M2, a virtual assets trading platform based in the UAE, has been granted a financial services permission (FSP) licence from the Abu Dhabi Global Market.
M2, a virtual assets trading platform based in the UAE, has been granted a financial services permission (FSP) licence from the Abu Dhabi Global Market.
The Middle East branch of Swiss wealth manager Mirabaud has been hit with a US$3 million fine by Dubai’s financial watchdog for its inadequate anti-money laundering (AML) systems.
Dubai’s virtual assets regulatory authority (VARA) has approved a digital asset subsidiary of Japanese bank Nomura.
Turkey is reportedly close to being removed from the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as a result of its efforts to improve its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regime.
The UAE’s Securities and Commodity Authority (SCA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UAE Banks Federation designed to boost the country’s asset and wealth management sector.
The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has announced the implementation of its sustainable finance regulatory framework.
US-based asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB) has expanded its presence in the Middle East by opening an office in Dubai.
Bybit Fintech, a subsidiary of the crypto exchange Bybit, has been granted a minimum viable product (MVP) preparatory licence by Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (Vara).
A Bahraini banking association has called for a credit rating agency dedicated to the Arabian financial industry.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that GDP growth in the Mena region will slow to 3.1% this year.
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