Central Bank of the UAE
Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 Regarding the Central Bank, Regulation of Financial Institutions and Activities, and Insurance Business
This law repeals and replaces the 2018 Central Bank Law, consolidating banking, finance company, payments and insurance supervision under a single CBUAE regulatory perimeter and materially expanding CBUAE's licensing and enforcement powers (including over emerging/DeFi technologies via Article 62). It is the foundational law underpinning nearly all CBUAE regulations issued afterward, so licensed institutions must reconcile governance and licensing structures by the one-year transition deadline of 16 September 2026.
What firms should do
Yes — review licensing/activity classification against the new law and complete transition/reconciliation actions before 16 September 2026
- Regulator
- Central Bank of the UAE
- Type
- New Regulation/Standard
- Status
- Enacted
- Published
- 16 Sept 2025
- Takes effect
- 16 Sept 2025
- Reference
- Federal Decree-Law No. 6 of 2025
- Topic
- Governance
- Impact
- High
Found automatically on the regulator's website and summarised by AI by Arakan Lexara. Not legal advice; check the official source before relying on it.
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