Bloomberg Russia is ready to cooperate with its Opec+ partners to support the world oil market, even though it’s comfortable with current crude prices, President Vladimir Putin said. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec)+ mechanism “has already established itself as an effective tool in ensuring long-term stability in global energy markets,” Putin told a meeting with ministers in ...

Dubai / WAM Nasdaq Dubai welcomed the listing of a $2 billion sukuk by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), a multilateral lender which finances development across its 57 member countries. The five-year sukuk is the largest by value to be listed on the exchange by IsDB, Nasdaq Dubai said in a press statement on Sunday. The bank said it was ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), and Mashreq on Sunday announced the region’s first blockchain data sharing platform, now in production, to support licenced businesses and corporations instantly opening digital bank accounts. Continuing the association formed in July 2019 between DIFC and Mashreq, an initiative, Know Your Customer (KYC), along with the DIFC incubated FinTech firm, norbloc, ...