The Central Bank of the UAE has unveiled a new symbol for the UAE's national currency, the "Dirham," in both physical and digital forms, embodying the vision of the wise leadership and the nation’s progressiveness.
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Qualitative achievements and initiatives reflecting the vital role of the CBUAE in developing the financial sector, protecting financial stability, supporting economic growth, and solidifying the UAE's leadership as a global financial center.
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CBUAE launches a digital service to acquire commemorative coins through a dedicated page on its website. In the framework of its commitment to implementing international best practices to elevate financial sector services, enhance efficiency, deliver leading institutional services with global standards.
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This section provides information on foreign and domestic entities licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE that operate in the UAE.
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The CBUAE assumed supervisory and regulatory responsibility of the insurance sector pursuant to Decretal Federal Law No. (25) of 2020, which merged the Insurance Authority into the Central Bank.
Consumers are the lifeblood of the UAE’s economy. Ensuring that their rights are protected adequately is a core CBUAE objective, and supported by the adoption of the new CBUAE law.
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The Central Bank of the UAE regulates and supervises financial services companies operating in the UAE.
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The Financial Stability Department (FSD) helps to maintain and promote financial stability in the UAE by conducting analyses to assess the potential risks and vulnerabilities facing the country’s financial system, and by supporting CBUAE’s financial stability decision-making.
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Our Reserve Management department manages the UAE’s official foreign exchange reserves.
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The Islamic Finance industry is growing at an accelerated pace, exceeding USD 2.44 trillion in assets globally, and recording a growth rate of 11.4%. The Islamic Finance industry is primarily manifested in banking, insurance (Takaful) and asset management sectors.
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The CBUAE established a dedicated Department in August 2020 to handle all Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism matters (AML/CFT) which the Banking Supervision Department handled previously.
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Launched by The CBUAE in 2020, the Fintech Office aims to build a mature Fintech ecosystem in the UAE and position the UAE as the foremost Fintech hub regionally and globally.
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The Risk Management and Compliance Department is the second line of defence for the CBUAE, responsible for the management and oversight of the financial risks and non-financial risks.
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The key supervisory objective of the CBUAE, consistent with the BCBS Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision, is to promote the safety and soundness of licensed financial institutions, in particular those in the banking, insurance, payments and remittance sectors.
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The CBUAE is mandated to define and implement its monetary policy objectives through the formulation of the Dirham Monetary Framework. By developing and deploying related liquidity management facilities, the CBUAE is able to maintain the soundness and stability of the established monetary system in the UAE.
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Payment Systems are considered an important pillar in the financial market infrastructure. Accordingly, the CBUAE leads the establishment, development, operation and oversight of the payment systems in the UAE. The different services of these financial infrastructure systems are offered to participating institutes, which extend such services to their different customers.
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The Enforcement Department’s core functions are to support the strategic objectives of the CBUAE through a disciplined twofold approach: protection and deterrence.
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In 1973, the UAE Currency Board issued the nation’s first banknotes. In 1982, the CBUAE released a second issue of UAE paper currency, following the transition from the UAE Currency Board to the CBUAE, instituted by Union Law No. (10) of 1980.
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