Standard Chartered is expanding its privatebanking team in the UAE, it said on Wednesday, joining other financial institutions looking to tap into the growing market....
DohaBank announced that it is exploring opportunities with Blackstone to provide investors in Qatar with access to Blackstone’s suite of institutional-quality perpetual strategies for qualified investors across Private Equity, Real Estate, PrivateCredit, Multi-asset Credit, and Infrastructure....
The central bank is revamping its monetary policy toolkit to improve transmission of its policy stance and stimulate private sector credit, Governor Dr ... The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is moving away from its traditional reliance on the unremunerated CashReserve Ratio (CRR) and transitioning toward a more dynamic Open Market Operations (OMO) regime....
As well as its new housing target, Bank of Ireland said it is also convening a group of key housing market stakeholders - drawn from homebuilders, equity investors, representative bodies and professional services - to consider ways in which the private sector can further increase housing supply responsibly....
Banks’ credit to non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) sharply declined to Rs416 billion during November-May FY25, compared to over Rs1 trillion by mid-Nov FY25 ... Most banks continued to avoid financing the private sector, preferring instead to park their liquidity in government bonds....
CommercialBank was among the first private institutions in the Middle East to order its own NVIDIAGPUs in early 2022—well ahead of the global AI hype wave that gained momentum in 2023/2024—demonstrating a truly visionary approach ... Commenting on this partnership, Joseph Abraham, GCEO of Commercial Bank, said....
... an account with Monzo bank due to his political profile ... It followed the political row in 2023 triggered by Nigel Farage after the privatebank Coutts closed the Reform UK leader’s account, leading to a media storm and the issue being taken up by the then Conservative government....
The matter may now be treated as closedI urge the Ministry of Finance & Dept of Financial Services to mandate cultural and language sensitisation training for all bank staff across India... The ReserveBank of India (RBI) mandates all banks—both public and private—to provide services in three languages....
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... to a report compiled by the Bank of Baroda's economic research department ... The next five industries by share of fixed assets -- public sector banks, private sector banks, chemicals, industrial gases, and non-ferrous metals -- collectively accounted for another 14.5 per cent....
It intended to empower the National Directorate of Employment to issue license and monitor privately owned employment agencies whose responsibility would be to enrol employees in their data bank...SenatorAdams Oshiomhole, while contributing to the debate, said public and private sector agencies used third parties to recruit their low level staff....
