The UAE Central Bank has fined six hawala operators Dh350,000 in violation of the country’s Anti Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Illegal Organisations (AML/CFT) laws. A statement issued on Wednesday said hawala providers were penalised for not registering on the regulator’s GoAML reporting system on time. “The Central Bank ...

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has imposed financial sanctions to the tune of 17.31 million ($4.7 million) on six exchange houses operating in the UAE as part of its efforts to combat money laundering and illicit financial flows. The sanctions imposed last month followed the exchange houses’ failures to comply with AML & Sanctions ...

Move will provide relief for banks, finance companies enabling them to provide new loans, facilities to customers affected by the pandemic. The UAE Central Bank has extended its Targeted Economic Support Scheme (Tess) for another six months until June 30, 2021 to continue its support for the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. From January 1, ...

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, announced today, Saturday, that his government has taken a decision to merge the Insurance Authority with the Central Bank. Sheikh Mohammed said in a tweet on Twitter: “Today we issued a decision to merge the Insurance Authority with ...

The introduction of these regulations represents the second step towards implementation of the new Dirham Monetary Framework announced earlier this year. ABU DHABI – The Central Bank of the UAE, CBUAE, announced today that, effective 28 October 2020, it will introduce new regulations regarding reserve requirements for deposit-taking licensed financial institutions. The introduction of these regulations ...