The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has finalized its plan to launch an intraday Liquidity Facility, which will enable all licensed financial institutions to mitigate intraday liquidity risks. In recent times, the central bank introduced its new Dirham Monetary Framework under which the intraday Liquidity Facility has been launched. The new initiative…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its drive to remain ahead of the technology curve have seen another development with the launch of world-renowned online payment service, Stripe, launching its first Middle East office in Dubai. This launch comes weeks after Stripe’s latest funding round, which has now pushed company’s total value to over $95…
Following the mass rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, the businesses are slowly and steadily resuming their operations as they used to be. The pandemic saw a mass downsizing across the globe due to sustainability issues by various companies but now, the companies are starting to hire people back. The “Great Place to Work”, a global consultancy…
The Middle East GDP forecast stands at 2.5 percent, which is similar to the growth it saw from 2010 to 2019 which was 2.6 percent, despite the unprecedented decline in 2020. This growth is also down to the rollout of mass COVID-19 vaccines, which will help bring things back to normal in the second half…
A free zone is also commonly referred to as free trade zone is a defined geographical area within each emirate. These locations typically exist to help new businesses and startups because of no duties or taxes, which are levied in the free zone. The most important types of free trade zones are free zones, free…
The Free Zones World Economic Barometer study has revealed that free zones across the globe are all gearing up to overcome the challenges of the third-wave of COVID-19 pandemic and soon hopefully the post-pandemic world as well. The business in the free zones was first stalled due to the pandemic but has seen tremendous progress…