UAE banking sector


UAE Bank Investments Rise To $202bn In January 2025

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This represents a 16.1 percent growth compared to January 2024, according to the Central Bank of the UAE's latest banki... Read more

Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Would Have Limited Impact On UAE Banks, S&P Says

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UAE banks to maintain strong asset quality with central bank rule changes boosting loan coverage ratios, already near 1... Read more

Dubai Islamic Bank Total Income Grows 15.9% To $6.36bn In 2024

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Pre-tax profit up 27% to $2.45 billion; Customer deposits up almost 12% to $67.8 billion; NPF ratio improves 140bps to ... Read more

Mashreq Delivers $2.45bn Net Profit In 2024

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The bank reported a 24% jump in its revenue in 2024 to AED 13.4 billion Read more

RAKBANK Posts Record Over AED 2bn Profits In 2024

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For Q4’24, the profit after tax was AED 386M, and the profit before tax was AED 424M, representing declines of 10.4% ... Read more

CBUAE Reports $1.21 Trillion In Bank Assets By End Of October

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Banks’ deposits increased by 1.5%, from AED 2,761.4 billion at the end of September to AED 2,802.5 billion at the end... Read more

UAE Leads The Way For Digital Innovation In Middle Easts $3.2bn Banking Sector

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The UAE’s willingness to adopt innovative banking practices such as blockchain adoption and AI put it at the forefron... Read more

UAE Central Bank Boosts Liquidity With $4.3bn Cash Injection

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Certificates of deposit dropped to $53bn by the end of May, from $54bn in April Read more

First Abu Dhabi Bank Joins Middle East Lenders In Raising Provisions

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Banks in the Gulf region are raising provisions to offset an expected increase in sour loans due to the twin shock of pl... Read more

Mashreq Reports Drop In First-half Profit Amid 'tough Operating Environment'

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Covid-19 pushed the impairment allowances to increase in the second quarter of 2020 massively affecting half yearly prof... Read more

Survey Reveals Trust In UAE Banks On The Increase

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UAE banking sector has higher trust rating than US, UK, China, Japan, France and Germany Read more

Emirates NBD Reports 45% Slump In Profit After $1.1bn Provisions

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Emirates NBD continues to have a good underlying operating performance, said CFO Patrick Sullivan Read more

Emirates NBD's Q1 Profit Drops As It Sets Aside $700m In Covid-19 Provisions

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Emirates NBD, Dubai's largest bank, reported a 24% drop in its first-quarter profit Read more

Irregularities Found Habib Bank's UAE Operations

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Employees in some of Habib Bank's UAE branches helped certain customers disguise transactions by issuing pay orders in t... Read more

UAE Bank Customers' Complaints To Be Dealt With Quickly Under New Guidelines

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Consultation process launched for new Financial Consumer Protection Regulatory Framework Read more

UAE's Al Hilal Bank Agrees To Sell Islamic Insurance Business

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Subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank to sell Al Hilal Takaful to Siraj Holding Read more

Abu Dhabi Bank Said To Seek $136m Savings By Cutting Jobs

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Sources say Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank also plans to shut some local and international branches Read more

Emirates Investment Bank Hires Ex-Al Rajhi Capital Boss As New CEO

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Gaurav B Shah brings over 20 years of experience in wealth and asset management and investment banking Read more

How The UAE Plans To Give More Protection To Bank Customers

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Consultations start on plans to establish new financial consumer protection regulatory framework in the UAE Read more

UAE Banks Head For Indian Courts To Recover $7bn Loan Defaults

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The move follows India notifying last month UAE as a reciprocating territory for the purpose of enforcing foreign civil ... Read more