Dubai Financial Services Authority

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Period: 28 Aug 2017 - 08 Aug 2024

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Sav secures Dubai license

Sav, a UAE-born fintech, received an in-principle approval for a Category 4 license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).

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Dubai Financial Services Authority approves Ripple XRP under virtual assets regime

-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, today announced that the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has approved the digital asset XRP for use within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Licensed virtual asset firms within the DIFC will now be able to incorporate XRP into their virtual asset services.

UAE grants open banking licence to Tarabut Gateway

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UAE grants open banking licence to Tarabut Gateway

Tarabut Gateway, a Bahrain-based open banking platform, has been granted a licence to provide payment services to and from the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC).

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Dubai welcomes applications for summer sandbox cohort

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) invites applications from local and international companies to apply to join its 2020 Summer Cohort.

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Dubai regulator takes the wraps off cyber threat intelligence sharing platform

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) launched the first financial regulator-led Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform (Platform) in the region in collaboration with the Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC), the National Computer Emergency Response Team for the UAE (aeCERT), the Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg (CIRCL) and the Open Source Threat Intelligence and Sharing Platform Project (MISP).

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Dubai authorities publish guiding principles on sustainable finance

The DFSA, together with a group of leading authorities in the UAE, has published the UAE’s first Guiding Principles on Sustainable Finance (the Guiding Principles), which will serve as a catalyst for the implementation of the UAE’s sustainability priorities.

Dubai regulators fine and ban Deutsche Bank compliance officer

The Financial Markets Tribunal (FMT), a specialist independent tribunal, has affirmed a decision by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to fine Ms Anna Waterhouse and restrict her from being involved in providing financial services in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

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Regulators in Dubai and Luxembourg sign fintech pact

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) Luxembourg, entered into an agreement to cooperate in the development of FinTech.

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Dubai regulator accepts four fintech firms into summer sandbox cohort

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) accepted four FinTech firms into its 2019 Summer Innovation Testing Licence (ITL) Cohort following the evaluation of a number of applications.

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Dubai invites applications for 2019 Summer sandbox cohort

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) invites applications from local and international firms to apply to join the 2019 Summer Cohort.

Dubai Financial Services Authority welcomes new sandbox cohort

The Dubai Financial Services Authority ("DFSA") announced the acceptance of seven new firms into its cohort process, which permits companies to apply for an Innovation Testing Licence ("ITL").

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Robo advisory firm Sarwa first to emerge from DFSA sandbox

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”) is pleased to announce that robo-advisory firm, Sarwa, has become the first participant to graduate from its regulatory sandbox following nearly 12 months of testing.

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