Business

Dhiraagu launches campaign offering Salhi Prepaid more daily data

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2 years ago

23/08/2022

MNN

Dhiraagu, the first telecommunications company in the Maldives, has launched a promotion offering Salhi Prepaid customers more daily data.

As part of the promotion, customers can subscribe to Salhi 2 Weeks and Salhi Monthly Plans to receive the benefits. Dhiraagu said prepaid customers activating Salhi 2 Weeks will get 4GB daily data, a total of 56GB data for 2 weeks for USD17.27, and customers activating Salhi Monthly plan will get 5GB daily data for 30 days which is a total of 150GB data for USD32.25 under the promotion. All customers will also get unlimited calls to Dhiraagu numbers and enjoy exceptional value with increased data benefits from a single activation with both plans, as per Dhiraagu.

The telecommunications company added that more information regarding the new promotion will be available on its website.

Source: psmnews

Business

TMA becomes first Asian operator to receive Havilland Certificate

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11 hours ago

08/05/2024

Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA), the world’s largest seaplane operator, receives De Havilland Canada’s endorsement certificate, making it the first operator in Asia to achieve the recognition.

At the official endorsement ceremony held last Sunday, De Havilland’s Chief Executive Officer Brian Chafe awarded the endorsement to TMA Chief Executive Officer A.U.M Fazy.

De Havilland owners Sherry Brideson and Robert McDonald, along with senior representatives of the Canada’s aerospace company and TMA officiated the ceremony.

TMA Chief Fauzy had thanked De Havilland’s continued support with its Twin Otters, elevating the operator’s success.

De Havilland CEO highlighted TMA’s success of completing two million flight cycles, which he added is unprecedented anywhere else.

The Canadian aerospace company affirmed continued support to TMA in future as well.

Source(s): sun.mv

Business

BML announce new MVR 1-mil loan facility without collateral

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2 days ago

06/05/2024

The Bank of Maldives (BML) on Monday officially announced the launch of two new home loan products; the Home Build Loan and the Home Equity Loan.

The new loan facilities have been introduced to cater to the growing customer needs for home construction and renovation, BML said.

The new Home Build Loan has been designed to allow individuals to borrow up to MVR 1 million without any additional security. The facility provides a repayment period of over 15 years, which is ideal in renovation projects or larger home construction projects across the Maldives.

The bank also, for the first time, has introduced Home Equity Loan for existing Home Loan and Financing customers. This new facility enables these customers to borrow up to the repaid amount, or the usable equity, of the primary loans. The Home Equity Loan is offered for borrowings of more than MVR 50,000 with a repayment period of 20 years.

Moosa Nimal, the Director of Retail and SME Banking said, “These products are designed to make access to finance easier for our customers across the country.”

“The new Home Build Loan does not require any additional security and will allow customers to build or renovate homes at the most competitive market rates. Our Home Equity Loan offers our existing home financing customers to access usable equity available on their property, at a low rate of just 10%.”

The newly introduced loan facilities are available for BML Islamic customers as well.

Source(s): sun.mv

Business

MIB signs an agreement to expedite business registration process

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4 days ago

04/05/2024

Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and the Maldives Islamic Bank (MIB) has entered an agreement, aiming to expedite and streamline the registering services for businesses. The agreement was signed to enhance the quality of services, ensure information security, and facilitate an efficient registration process.

Following the signing of the agreement, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed disclosed that customer data can be readily verified with the assistance of the ministry’s Application Programming Interface (API). The minister stated that this would enable businesses to set up bank accounts in a convenient manner. Regarding this, Registrar of Companies Mariyam Waheed underscored the pivotal role API will play in authenticating businesses to customers and expediting in the verification process.

This initiative will significantly benefit individuals accessing online services from the ministry, fostering economic development within the nation. This marks the first agreement of its kind signed by the ministry.