Retail Banking

Zaman Bank has been licensed by National Bank of Kazakhstan to provide Islamic banking products in the country. The license, the second of its kind…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is anticipated to make a significant impact on the retail banking sector, such as using non-traditional data types to assign credit scores…

Path Solutions has signed Crédit du Maroc as the bank’s single financial software partner for its newly launched participative banking window. Earlier this year, Morocco’s…

Oman was a latecomer to the Islamic banking scene and as a result has fewer Islamic banks than its Gulf neighbours but it now seems…

QIIB has launched Umnia Bank in Morocco, a partnership between QIIB and Crédit Immobilier et Hotelier and Moroccan Deposit and Management Fund. The bank's operational…

The impact of International Financial Reporting Standard 9 ‘Financial Instruments’ on the financial profiles of the rated banks in the GCC will be manageable, according…

The FT has reported that Alawwal bank, formerly Saudi Hollandi Bank, has begun initial merger talks with Saudi British Bank, part of the HSBC banking…

Khaleeji Commercial Bank has launched a range of products including the “I’teman” account, the “Easy36” credit card and the “Thabet” account. The “I’teman” account is…

A new bankruptcy law, issued in the UAE on October 24 could encourage banks to increase lending to SMEs because it sets out a framework…

  GCC Bank M&A still rare despite tougher environment Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banks is still unusual, despite…