RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business As technology continues to change the way in which payments are made across the Middle East, improved application performance and flexibility are expected to play an important role in making the region’s digital economy mature. Experts at the Cards and Payments Middle East, and its co-located exhibitions — Retail Show Middle East 2016 and ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, invited more than 500 local and international suppliers, to a major conference in Abu Dhabi aimed at transforming the traditional buyer and supplier relationship. Hosted by the company’s Procurement and Supply Management team, the theme of the event was ‘Transformation’. The mandate set for ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Investbridge Capital — an independent alternative asset management and advisory firm based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) covering emerging growth markets — has announced that it arranged and advised on a cross-border US$25 million (AED 92 million) convertible loan by the International Financial Corporation (IFC) to Carbon Holdings. The latter is an Egyptian ...