
Abu Dhabi, UAE and Zurich, Switzerland April 15, 2012 – The Swiss wealth management boutique Falcon Private Bank celebrates the first anniversary of its Abu Dhabi representative office. Since opening in April 2011, Falcon Private Bank Abu Dhabi representative office has focused on developing its client base and introducing the benefits of Swiss private banking [...]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Monday, April 9th 2012 [ME NewsWire] The UAE Internal Audit Association revealed the details of the 13 Annual Regional Audit Conference entitled “Riding the Crisis Wave; Challenges and Opportunities” the conference is under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan – UAE Minister of Higher Education & [...]

Doha, Qatar – Wednesday, April 4th 2012 [ME NewsWire] QNB Group, one of the largest and one of the most highly regarded financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa region, has announced its financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2012. The group recorded a net profit of QR2.0 billion, up [...]

GlobalCollect, the world’s premier payment service provider of local e-payments, announces the appointment of Huib Dekker as CFO AMSTERDAM – Tuesday, April 3rd 2012 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)– Effective April 1st, 2012, Huib Dekker will be assuming the role of Chief Financial Officer of GlobalCollect. Mr. Dekker succeeds Paul van Mierlo in this position, who [...]

Summit calls for education and innovation Prepaid Summit Middle East 2012 Concluded in Dubai on March 21 2012 Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, Dubai www.vrl-financial-news.com The 3rd Prepaid Summit concluded with a call for greater awareness, innovation and consumer education Experts discussed ways to generate revenue on prepaid The GCC population features one [...]

LONDON – Wednesday, March 28th 2012 [ME NewsWire] 2012 World Takaful Conference (BUSINESS WIRE)– A.M. Best will participate as ratings partner and exhibitor at the 2012 World Takaful Conference, to be held 16-17 April at the Dusit Thani Dubai, UAE. Associate Director of Analytics Mahesh Mistry will be speaking at the conference on “Assessing the [...]
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NEW YORK & MANAMA, Bahrain – Tuesday, March 27th 2012 [ME NewsWire] – Former Mumtalakat CEO to also serve on Executive Committee and as Co-Head of Alternative Investments – PineBridge to significantly expand operations in Middle East and North Africa (BUSINESS WIRE)– PineBridge Investments (“PineBridge”), the global multi-asset class investment manager, is pleased to announce [...]
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NEW YORK – Wednesday, March 21st 2012 [ME NewsWire] CORRECTION…by Starr Companies (BUSINESS WIRE)– First graph, first sentence of release should read: Starr Companies announced that it has received a direct general license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate as a direct insurer in the Republic (sted Starr Companies announced that it [...]
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Prepaid Summit: Middle East 2012 Conference, Expo and Awards Networking Dinner, 09:00 to 18:00 Wednesday March 21 2012 Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, Dubai www.vrl-financial-news.com · TNS MENA and Value Partners reveal market research · Prepaid Awards for innovators and early movers of ME region Dubai, March 20 2012: Prepaid research [...]

Prepaid Summit: Middle East 2012 Conference, Expo and Awards Networking Dinner, March 21 2012 Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, Dubai www.vrl-financial-news.com Inaugural Middle East Prepaid Awards in five key categories More than 40 nominations across the region Local names such as Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank and RAK Bank chosen in multiple categories [...]