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THE THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EDITION 2026

the United Arab Emirates’s
financial services industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping financial services in the United Arab Emirates. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

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Snapshot: Funding in USD
Illustrated cover for Financial Services Industry Landscape of the United Arab Emirates
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Financial Services illustration
Companies tracked 1,030Financial Services ecosystem in the United Arab Emirates Disclosed funding $2.33B14 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 56With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 886 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the United Arab Emirates’s financial services leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Financial Services company highlights in the United Arab Emirates, snapshot 31 August 2026
Company
EDBedb.gov.ae$750M———
Ajman Bankajmanbank.ae$585M———
Deem Financedeem.io$400M———
ENBD REITenbdreit.com$176.95M———
Noor Banknoorbank.com$138M—7,500—
Aliph Capitalaliph.capital$125M———
Huspyhuspy.com$96M3 roles300—
Reem Financereemfinance.ae$34.04M———
Mashreq Bankmashreqbank.com—6 roles3,727—
deVere Groupdevere-group.com—5 roles2,100—
Demind Firma Managementdemindme.com—4 roles——
Amanaman.ae—3 roles131—
Desert Exchangedesert-exchange.com—3 roles——
Macwisemacwise.co—3 roles——
Al Ain Ahlia Insurance Companyalaininsurance.com—2 roles217—
ADIBadib.ae——16,328—
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bankadcb.com——16,924—
DFMdfm.ae——155—
DMCCdmcc.ae————
Dubai Islamic Bankdib.ae——34,389—
Ejadahejadah.com——2,500—
Emirates NBDemiratesnbd.com——7,000—
Mashreqmashreq.com——1,765—
The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimahrakbank.ae——3,256—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Financial Services industry KPIs in the United Arab Emirates

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

31 August 2026
Hiring participation5.4%

56 of 1,030 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation1.8%

19 of 1,030 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share74.5%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$59M

Midpoint of 14 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 74.5% of disclosed capital, while 98.2% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the United Arab Emirates financial services has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

the United Arab Emirates financial services
$0$303.51M$607.02M$910.53M$1.21B2016: $230M20162017: $34.04M20172018: $020182019: $1.06B20192020: $020202021: $1.25M20212022: $166.5M20222023: $500K20232024: $020242025: $459M2025
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Annual financial services funding and company formation in the United Arab Emirates
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$230M421
2017$34.04M581
2018$0510
2019$1.06B563
2020$0770
2021$1.25M512
2022$166.5M354
2023$500K481
2024$0260
2025$459M62
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • EDB32.2%
  • Ajman Bank25.1%
  • Deem Finance17.2%
  • Other companies25.5%

Funding by stage

22 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel6 27.3%
Series A–B5 22.7%
Series C+ / PE2 9.1%
Grants, debt & other9 40.9%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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Series B07/2025
Huspyhuspy.com$59M

Backed by Balderton Capital and Peak XV Partners and others.

Series A06/2022
Huspyhuspy.com$37M

Backed by Fifth Wall and Chimera Capital and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

No reviewed exact national-ID connector maps United Arab Emirates company identities to the configured global filings table.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector maps United Arab Emirates company identities to the configured global filings table.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the the United Arab Emirates companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

22 of the 1,030 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.1%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 218,865 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bankadcb.com1,772,5356060.3%
Emirates NBDemiratesnbd.com1,646,2036158.1%
Mashreqmashreq.com1,231,2665056.7%
Dubai Islamic Bankdib.ae715,6795568.6%
Emirates Islamic Bankemiratesislamic.ae541,1915064.2%
ADIBadib.ae416,6875347.1%
The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimahrakbank.ae414,1275320.5%
Mashreq Bankmashreqbank.com392,6264774.9%
Oman Insurance Companysukoon.com294,9353635.3%
Al Ansari Exchangealansariexchange.com254,6574753.7%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

74 of these companies (7.2%) publish at least one Android app — 124 apps in all, carrying 41.8M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Mashreq Egypt بنك المشرقMashreq5.5M3.7Finance
Al Ansari Exchange Send MoneyAl Ansari Exchange3.8M4.7Finance
ADCBAbu Dhabi Commercial Bank3.7M4Finance
Mashreq UAE - Digital BankingMashreq3.4M4.7Finance
ADCB HayyakAbu Dhabi Commercial Bank3M4.6Finance
DIB alt mobile banking appDubai Islamic Bank2.6M3.7Finance
CBD - Instant digital bankingComm Bank of Dubai2.4M4.3Finance
ENBD XEmirates NBD2.3M4.6Finance
ADIB Mobile BankingADIB1.9M4.5Finance
Lumi by NextcareNEXtCARE1.7M3.8Medical

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Banks4621.1MADCB 3.7M
Islamic Finance2514.7MADCB Hayyak 3M
Service Providers To Banks712.4MMashreq Egypt بنك المشرق 5.5M
Currency Exchange Services23.8MAl Ansari Exchange Send Money 3.8M
Insurance Carriers122MDaman 1.5M
Third-Party Administrators31.7MLumi by Nextcare 1.7M
Services For Investment Industry41.4MTrading & Investing App: amana 1.3M
Investment Tech31.3MADCB Securities 33.4K

