SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) has won the ‘Best Islamic Bank’ and the ‘Most Innovative Digital Bank’ award 2020, at the 8th International Finance Award (IFA) which highlights the achievements of all banks providing outstanding services across areas of innovation, infrastructure development and customer focus. The winners will be honoured during a ceremony due to be held early ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts has launched a new Arbitration Working Group, the first court in the region to introduce such an initiative. The panel of experts will be tasked with reinforcing and sharing developments and best-practices, encompassing an advisory team of arbitration professionals, bodies, centres, educational institutions, and industry-related organisations. Since its inception, the ...

Despite intermittent negotiations for three months, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have made remarkably little progress on a coronavirus relief plan that both Republicans and Democrats can accept. Wall Street is beginning to lose hope, and Main Street will soon run out of financial support. It’s time to call in Joe Biden. “I am the Democratic ...