Dubai / Emirates Business Noor Bank, a leading Shari’a-compliant bank in the UAE, has won the Innovator in Islamic Finance 2017 award in the Process Innovation category from the New York-based Global Finance magazine. The award recognised the bank’s single-risk credit insurance structured finance solution for large corporate relationships. Speaking about the win, Ehsaan Ahmed, Head of GTS and Corporate …

Dubai / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, launched the Fatima bint Mubarak Volunteering Programme. The programme is the first of its kind and aims to establish the culture of volunteer work and humanitarian giving among women …

Dubai / WAM School bus trips account for 13 percent of the total volume of traffic during the morning rush hours in Dubai, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed on Sunday. Statistics show that the number of students in public and private schools in Dubai in 2016 reached some 295,000 young people. “The school transport centre witnessed a rapid …