Dubai / WAM Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) has approved a debt financing deal with Postpay, a leading omni-channel Buy Now, Pay Later (BPNL) provider in the Middle East. The strategic partnership with CBD will provide support to Postpay on several fronts including Transaction Banking, Debt Funding and E-Commerce solutions allowing Postpay to focus on growth and support to ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (Adib) reported a year-on-year growth in net profit of 45% for the full year 2021 to AED2,330 million from AED1,604 million in 2020, resulting from solid top-line growth, continued optimisation of the cost base and lower impairments. Revenue for 2021 improved 4% to AED5,560 million compared to AED5,358 million last year. ...

  Dubai / WAM New technologies are creating a seamless and integrated visitor experience at Expo 2020 Dubai as shown in the latest installment of the En Route to the Expo – Dubai Chamber of Commerce’s video series, which offers insights on various features and aspects of the mega event. In the latest video, Sergio Maccotta, Senior Vice President, SAP ...

  Dubai / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), the first interplanetary mission undertaken by an Arab nation, has released the second tranche of observations to a global audience of scientists, researchers, educationalists and enthusiasts. Over 76 GB of raw data has been uploaded to the EMM Science Data Centre and is available at https://sdc.emiratesmarsmission.ae as part of the second ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has received Ilhom Abdurahmon, Consul-General of the Republic of Tajikistan in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, and Akmal Mardonov, Vice-Consul. The meeting at Dewa Head Office discussed ways to develop cooperation in energy and water sectors and topics of mutual interest. Al ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Floward, the go-to online flowers and gifts delivery destination in the Mena and UK announced the appointment of its first independant board member Nicholas Farhi as part of the company’s efforts to attract international expertise and meet best global governance practices. With over 20 years of experience, Nicholas Farhi is currently a partner at OC&C ...

  KUWAIT / WAM Dr Matar Hamed Al Neyadi, UAE Ambassador to Kuwait, met Fahad Mutlaq Al Shurai’an, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Kuwait, in his office at the ministry’s headquarters. During the meeting, they discussed relations between the two brotherly countries and ways of enhancing and developing them in a number of economic and commercial fields. The ambassador ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) is offering new insights about urban traffic management to create improved systems for the traffic modelling and management. A team of researchers, including NYUAD Research Scientist, Daniel Bramich, and NYUAD Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering and Director of the Cities Research Centre, Monica Menendez, have published a review ...

  Bloomberg European power prices extended last week’s drop, tracking natural gas futures lower as Russian supplies of the fuel are increasing. German and French electricity for March slid about 7% each on Monday on the European Energy Exchange AG, adding weight to the notion that the market has moved beyond the worst of the energy crisis. Traders are keeping ...

  Bloomberg One of the world’s first bulk ships to run on liquefied natural gas will deliver its first cargo of iron ore to Northeast Asia later this month, according to charterer BHP Group Ltd. The Mount Tourmaline is currently being fueled with the super-chilled gas in Singapore and will sail this week to Australia to pick up an iron ...