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Monday 07 April 2025

CBUAE Issues its 2024 Annual Report

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Thematic Reviews

The thematic reviews conducted by the CBUAE are a core component of its supervisory framework, designed to assess compliance, identify emerging risks, and promote best practices across the UAE's financial sector. These targeted reviews provide valuable insights into specific areas of risk and regulatory compliance, helping LFIs to understand and effectively perform their obligations. The findings from these reviews are used to inform guidance, enhance supervisory methodologies, and ultimately strengthen the overall integrity of the UAE’s financial system.

Examples of some of the thematic reviews conducted by the CBUAE include:

Thematic Review on Compliance with Screening Against UAE Local List and UNSC Sanctions List in the Banking Sector – Issued 2026

Thematic Review of providers of Stored Value Facilities, Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes, and Payment Token Services – Issued 2026

AML/CFT/CPF Thematic Review of Insurance Sector – Issued 2025

Thematic Review – Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) – Issued 2023

Thematic Review - Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS) – Issued 2023

Thematic Review on Counter Measures on FATF - High Risk Jurisdiction – Issued 2022

Thematic Review on Legal Persons and Arrangements (LPA) - Issued 2022

Thematic Review on Cash – Issued 2022

Thematic on Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS) and Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML) – Issued 2022

Thematic Review on Sanctions Screening Testing - Issued 2021

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