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Dubai International Financial Centre launches $100m fintech fund

Dubai is among the regional cities looking to become the Middle East’s fintech hub

Dubai Courts to issue fines for minor offences

Tourists in particular are expected to benefit from the change

Listings site Dubizzle acquires two real estate platforms

Dubizzle claims to be the UAE’s largest property portal

Dubai’s Emirates wants guarantee on A380 output before placing new order

Delegates said Airbus was trying to finalise a deal but any announcement would not come before midday on Monday

UAE’s tax authority urges businesses to pay excise tax by November 15

The fine for late payments is capped at 300 per cent of the unpaid tax

Robots join the customer service team at Dubai’s DEWA

The role of the robot staff is to ‘enrich the experience of customers’

First phase of Dhs1bn roads project opens in Dubai

The project aims to ease traffic density by 15 per cent on Sheikh Zayed Road between the 1st and 2nd interchanges

Dubai Frame ticket prices revealed ahead of November opening

The Zabeel Park attraction is set to open by the end of the month

Uber drivers in Dubai to get paid for long waiting times

Drivers will also get a prior notification when a trip is estimated to be 60 minutes or longer

Dubai’s Emirates reports 111% increase in first half profit

The airline’s profit slumped 75 per cent in the first half of last year

Dubai to overtake London for tourist arrivals by 2025

Euromonitor said the emirate would meet its target for 20 million annual arrivals by 2020

Dubai bank Emirates NBD begins operations in India

The lender has opened its first Indian branch in the city of Mumbai

Emirates flight training academy receives first Embraer Phenom 100EV

The academy is one of the launch customers for the new Phenom aircraft

Dubai’s DP World, Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority to develop economic zone

The industrial and residential zone at Sokhna is anticipated to create over 400,000 jobs

Dubai’s Damac expects to beat 2017 sales, handover targets

Chairman Hussain Sajwani said the company was increasingly looking at projects outside of Dubai

Emirates, flydubai announce new codeshare routes

The two airlines confirmed they would be expanding ties earlier this year

Dubai sees 7.5% increase in tourists in first 9 months of 2017

The emirate saw a substantial increase in visitors from China and Russia

Dubai’s Jumeirah Lake Towers to introduce paid parking

The area was one of the few in Dubai where parking was free

Dates revealed for next edition of Dubai Shopping Festival

The annual event will be held from December 26 to January 27

China’s Huawei opens first Middle East store in Dubai

The store is expected to be the first of five or more in the UAE

DP World to establish Berbera free zone

Berbera Free Zone will be based on the same model behind DP World’s Jebel Ali Free Zone

Emirates to introduce new Boeing 777 first class cabin next month

The new first class cabin will feature six private suites, compared to eight earlier

New British curriculum school in Dubai’s Remraam to open next year

South View School will have the capacity to accommodate nearly 1,800 children

Dubai Metro services disrupted during rush hour

Passengers have reported long delays on the metro’s Red Line

Average rents at Dubai’s beach properties revealed

Al Satwa was identified as the most affordable rental area for one-bedroom apartments

Emirates to resume services to Nigeria’s Abuja

The airline will also reinstate its second daily service to Lagos

Dubai’s DIFC Courts to allow defendants to be served through direct messages

The Small Claims Tribunal is expanding its e-services

Dubai’s RTA reveals new design for vehicle licence plates

The first lot of the new dual code plates will be released in an open auction in December

Emirates aims to place A380 order at Dubai airshow

The Dubai airline is the world’s biggest customer of the A380

Flydubai begins flights to Montenegro, three Russian cities

The airline has launched flights to Makhachkala and Voronezh in Russia and resumed services to Ufa