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UAE central bank buying US govt debt againThe United Arab Emirates' central bank has resumed investing in US Treasury bonds because interest rates on them are now reasonable, the bank's governor said on Tuesday. Gulf Arab oil exporters such as the UAE mainly invest in dollar asset More… |
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Hamdan university highlights e-learning strategiesHamdan Bin Mohammed e-University (HBMeU) recently met senior officials of the UAE Central Bank to discuss how e-learning programs can benefit the banking sector. HBMeU later held a presentation about the university's distinct capabili More… |
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UAE central bank to curb personal loans, feesThe United Arab Emirates central bank has introduced new rules to limit loans to individuals and bank service charges in the Gulf Opec member, it said in a statement on Sunday. The UAE monetary authority said earlier this month that it wou More… |
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UAE central bank keeps cap on cash dividendsThe United Arab Emirates central bank has told banks they could distribute a maximum 50 per cent of their profits as cash dividends, renewing a cap imposed last year, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The cap on cash dividends was extended More… |
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UAE cbank mulls new rules to regulate bank feesThe United Arab Emirates central bank will come up with new rules to prevent the country's banks from charging excessive fees, its governor was quoted as saying by a news website on Wednesday. 'I agree that banks have increased the More… |
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UAE banks invest $953m via Islamic CDsIslamic lenders operating in the UAE have so far invested Dh3.5 billion ($954 million) in sharia-compliant certificate of deposits, a central bank official said in published remarks on Tuesday. Proceeds from such Islamic certificates were More… |
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UAE cbank calls for lower interbank ratesUAE banks need to raise deposit levels to reduce interbank lending rates and put them more in line with London Interbank Offered Rates (Libor), the central bank governor was quoted as saying on Thursday. UAE interbank rates (EBOR) have sta More… |
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Abu Dhabi police, UAE cbank foil $14bn fraudThe UAE Central Bank and Abu Dhabi police foiled a $14.4 billion fraud attempt against a bank, the state news agency Wam reported on Saturday. The bank's name was not disclosed. The alleged suspects are Iranian nationals Farzin Ali More… |
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UAE cbank, Abu Dhabi police foil $14bn fraudThe UAE Central Bank and Abu Dhabi police foiled a $14.4 billion fraud attempt against a bank, the state news agency Wam reported on Saturday. The bank's name was not disclosed. The alleged suspects are Iranian nationals Farzin More… |
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UAE seeks to cut interbank ratesThe UAE's central bank will keep looking at how to reduce the emirate's interbank offered rates and plans to meet commercial banks on a regular basis, bankers said. The central bank said last month that EIBOR rates, based on quotes More… |
