DUBAI / WAM The issues and challenges facing the region’s banking industry were under the spotlight at the Middle East Banking Forum 2016, which took place on Monday at The St Regis Corniche Abu Dhabi. Hosted by the UAE Banks Federation (UBF) in association with The Banker, and held under the theme, “Transforming the Customer Experience”, the forum brought …

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s non-oil trade with Belgium nearly doubled over the past six years to reach US$8.5 billion in 2015, accounting for the majority of the country’s non-oil trade with the UAE, it was revealed in a business meeting organised by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE seeks to attract more than US$70 billion in industrial investments by 2025 in response to directives from Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, a senior government official said on Monday. This will help increase the share of the industrial sector in the country’s …