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VaultStatutory records storage
Overview
Records and retention, explainedData protection, explainedThe inspection, explained
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Records and retention, explainedData protection, explainedThe inspection, explained
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ComplyGovern

For firms serving clients

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Screening, rules and records

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Arakan Vault · Statutory records storage

Keep the records the law says you must, and prove it.

Company records stored for the periods UAE law requires, each with a fingerprint and an audit trail. The evidence store behind Comply, Shield and Ledger.

For: Teams that must prove what they hold and when

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No card needed. One account works across every Arakan app.

What Vault does

Statutory records storage

  • Fingerprinted on arrival

    Each file gets a SHA-256 fingerprint when it is uploaded, so you can later show it hasn't changed.

  • Sealed against change

    A sealed document is locked read-only until its retention period ends.

  • Retention set by the rules

    Each document's retention period follows its category and the UAE rule that applies, such as FTA, DFSA, Labour Law or the Commercial Companies Law.

  • Every access logged

    Uploads, seals, views and checks are recorded with the user and the time.

  • Stored in the UAE, or your own storage

    Arakan-managed storage runs in AWS me-central-1 (UAE). You can connect your own storage instead.

  • Filed from the other apps

    Ledger originals, Govern minutes and Comply evidence are filed here as they are created.

How it works

  1. 1

    Upload

    Or let the other Arakan apps file documents as they go.

  2. 2

    Seal

    The retention period is set and the document is locked.

  3. 3

    Show it when asked

    The fingerprint and audit trail show what you held and when.

Learn the rules first

What the law asks, before the software.

Explainer series narrated over diagrams, with the article behind every claim. No product on screen. Each video is about two minutes and starts the next.

Records and retention, explained

For: Owners, finance leads, company secretaries and compliance officers at UAE companies: what records the law makes them keep, for how long, in what form, and what an inspector or auditor can ask for.

6 videos · about 11 min in all

Data protection, explained

For: Owners, managers, IT and compliance leads at UAE companies that hold personal data on customers, staff or users: what the federal data protection law and the DIFC regime require of a controller or processor.

5 videos · about 10 min in all

The inspection, explained

For: Finance leads, compliance officers and owners of UAE companies, licensed or not, and the accountants and advisers who stand beside them when an authority asks for the records: what a tax audit, a regulator's visit, a registrar check or an AML inspection may demand, and the clocks that follow.

6 videos · about 12 min in all

Every series and demo

Questions

Can a sealed document be deleted?

Not before its retention period ends.

Can we use our own storage?

Yes. You can connect your own storage instead of Arakan-managed storage.

Works with

Screening, rules and records. The apps share your companies, documents and rules, so nothing is entered twice.

  • ComplyYour compliance manager
  • LedgerClients' FTA compliance
  • GovernGovernance and board compliance

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Comply

Your compliance manager

Govern

Governance and board compliance

Onboard

Client onboarding (KYC/CDD)

Shield

Clients' regulatory compliance

Ledger

Clients' FTA compliance

Scout

Planning your UAE setup

Atlas

UAE setup reference

Verify

Sanctions and PEP screening

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UAE rulebook library

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Statutory records storage

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