ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) signed a fintech cooperation agreement, marking a significant first in the MENA region. With the new partnership, Bahrain EDB and ADGM will explore initiatives to promote economic growth in financial services through the adoption of new technology, and highlight MENA’s strengths in the fintech ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Finance stated that adopting value-added tax (VAT) in the UAE will have a positive effect on its development and competitiveness, and will contribute to building a sustainable knowledge-based economy for future generations, as the tax will provide additional financial resources and enable the UAE government to realise its strategy and guarantee a prosperous future. ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Investments Park (DIP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments, has signed a three-year cleaning contract worth AED6.8 million with Imdaad. With effect from February 2018, Imdaad will be responsible for the external cleaning of the 2,300-hectare DIP. The agreement was signed recently by Omar Al Mesmar, General Manager of DIP, and Jamal Abdullah Lootah, Group CEO ...