Banking & Finance

Egypt’s overseas workers send home $7.5 billion in Q2 2024, signaling success of IMF-inspired currency reform

Before the March reforms, the pound was officially pegged at 30.85 to the U.S. dollar, but traded as low as 74 on the black market

e& and du paid $963.78 million in federal royalty to UAE government in H1 2024

The aggregate amount of royalty payable by the e& group in the first half of 2024 reached $748.43 million

Saudi PIF affiliate invests $1.5 billion in EV maker Lucid Group

The deal includes a $750 million convertible preferred investment and a $750 million unsecured term loan

Dubai’s Empower posts $368 million in revenues in H1 2024 with 10.3 percent growth over H1 2023

The company earned $116.52 million in profit before tax, a 6.3 percent increase from the same period in 2023

Egypt’s net foreign assets positive for second straight month in June at $12.72 billion

Total foreign assets of both the CBE and commercial banks reached EGP3.634 trillion in June

UAE funds transfer system transactions up 17 percent to $2.15 trillion in first five months of 2024

The value of cheques cleared using the ICCS reached AED544.4 billion, distributed over 9.33 million cheques during the first five months of 2024

EFG Hermes ONE rebrands, launches new seamless trading experience

App's new trading options include market price, limit price, same-day trading, margin trading, short selling and conditional alerts

Dubai TECOM Group’s net profit rises to $164.17 million, revenue surges 9 percent to $299.48 million

The Group's top-line growth contributed to a 9 percent YoY surge in EBITDA, which reached $243.94 million

UAE gross bank assets surge over 10.8 percent to $1.16 trillion in May 2024

Gross credit grew 0.7 percent from AED2.063 trillion in April 2024 to $565.47 billion

Qatar Central Bank issues T-bills, Islamic bonds worth $685 million

Central bank issued an addition to an existing issue worth QAR500 million for a period of 28 days at an interest rate of 5.7954

UAE’s Alpha Dhabi Holding reports $1.82 billion net profit, $7.97 billion revenue in H1 2024

Net profit from operations also surged to $1.38 billion, marking a 92 percent year-on-year increase

Dubai Financial Market sees spike in new investor accounts, up 85 percent to 56,345

The growth is due to strong investor interest in recent high-profile listings like Parkin and Spinneys

Qatar reports $711.58 million budget surplus on $16.39 billion total revenues for Q2 2024

The surplus was directed towards reducing public debt, and therefore there is no cash surplus

MENA sees 321 M&A deals worth $49.2 billion in H1 2024, UAE and Saudi Arabia lead

The UAE and Saudi Arabia reported 94 deals, accounting for 61 percent of the overall domestic M&A deal volume

US Federal Reserve holds rates as inflation remains in line with target

The Federal Open Market Committee also noted that job gains have moderated

Saudi Arabia’s foreign assets rise 5.5 percent to $467.5 billion in June 2024

Data showed that the bank's net foreign assets in June were around SAR1.670 trillion

Abu Dhabi’s Borouge reports $308 million Q2 net profit, 33 percent YoY increase

Higher sales and cost efficiencies drove the company's highest-ever production volumes