The federal banking regulator
What Central Bank supervision asks of a licensed institution
Banks, finance companies and other institutions licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE answer to it for capital, liquidity, governance, risk, consumer protection and cybersecurity. We map those requirements to one control set and keep the evidence ready for your next examination.
Get ready for your CBUAE review
The cybersecurity, resilience and data side of your banking licence
The Central Bank supervises UAE banking outside the financial free zones.
The Central Bank of the UAE is the banking regulator and monetary authority for all UAE financial institutions outside financial free zones. CBUAE licenses and supervises commercial banks, Islamic banks, foreign bank branches, finance companies, exchange houses, payment service providers, and FinTech firms. Central Bank establishes prudential requirements: capital adequacy ratios aligned with Basel III, liquidity coverage ratios, corporate governance standards, risk management frameworks, AML/CTF programs, consumer protection rules, and operational resilience requirements. CBUAE conducts regular examinations assessing financial condition, risk management quality, compliance with regulations, and protection of depositor funds.
One control set for the Central Bank requirements that apply to your licence.
Evidence Basel III Capital Adequacy
CBUAE mandates capital adequacy ratios aligned with Basel III: Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1), Tier 1 capital, Total capital ratios, capital conservation buffers, and countercyclical buffers. Banks must maintain capital sufficient to absorb losses and continue operations during stress. AccuSights maps the capital requirements that apply, assesses whether the governing policies and controls exist, assigns remediation and keeps the capital adequacy documentation CBUAE examines. Ratio calculation, risk-weighted asset tracking and capital forecasting stay with the bank and its finance systems.
Basel III capital and buffer requirements mapped, with the policy evidence kept.
Evidence the Liquidity Coverage Requirements
CBUAE requires complete liquidity management: Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), high-quality liquid assets, stress testing, contingency funding plans, and intraday liquidity monitoring. Banks must maintain liquidity sufficient to survive stress scenarios without central bank support. AccuSights maps the liquidity requirements, assesses whether the governing policies, stress-testing procedures and contingency plans exist, and keeps the liquidity documentation CBUAE compliance requires. The ratios, positions and stress tests are run by the bank.
LCR, NSFR, stress-testing and contingency requirements mapped to your policies.
Strengthen Corporate Governance and Risk Management
CBUAE mandates strong governance and risk management: board composition and independence, board committees (audit, risk, nomination, remuneration), management structure, three lines of defense, enterprise risk management frameworks, risk appetite statements, and internal controls. Banks manage complex risks, credit, market, operational, liquidity, compliance, requiring sophisticated governance. We map the governance requirements to what you have, assess whether the board committees, mandates and risk framework are documented and current, assign remediation and link the evidence behind each answer.
Board committees, risk framework and three lines of defense documented and current.
Implement CBUAE AML/CTF Requirements
CBUAE enforces complete AML/CTF programs aligned with UAE Federal Law and FATF standards: customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence for high-risk customers and PEPs, ongoing monitoring, sanctions screening against UNSC and local lists, suspicious transaction reporting to Financial Intelligence Unit, record keeping, and employee training. Banks are gatekeepers preventing financial crime. AML/CTF failures enable money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions violations. AccuSights maps the AML/CTF requirements, assesses whether the required policies and controls exist, assigns remediation and keeps the records CBUAE reviews. Due diligence, screening, transaction monitoring and suspicious transaction reports to the Financial Intelligence Unit are done by the bank.
We map the AML/CTF requirements, assess the control gaps and keep the records.
Implement Consumer Protection Standards
CBUAE requires complete consumer protection: transparent disclosure, fair treatment, suitable product recommendations, complaint handling procedures, dispute resolution mechanisms, financial literacy initiatives, and vulnerable customer protections. Banking customers deserve protection from unfair practices, hidden fees, and unsuitable products. We map the consumer protection standards that apply to you and assess whether the disclosure, complaints-handling and record-keeping controls exist. Handling the complaints themselves, and judging suitability for a customer, stay with the institution.
Disclosure, complaints and record-keeping controls checked against the standard.
Prepare for Central Bank Supervisory Examinations
CBUAE conducts complete examinations assessing financial condition, capital adequacy, liquidity management, asset quality, earnings, management quality, governance effectiveness, risk management frameworks, AML/CTF programs, consumer protection, operational resilience, and regulatory compliance. Examinations determine supervisory ratings affecting capital requirements and growth authorization. We keep the readiness record current between examinations, so what the supervisor asks for is a report you already hold rather than a scramble.
A readiness record kept current between examinations.
Why Banks and Financial Institutions Choose This Path
From the first gap assessment to a record ready for Central Bank examination.
Organizations working with us:
Ready for Examination
Each control has an owner and current evidence, so an examiner asking for proof gets a document the same day.
Prove Capital Adequacy
The Basel III capital requirements mapped to your licence, with the governing policies, controls and evidence tracked. Ratio calculation stays in your finance systems.
Prove Liquidity Management
The LCR, NSFR, stress-testing and contingency-funding requirements mapped, with the supporting policies and evidence tracked. The ratios themselves are run by the bank.
Document Governance
Board committees, mandates and the risk framework documented and owned, with evidence for each.
Prove the AML/CTF Program
The FATF-aligned AML/CTF requirements mapped to your licence, with control gaps assessed and evidence kept. Detection, screening and reporting run in the bank's own systems.
Consumer Protection Evidence
Disclosure, fair-treatment and complaints controls checked against the consumer protection standards that apply to you.
Built for Central Bank readiness and continuous banking compliance management.
What the Central Bank expects of a licensed institution
The Central Bank rulebook is wide. We map it, assess it and keep the record; we do not run it.
Central Bank of UAE regulations set requirements across licensing, capital adequacy (Basel III), liquidity management (LCR, NSFR), corporate governance, risk management (credit, market, operational, liquidity), AML/CTF, consumer protection, operational resilience, cyber security, outsourcing, business continuity, Islamic banking (for Sharia-compliant institutions), and regulatory reporting. We map those requirements, assess whether the required policies and controls exist, assign remediation and keep the readiness record current for examination. Operational execution stays within the licensed institution and its specialist systems.
We map the requirements, assess what is in place and keep the record current for examination.
AccuSights maps applicable regulatory requirements, assesses whether the required policies and controls exist, assigns remediation, links supporting evidence and maintains readiness records. Operational execution remains within the licensed institution and its specialist systems.
CBUAE Regulatory Areas
Areas the Central Bank supervises