KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) organized a visit to Mohammad Al-Shayji Elementary School as part of the executive management’s tour to follow up on the pilot phase of “Bankee” financial literacy program for government and private school students, which was launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority “Nazaha”.

KUWAIT: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, announced the successful conclusion of Sustainability Week, a week-long internal awareness initiative that targeted employees and featured a wide range of interactive programs aimed at promoting the company’s sustainability strategy.

PARSI: French unions on Thursday staged a new day of disruption against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform after he defiantly vowed to implement the change, with refineries at a standstill and mass transport cancellations.

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate on Wednesday, as it sought to strike a balance between curbing high inflation and averting further upheaval in the commercial banking sector.

KUWAIT: Zain Group, the Middle East’s leading digital ICT service provider, has completed the technical prototype validation of RedCAP based on 5.5G technology in Kuwait. RedCap is defined as part of the 3GPP Internet of Things architecture.

KUWAIT: Chairman of Boubyan Bank Abdulaziz Abdullah Dakheel Al-Shaya reiterated the bank’s ongoing endeavors to achieve excellent and accelerating growth of financial indicators and market shares in a manner that benefits all its shareholders and the Kuwaiti economy, in addition to focusing on quality customer service and upskilling the bank’s human resources, which turns Boubyan into a banking and digital powerhouse in Kuwait and the region.

By Majd Othman

KUWAIT: Food security is in focus recently due to the political and economic situations around the world including the Russia-Ukraine war, financial crises and debates whether to raising the interest rate to control growing inflation.

BERLIN: Balancing on a sloping tiled roof, apprentice Pascal Ode installs a solar panel under the watchful eye of his trainer. Hopes are high that Ode may soon be able to install the systems on both homes and businesses.

Kuwait: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, announces its platinum sponsorship of the second edition of Microsoft’s Smart Government Summit, held in collaboration with the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT).