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I think Malaysia has a lot of advantages; in addition to the standard banking opportunities here, Malaysia is a center for Islamic banking, and has some of the world’s biggest Islamic banks centered here who are also lending and supported the economy in terms of SME financing, and corporate and investment banking initiatives.

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Financial Services: Malaysia’s Strategy to Become Financial Hub

April 24, 2015

Malaysia is a regional financial hub and has well sophisticated financial services industry. View more information about Malaysia being the financial hub in the South East Asia, outlook for the financial services industry and more.

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e-finance, leader in Egypt’s transactions processing and e-payments

April 3, 2015

“We started the company in 2005. I would call myself a co-founder because it was only me and the CEO to begin with. We now have 700 employees spread all over Egypt,” explains Haithem Trabeek, Strategy & Business Planning Director at e-finance.

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e-payment sector in Egypt has enormous potential

April 3, 2015

“e-payment currently has enormous potential and it is expanding. When we started in 2005, e-payment did not even exist and now it is part of the country’s future strategy, which was announced by the Minister of Telecommunication a couple of months ago,” explains Haithem Trabeek, Strategy & Business Planning Director at e-finance.

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Best Corporate Banking Services in Egypt: AIB

March 25, 2015

AIB is considered the private bank for high net worth individuals inside Egypt. This business model will change very soon, once we get local currency operations in place.

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Partner for Transaction Processing in Egypt and Africa: e-finance

March 25, 2015

We revisited our strategic direction last year, in using our platform and experience in Egypt to expand to other countries; our original vision was to be the preferred partner for transaction processing.

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Sukuks in Saudi Arabia

February 13, 2015

“Standard Chartered is very keen to assist in developing the secondary trading market in bonds and sukuks in the Kingdom,” argues Dr. Boutros Klink, CEO of Standard Chartered.

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Capital Markets in Saudi Arabia and Their Evolution

February 7, 2015

“The capital markets started very early in Saudi, maybe in the 60’s or even earlier than that. It was very simple, very preliminary, there were no complications at all, and there were no rules or regulations,” explains Abdullah Saud Al-Rashoud, CEO of Blominvest Saudi Arabia.

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AMEX: Credit Cards Industry Steadily Growing

February 6, 2015

Priyan L. Attygalle CEO of American Express, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, compared to the other nations in the GCC, has the largest population. It also has the largest local population. So the demographics mix is different. In the credit card industry, the way we deal with the customer base is very different because we are able to build long term relationships with the customers and service their needs as their requirements grow throughout their life cycle.

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Saudi’s Penetration Rate for Credit Cards is Steadily Increasing, says Amex

February 6, 2015

“The penetration rate for credit cards is certainly lower than cash at present, but it is steadily increasing. I can see over the last eight years there has been a visible shift from a cash economy towards an electronic economy,” says Priyan L. Attygalle, CEO of American Express, Saudi Arabia.