Emirates NBD plans to tap global debt markets for its first capital-boosting bond issue, as Gulf banks take advantage of tight pricing and high investor demand to shore up capital ratios. Read Article Emirates NBD plans bond sale to boost capital
Network International's Mercury network, the UAE's home-grown alternative to Visa and MasterCard, secures an alliance with Discover Financial Services that will expand its usability across the globe. Read Article Mercury to tap demand for prepaid debit cards
London and Dubai are competing for the title of the biggest Islamic finance listing centre in the western world. But their financial firms are also cooperating in ways that a decade ago would have seemed unlikely. Read Article London and Dubai want Islamic finance crown
Emirates NBD blows past analysts' profit estimates for its first quarter profitability, but is eclipsed by National Bank of Abu Dhabi as the country's biggest bank as its borrowings from the government remain troublesome. Read Article Profits soar at Emirates NBD as bad debts drop
Banks in Cyprus reopen for the first time since a 10 billion euro rescue package deal as worries linger about the health of the island's financial system.
Read Article Cyprus banks reopen but euro weakens
Win an invitation for you and a guest for a celebration of all things decadent to be held at Maison Sez in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, June 26. Win - A night with The National
British scientists have discovered a vaccine that creates an immunity to Traveller's Diarrhoea - the global curse with a handful of names, but one certain unpleasant effect. Vaccine set to vanquish Delhi belly
James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally fragile mob boss in HBO's 'The Sopranos' helped create one of TV's greatest drama series, has died. The Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Rome
Most ruling politicians and their supporters in the post-uprising North African states are likely to support Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Arab Spring Islamist leaders support Erdogan
