With a solid COVID-19 continuity plan, a strong focus on people retention, and new ways of collaborating with partners, Milestone Systems achieved a net revenue of DKK 1 billion in 2020. Milestone’s net revenue amounted to DKK 1 billion (AED 586 Million) in 2020, a decrease of 1% compared with 2019. The operating income (EBIT) […]

Café Isan, Dubai’s most authentic Thai street food and tea bar-restaurant, is reeling from the exciting news that it has taken the Time Out Restaurant Awards 2021 award for Best Thai restaurant – for the second year in a row. Continuing its dominance of the city’s south Asian dining scene, Café Isan survived the pandemic […]

Santander has announced plans to close 111 branches by the end of August 2021 in response to the ongoing shift by customers towards mobile and online banking, a long-term trend that has been accelerated by the pandemic. Branch transactions fell by 33% over the two years before the pandemic and declined by a further 50% […]

Through collaborative efforts, 35 portable ventilators have been donated to Rescue 1122. Chief guest Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, Health Minister Punjab, and Guest of honor Secretary Health, Barrister Nabeel Ahmad Awan, graced the event held at Rescue 1122 Headquarters and handed over the Umbulizers to the Rescue 1122 team. Commenting on the generous initiative, Dr. Yasmin […]

Danske Bank will now focus even more on flexibility for employees based on the experiences of working remotely during the pandemic. Specifically, employees will get the possibility of organizing working days in cooperation with the local manager as well as a subsidy to upgrade the home office. The purpose is to become a more attractive […]

HSBC UK has launched a record £15 billion lending fund to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK, as part of its commitment to help British businesses innovate and grow as the country looks to rebound from the Covid-19 health crisis. The Fund, which includes over £10 billion of specific regionally focussed allocations, […]

Finja, Pakistan’s leading digital lending platform, announced today that it has closed $9 Million of a $10 Million Series A1 financing round. This latest round brings in new investor ICU Ventures, with all previous institutional investors participating again including BeeNext, Vostok Emerging Finance, Quona Capital, and Gray MacKenzie Engineering Services (a Descon company). Under the […]

Path Solutions has been named winner of the ‘Best Islamic Banking Implementation’ category following its successful implementation of iMAL at Al Baraka Banking Group in the IBSI Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2020. Four subsidiaries of Al Baraka Banking Group implemented the iMAL Islamic core banking platform bringing transparency and accountability to their operations, strong functional improvements, greater operational efficiency and […]

Bookme. pk is revolutionizing the package delivery industry in Pakistan by introducing its Cargo service that will make the intercity delivery of parcels faster, cheaper, and convenient. This will promote a contactless and cashless channel that allows customers to get their packages picked from their homes and delivered to their desired destination in just a […]

Launched at the ‘Accelerating a Sustainable Digital Economy’ summit held this week by SAMENA Council, a new report from Huawei and Arthur D. Little focuses on recommended policy actions for Middle East countries to realize their digital visions for a sustained economic recovery from the pandemic and enhanced resilience.  The new study focuses specifically on […]