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Central Bank of the UAE

The complete Central Bank of the UAE library,
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Browse every Central Bank of the UAE rulebook — 44 rulebooks, 2,102+ articles. Ask a question in plain English and get a cited answer grounded in the actual regulatory text.

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The Central Bank of the UAE regulates a defined scope of activity in the UAE. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors, finding the right rule in the right rulebook is a daily requirement. Lexara indexes every Central Bank of the UAE rulebook it has seeded and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

Central Bank of the UAE rulebooks indexed on Lexara

Lexara has indexed 44 in-force rulebooks from the Central Bank of the UAE, ranked here by article count.

CBUAE Exchange Houses Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE (234 articles)

CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation — CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation 2024 (175 articles)

CBUAE Stored Value Facilities Regulation — CBUAE Stored Value Facilities (SVF) Regulation (138 articles)

CBUAE Consumer Protection Standards — Central Bank of the UAE (113 articles)

CBUAE SME Customer Protection Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE (99 articles)

CBUAE Finance Companies Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE (99 articles)

CBUAE Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE (88 articles)

CBUAE Consumer Protection Regulation — CBUAE Consumer Protection Regulation (Circular No. 8/2020) (84 articles)

CBUAE Large Value Payment Systems Regulation — CBUAE Large Value Payment Systems (LVPS) Regulation (73 articles)

CBUAE Crowdfunding Regulation — CBUAE Loan-based Crowdfunding Activities Regulation (67 articles)

CBUAE Fitness & Propriety Standards — CBUAE Fitness and Propriety Standards (65 articles)

CBUAE Open Finance Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE (62 articles)

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A UAE regulatory authority with federal jurisdiction, whose rulebooks Lexara has indexed for full-text and AI search — 44 rulebooks, 2,102+ articles.

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44 in-force rulebooks, covering 2,102+ articles.

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Browse Central Bank of the UAE rulebooks

CBUAE Exchange Houses Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

234 articles

CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation

CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation 2024

175 articles

CBUAE Stored Value Facilities Regulation

CBUAE Stored Value Facilities (SVF) Regulation

138 articles

CBUAE Consumer Protection Standards

Central Bank of the UAE

113 articles

CBUAE SME Customer Protection Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

99 articles

CBUAE Finance Companies Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

99 articles

CBUAE Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

88 articles

CBUAE Consumer Protection Regulation

CBUAE Consumer Protection Regulation (Circular No. 8/2020)

84 articles

CBUAE Large Value Payment Systems Regulation

CBUAE Large Value Payment Systems (LVPS) Regulation

73 articles

CBUAE Crowdfunding Regulation

CBUAE Loan-based Crowdfunding Activities Regulation

67 articles

CBUAE Fitness & Propriety Standards

CBUAE Fitness and Propriety Standards

65 articles

CBUAE Open Finance Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

62 articles

UAE FDL6 — Insurance Business

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025

56 articles

CBUAE Fitness & Propriety Regulation

CBUAE Fitness and Propriety Regulation

54 articles

CBUAE Credit Risk Management Standards

Central Bank of the UAE

50 articles

CBUAE Telemarketing Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

47 articles

UAE FDL6 — Supervision and Governance

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025

40 articles

CBUAE Corporate Governance Regulation for Banks

Central Bank of the UAE

35 articles

UAE FDL6 — Licensing of Financial Activities

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025

34 articles

CBUAE Operational Risk Management Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

34 articles

CBUAE Retail Payment Systems Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

33 articles

CBUAE Representative Offices Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

33 articles

CBUAE Sandbox Conditions Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

31 articles

CBUAE Registered Hawala Providers Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

27 articles

UAE Virtual Assets Travel Rule

Central Bank of the UAE

27 articles

CBUAE Credit Risk Management Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

27 articles

CBUAE Large Exposures Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

26 articles

Cabinet Decision 74/2020 (Terrorism Lists and UNSCR Implementation)

Cabinet Decision No. 74 of 2020

24 articles

UAE FDL6 — Resolution and Customer Protection

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025

23 articles

UAE FDL6 — Prudential Controls

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025

22 articles

CBUAE Climate-related Financial Risk Management Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

21 articles

UAE FDL6 — Islamic Finance

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025

20 articles

CBUAE AI/ML Guidance Note

CBUAE Guidance Note on Consumer Protection and Responsible Adoption and Use of AI/ML

18 articles

CBUAE Guidance on Suspicious Transaction Reporting

Central Bank of the UAE

18 articles

UAE FDL6 — Financial Market Infrastructure

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025

14 articles

CBUAE Liquidity Regulations (banks)

Central Bank of the UAE

14 articles

CBUAE Capital Adequacy Regulations (banks)

Central Bank of the UAE

14 articles

CBUAE Approval for IPO Participation by Banks

Central Bank of the UAE

13 articles

CBUAE Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions

Central Bank of the UAE

13 articles

CBUAE Establishment of an Ombudsman Unit Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

12 articles

CBUAE Acceptance of Public Subscription

Central Bank of the UAE

7 articles

CBUAE Board Decision 59/4/2019 (AML/CFT Procedures)

Central Bank Board of Directors Decision No. 59/4/2019 (AML/CFT Procedures)

6 articles

CBUAE Minimum Capital for Banks Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE

6 articles

UAE FDL6 — Grievances and Transitional Provisions

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025

6 articles

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