Business & Money | Monday 19 April, 2021 12:29 am

Mastercard Track™ Business Payment Service Welcomes HSBC UAE as Part of Mission to Help Modernize the Middle East and Africa’s B2B Payment Ecosystem

Technology leader Mastercard continues to deliver on its promise to modernize business payments worldwide and across the Middle East and Africa region, announcing a new partnership with HSBC that will provide the bank’s commercial customers in the UAE with an enhanced business-to-business payment ...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 18 April, 2021 2:48 pm

Historical Diriyah Celebrates World Heritage Day as the Biggest Heritage, Cultural Project Inaugurated by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today celebrates the World Heritage Day that is annually marked on April 18. Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) is racing against time to finish various projects aimed at developing and rehabilitating heritage sites in Diriyah, whose inauguration ceremonies were...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 April, 2021 11:18 am

Saudi Aramco part of $50 million funding for US software firm

Saudi Aramco’s investment arm was among a group of investors who awarded SR187.5 million ($50 million) to a Seattle-based manufacturing and technology software company. Seeq Corp. said it had raised the new funds as part of a Series C funding round as the group of investors backing the...

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Government | Sunday 18 April, 2021 10:32 am

Saudi charity platform receives SR260 million in donations in 24 hours

Charity platform Ehsan has received SR260 million (($69.3 million) in donations in the first 24 hours of its launch. King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, philanthropists and companies are among those supporting Saudi Arabia’s latest national charity campaign.Among the largest...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 18 April, 2021 3:32 am

Nokia and Mobily achieve the highest throughput with mmWave in its live 5G network in Riyadh

Nokia today announced that it has successfully completed a mmWave technology trial in Mobily’s live 5G commercial network in Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh. The trial achieved the highest throughput at a site in prince Mohamad bin Abdulaziz street (Tahlya street) in Riyadh, a high-density...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 17 April, 2021 12:35 pm

Cisco Secure Unveils Passwordless Future with Stronger Security for All

Cisco Secure, the leader in enterprise security, today unveiled the future of simple and effective security with infrastructure agnostic, passwordless authentication by Duo Security. Integrated seamlessly into the existing Duo authentication experience used by more than 25,000 organizations...

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Government | Friday 16 April, 2021 5:40 pm

"Ehsan" Launches National Campaign Supporting Charitable Work in the Kingdom

The National Campaign for Charitable Activities is launched today in the Kingdom on the national Platform for Charitable Work (Ehsan), which is developed by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), in the presence of senior government officials and scholars as well as a large...

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Business & Money | Friday 16 April, 2021 3:41 pm

VAT specialists and accounting technicians get Hadaf support

The Human Resources Development Fund (HADAF) has extended its support to those who hold certificates of the Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants (SOCPA) to practice as VAT (value-added tax) specialists and accounting technicians. Under the support scheme, HADAF will extend...

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Business & Money | Thursday 15 April, 2021 1:55 pm

GoDaddy Launches 2021 Brand Campaign to Support Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses in Saudi Arabia

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the company that empowers everyday entrepreneurs around the world, announced today the launch of its 2021 Brand campaign to encourage and inspire entrepreneurs and small business owners to build an online presence for their venture.   The campaign also supports...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 15 April, 2021 11:51 am

Discover Authentic Ramadan Experiences at Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh

The anticipation is over, joyous family and friends gatherings, and expressions of gratitude and generosity are finally here through the holy month of Ramadan. This year Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh is commemorating the season with crafted Ramadan experiences enhanced with global health and safety...

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