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 32023Q2: 22023Q22023Q3: 32023Q3: 12023Q32023Q4: 42023Q4: 42023Q42024Q1: 42024Q1: 22024Q12024Q2: 42024Q2: 02024Q22024Q3: 22024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 52024Q4: 22024Q42025Q1: 62025Q1: 12025Q12025Q2: 12025Q2: 12025Q22025Q3: 42025Q3: 102025Q32025Q4: 22025Q4: 82025Q42026Q1: 82026Q1: 162026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 118 of 124 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The the United Arab Emirates financial services market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Nbfc lenders26
Enterprise tech19
Fintech17
Consumer digital16
Global 20006
Enterprise software5

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Nbfc lenders

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

26companies
7.7%have hiring activity

2 companies hiring · $530.04M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Fee-for-service738
Commission on transaction461
E-commerce - service138
Advertising81
Subscription71
E-commerce - product28
Lending16
Physical commerce13
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsdevere-group.com ↗

In July, it acquired Acuma, a major United Arab Emirates advisory firm

Funding roundsuab.ae ↗

United Arab Bank (UAB) announced the successful conclusion of its AED1.0 billion, 2-year Senior Unsecured Dual Tranche Term Loan Facility.

Mergers & acquisitionsexcellenceauditing.com ↗

The Board of Directors of Pro Fin Capital Services a company active in financial and capital market services, met on 26 November 2025 and approved a proposal from Hong Kong-based Excellence Creative Ltd to buy 25% of its equity shares.

Mergers & acquisitionsalphadhabi.com ↗

AD Ports Group transferred its 9.77% stake in its subsidiary NMDC Group to Alpha Dhabi Holding for 1.6 billion AED (USD 436 million).

Mergers & acquisitionsemiratesnbd.com ↗

Dubai’s Emirates NBD announced plans to acquire a 60 per cent stake in RBL Bank for $3 billion, in what would be the largest cross-border deal in India’s financial sector.

Funding roundshuspy.com ↗

Huspy (www.huspy.com), the proptech company reshaping home buying experiences ... today announced the close of a $59 million Series B funding round, led by returning investor, Balderton Capital, one of Europe's leading venture firms.

Mergers & acquisitionsknighthoodglobal.com ↗

News about the potential Saudi investment come only a month after Knighthood Global, a consultancy and investment firm, announced plans to acquire an ownership stake in Global Airlines.

Mergers & acquisitionsemiratesislamic.ae ↗

A Gulf Bank-Warba Bank merger would potentially be the second significant M&A event in the GCC involving major lenders, with the UAE’s Emirates NBD initiating a mandatory cash offer in March to acquire the remaining 0.11% stake in the Dubai-listed Emirates Islamic Bank (EIB) at 11.95 UAE dirhams per share, totalling approximately 69.8 million UAE dirhams.

Funding roundsdeem.io ↗

Deem Finance, a UAE-based non-bank lender backed by the Gargash Group, has secured a $400 million debt financing facility from JP Morgan.

Mergers & acquisitionsdib.ae ↗

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the UAE’s largest Islamic bank, announced that it has increased its shareholding in T.O.M. Group from 20% to 25%.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 305 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
107
New products
34
Contracts
33
Regulatory
30
Mergers & acquisitions
30
Leadership moves
25
Company announcements
18
Asset acquisitions
9
Funding rounds
8
Capital infusions
7
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Leadership moves

14 tracked people moves

NGI ↗
Chris Newman

Appointment

ADIB ↗
Hakim Karoui

Appointment Global Head of Wholesale Banking Group

Vince Cook

Departure Previously Chief Executive Officer

Adnan Anwar

Promotion Chief Financial Officer

Al Masraf ↗
Moataz Khalil

Appointment Chief Wholesale Banking Officer

Norhan Ezzat

Appointment Head of Transaction Banking

Jacky Ho

Appointment Senior Director to lead Greater China coverage

Mohammad Al Bastaki

Appointment Group Head of Private Banking & Wealth Management

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

CBUAE ↗
Sovereign Financial Cloud Services Infrastructure (SFCSI)

Financial cloud services infrastructure

Emirates NBD branded silver bars

Precious Metals

Physical Silver Business

Physical Silver

ADIB ↗
Open Finance

Feature

Gold ATM

ATM

DMCC ↗
DMCC Luxury Innovation Centre

Luxury innovation platform

Avaloq platform

Platform

Salary Advance

Financial service

Regulatory events

27 recorded events

approved for community banking licenseUAE Central Bank

ADNIC ↗

approved for reinsurance operationGIFT City

ADNIC ↗

approved reinsurance branch with licence taking effect on 1 April 2026International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)

