Business & Money | Monday 21 August, 2017 2:37 pm

MEPEC announces its Exciting Speaker Lineup for 2017

  MEPEC 2017 (9-11 October, Bahrain) announces its Keynotes and Featured Speakers, plus 16 technical sessions for the 2017 event. Conference keynotes include industry players like Ahmad Al Sa’adi (Senior VP, Technical Services, Saudi Aramco); Ziad Al-Labban (CEO, Sadara Chemical...

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Business & Money | Monday 21 August, 2017 12:59 pm

LEADING FINTECH PLAYER PAYTABS RAISES A US$20 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR ITS GLOBAL EXPANSION

Incorporated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with head operations in the Kingdom of Bahrain, leading payment processor PayTabs raised a US$20 Million investment to support its products and global expansion. The expansion plan extends to 20 + markets in the next two years. The investment will support ...

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Business & Money | Monday 21 August, 2017 5:18 am

Bahri completes registration of ASLAF under Saudi national flag

Bahri, a global leader in transportation and logistics, announced that the Ministry of Transport under the supervision of the Public Transport Authority (PTA) has completed the registration of ASLAF, a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) owned and operated by Bahri, under the flag of Saudi Arabia. The...

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Business & Money | Monday 21 August, 2017 4:35 am

NCB strengthens capital markets presence with new investor relations department

NCB launched a new investor relations (IR) department within the bank’s Strategy & Business Development Group. With the new IR program, NCB aims to strengthen its relationship with the domestic and international investment community. Mansour S. Al Maiman, Chairman of the Board of NCB...

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Business & Money | Monday 21 August, 2017 3:00 am

Monsha’at launch “BIBAN” platform to support entrepreneurs and provides solutions for SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monsha’at) will launch an interactive conference (BIBAN) which will be held at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention center from 17th to 20th September 2017. According to Dr. Ghassan Ahmed Al Sulaiman, Governor of the General Authority for...

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Business & Money | Sunday 20 August, 2017 12:52 pm

wasl Asset Management Group forges ahead with Phase 1 of wasl1

wasl Asset Management Group, one of the largest real estate management and development companies in Dubai, is forging ahead at wasl1 – the company’s iconic parkside freehold master development in the heart of Dubai. Enabling works are now underway following the appointment of Kele...

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Business & Money | Sunday 20 August, 2017 12:32 pm

Barclays continues to expand Private Bank team in MENA

Barclays announced today the appointment of Bjorn Holderbeke as MENA Head of Global Investments and Solutions (GIS) for its Private Bank.   Based in Dubai, Holderbeke will be responsible for product and platform development and will liaise with subject matter experts to assist in...

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Business & Money | Sunday 20 August, 2017 12:27 pm

Uber gives business customers more control over how employees ride

 Uber for Business was built to help organisations, throughout Saudi Arabia and the world, perfect the way they move the people that matter to them. And while our initial focus was on driving business travel efficiency through features like monthly billing and reporting, it didn’t take...

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Business & Money | Sunday 20 August, 2017 12:19 pm

Nomination for the “Great Workplaces KSA List” is now open

  GREAT PLACE TO WORK® KSA announced that the list is open for the nomination for public, private and nonprofit organizations to join the list and to get recognized as Saudi Arabia’s employers of choice.    This recognition aims to boost the productivity of...

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Business & Money | Sunday 20 August, 2017 9:43 am

Exclusive villas at Al Forsan Village being leased

Al Forsan Real Estate, the property arm of Al Forsan Holding, has announced that its leasing out its Type 1 and Type 2 Villas for AED245,000 and AED265,000 respectively. The Al Forsan Village project spread across 241,985m2 has 385 villas and also encompasses 440 units of one-to-four-bedroom...

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