Tagged: oman

December 30, 2019 @ 9:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Bank of Oman (NBO), the first local bank and one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle Eastern country of Oman, has been awarded Best Mobile Banking Application – Oman 2019 by the International Finance Magazine. The bank has also received various… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Muscat, the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate, recently revealed that the Central Bank of Oman has approved the institution’s request to establish a $100 million (appr. OMR38.5 million) nationwide, strategic Fintech investment program. The investment program is reportedly part of Bank Muscat’s… Read More

November 24, 2019 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oman Oil and Orpic Group and HSBC Bank Oman SAOG have reportedly performed the first blockchain-based trade finance transaction in the Middle Eastern nation using R3’s Corda technology. According to a November 23 report from Oman Observer, Oman Oil and Orpic Group, the country’s largest… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Oman bank BankDhofar announced it is the first bank in Oman to join Ripple’s global enterprise blockchain network, RippleNet. According to BankDhofar, the blockchain network will help its customers save both time and money when sending payments overseas. The bank joins more than 100… Read More