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An overview of news, trends and research in Finance consulting in the Middle East:

Determining the real market capitalization of crypto assets From its early beginnings less than a decade ago, the cryptocurrency market has evolved into one of the world’s biggest financial innovations and is now a $2 trillion market.
08 February 2022
The global Islamic fintech banking market: trends and outlook The global Islamic FinTech market is projected to grow strongly in the coming years, as a growing number of Muslims seek to tap into digital finance and banking services that follows Sharia principle
17 January 2022
Deloitte commits to Abu Dhabi’s sustainable finance declaration Deloitte has pledged its support to the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Declaration, upping its commitment to sustainable finance in the region.
13 September 2021
Investments in Bahraini, Saudi and UAE fintech scene picking up Global professional services firm KPMG has released its mid-year analysis of the deals landscape in the fintech scene. A round-up of the report’s findings for three key Middle East markets.
06 September 2021
PwC Academy and Wiley expand collaboration into CFA domain Big Four accounting and consulting giant PwC has expanded its partnership with education group Wiley in the Middle East.
11 August 2021
KPMG financial services experts on the Middle East's fintech scene Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, funds pumped into FinTech companies globally topped $100 billion for only the third time in history, demonstrating the sector’s growing importance within the wider fina
14 April 2021
Post-Covid-19 world brings new risks for FinTechs in UAE FinTech’s in the UAE are still grappling with pandemic-related risks, and are adapting their business models accordingly.
29 March 2021
KPMG shares best practices for navigating financial distress In a bid to support GCC leaders in financial distress or facing its prospect, experts at KPMG recently hosted a webinar where they discussed a number of restructuring and turnaround best practices.
16 March 2021
PwC's Experience Centre hosts region's top FinTech start-ups A cohort of eleven start-ups has graduated from a FinTech bootcamp, with the grand finale hosted at PwC’s Dubai based Experience Centre.
03 March 2021
Top US consultancy withdraws from 'crucial' central bank work Alvarez & Marsal has exited its role as consultant to Lebanon’s central bank, after a sustained standoff saw the financial institution withhold data citing bank secrecy.
26 November 2020
Working capital deteriorates as corporates tighten their belts Against a backdrop of uncertainty and economic hardship, the working capital performance of businesses in the Middle East has waned strongly over the past six months.
16 November 2020
Most Middle East CFOs still in cost cutting and mitigation mode CFOs across the Middle East don’t expect things to normalise any time before the latter half of next year, according to a new Deloitte survey.
04 November 2020
Middle East IPO market faces subdued outlook for rest of 2020 Despite enjoying a strong first quarter, the initial public offering (IPO) market in the MENA market is set to face a subdued outlook over the next six months as the effects of Covid-19 take shape, a
19 June 2020
Middle East CFO sentiment continues its slide as Covid-19 bites The sentiment of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in the Middle East continue to slide, according to PwC’s latest CFO Pulse Survey, which sheds light on how financial leaders in the region are absorbi
17 June 2020
Middle East CFOs remain positive for a quick recovery following COVID-19 Finance leaders in the Middle East are expecting a sizeable impact from the global coronavirus pandemic according to a new survey by PwC, but the longer-term outlook remains buoyant.
16 April 2020
Saudi banks should embrace fintech strategies and collaborate The number of fintechs emerging in Saudi Arabia’s financial services landscape is changing the face of the banking industry.
23 March 2020
Financial crime on the up in the Middle East, shows PwC survey Fraud and financial crime is on the rise in the Middle East, according to the latest survey from professional services firm PwC, but there may be some broader local issues hidden in the data.
06 March 2020
ADGM launches Abu Dhabi Fintech Awards in collaboration with KPMG Abu Dhabi Global Market has launched the FinTech Abu Dhabi Awards – with applications open until the 23rd of September.
04 September 2019
ICAEW adds Grant Thornton and KPMG execs to Corporate Finance panel The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales has added four new faces to its panel of local corporate finance experts, including executives from Grant Thornton and KPMG.
20 August 2019
Strategy& calls for Saudi government to incentivise personal savings The Saudi government needs to create more demand for savings say Strategy& partners Fadi Adra and Jorge Camarate, with a number of suggestions on the table.
08 July 2019
Emerging market banks need to act now to attract less loyal millennials With young consumers increasingly favouring online banking, banks can gain considerable advantage from digital tools says a new Oliver Wyman report, but challenges remain.
12 June 2019
ACCA hosts conference on technology in the Middle East finance sector
29 March 2019
Release of McKinsey Lebanon report highlights depth of economic woes The exasperated Lebanese Economic Minister Raed Khoury has publicly published McKinsey’s hefty recent economic country report ahead of previous plans, and the picture isn’t pretty.
18 January 2019
Dubai International Financial Centre given go ahead for massive expansion The Dubai International Financial Centre has been given the green light on an ambitious expansion plan which will see the region’s leading financial hub triple in size.
15 January 2019
European platform B-Hive to help develop fintech ecosystem in Qatar In the latest in recent series of regional fintech agreements, the Qatar Financial Centre has signed a deal with European collaborative platform B-Hive to help develop the fintech innovation ecosyste
26 November 2018
Four firms from the Middle East make KPMG's top 100 fintech list Firms from four Middle Eastern nations have made this year’s KMPG Fintech 100 list, with Bahrain, the UAE, Jordan and Israel represented among the world’s top established and emerging financial techn
21 November 2018
Roland Berger among partners for launch of Islamic fintech centre in Bahrain Global consultancy Roland Berger has partnered with Bahrain FinTech Bay in the launch of the new Global Islamic & Sustainable FinTech Center in Bahrain.
23 October 2018
Middle East financial centres move up the rankings in latest global index Abu Dubai, Dubai and Abu Dhabi have all bounced back in the 24th Global Financial Centres Index, a financial markets competitiveness report released by British research consultancy Z/Yen Partners.
17 September 2018
Deloitte's Israel and Palestine arms work on joint Catholic church project The Israeli and Palestinian arms of accounting and consulting firm Deloitte have joined together on a project of financial reform for the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, with the Catholic Church’s a
12 September 2018
KPMG and ADGM fintech innovation challenge finalists to showcase in a fortnight The second edition of the FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge hosted by KPMG and the Abu Dhabi Global Market will reach its culmination in under a fortnight, with start-up contenders this year pai
04 September 2018
Oliver Wyman proposes Dubai innovation hub to aid regional financial inclusion The global management consulting firm Oliver Wyamn has forwarded the UAE as the ideal centre for an innovation hub focused on enhancing regional financial inclusion.
31 July 2018
Abu Dhabi Global Market signs fintech deal with Hong Kong regulator
17 July 2018

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