil Outlook. Total supply from outside of the Opec will surge by 8.6 million barrels a day from 2017 to 2023, to 66.1 million barrels a day ...