ADNIC ↗

license granted effective April 1, 2026GIFT City

Litigation

1 tracked suits

Company
frg v Chris Eze Ozims, 6 others

Criminal · Dismissed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

21companies
105period observations
16.0%median reported growth

Median across 48 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
deVere Group→Elite Investment GroupCompleted2026-04-15Not stated in snapshot
deVere Group→Precision Group FinancialCompleted2026-04-15Not stated in snapshot
deVere Group→acumaCompleted2026-04-15Not stated in snapshot
deVere Group→Broadgate Investment Advisory ServicesCompleted2026-04-15Not stated in snapshot
Emirates NBD→rbl bankAnnounced2026-03-23$3.0B
ADH→national marine dredging companyAnnounced2025-11-27$436.0M

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

91 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 263-posting snapshot covers 18 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Manager Non Resident Banking1
Officer Government Relations (Uae National)1
General Manager Al Hamra Mall Aldar Retail Management1
Product Manager Bancassurance1
Executive Manager Islamic Retail Asset Products1
Senior Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communications1
0 internship postings

1 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

33 postings specify a level.

unspecified
230
manager
16
senior
10
lead
6
intern
1

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 263 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Microsoft Office
14
Excel
12
Plumbing
8
Crm
8
Microsoft Office Suite
8
Word
7
Powerpoint
6
Electrical
6
Budget Management
5
Project Management
5
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

316 founders and chief executives across 256 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

20 profiles with education records.

London Business School (LBS)
3
Harvard Business School
2
Harvard University
2
University of Oxford
2
Columbia Business School
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
King’s College London
1
University of Toronto
1

Prior employers

3 profiles with prior-work records.

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

121,137 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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121,137articles in the measured year
44,102articles in 2026Q1
67.1%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Financial Services coverage across United Arab Emirates · articles per complete quarter

012,67925,35938,03850,7172021Q2: 10,8122021Q22021Q3: 14,9042021Q4: 13,7422022Q1: 15,6022022Q2: 13,1412022Q22022Q3: 13,5122022Q4: 16,3332023Q1: 19,4632023Q2: 17,7582023Q22023Q3: 28,8722023Q4: 25,5802024Q1: 17,6822024Q2: 17,3812024Q22024Q3: 17,5892024Q4: 24,6652025Q1: 27,1522025Q2: 23,3142025Q22025Q3: 22,0082025Q4: 23,4842026Q1: 44,1022026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q210,812
2021Q314,904
2021Q413,742
2022Q115,602
2022Q213,141
2022Q313,512
2022Q416,333
2023Q119,463
2023Q217,758
2023Q328,872
2023Q425,580
2024Q117,682
2024Q217,381
2024Q317,589
2024Q424,665
2025Q127,152
2025Q223,314
2025Q322,008
2025Q423,484
2026Q144,102

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
27,082 positive · 1,157 neutral · 13,391 negative
2022
39,245 positive · 1,277 neutral · 17,999 negative
2023
65,244 positive · 1,476 neutral · 24,879 negative
2024
53,354 positive · 1,579 neutral · 22,316 negative
2025
64,343 positive · 2,168 neutral · 29,336 negative

Leading coverage topics

Financial Services coverage across United Arab Emirates · ranked by full-period article count.

International Political Relations14,351 articles in the full recorded period
6,960 recent · 2,799 prior
Cryptocurrency Impact On Forex Markets13,701 articles in the full recorded period
5,023 recent · 3,157 prior
Security And Defense Policies9,599 articles in the full recorded period
5,721 recent · 1,433 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy7,215 articles in the full recorded period
3,318 recent · 1,289 prior
International Sports Competitions5,357 articles in the full recorded period
1,578 recent · 1,223 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations5,122 articles in the full recorded period
1,642 recent · 1,104 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations5,118 articles in the full recorded period
1,514 recent · 1,129 prior
Oil And Gas Market Trends4,777 articles in the full recorded period
2,159 recent · 507 prior
Military Technology Advancements4,408 articles in the full recorded period
3,287 recent · 290 prior
Technology Adoption And Digital Transformation4,337 articles in the full recorded period
1,274 recent · 965 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Financial Services coverage across United Arab Emirates

KeywordRecentPriorChange
oil price volatility1,076235358%
decentralized forex1,06555991%
diplomatic strategies1,029499106%
national security strategy933103806%
aerial bombardments929142554%
foreign policy analysis910333173%
multilateral diplomacy85843199%
geopolitical alliances85049871%
stablecoin fx impact801282184%
opec policies747214249%
f1 championship261571-54%
f1 world championship280528-47%
inflation reports fx243445-45%
gdp growth forex236429-45%
trade deficits fx234413-43%

Event and signal lenses

Financial Services coverage across United Arab Emirates

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

148,587 classified articles

decentralized forex, inflation reports fx, gdp growth forex

59.7% critical · 35.2% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

22,358 classified articles

inflation reports fx, cpi forex, gdp growth forex

47.6% critical · 47.6% positive
Rising

Growth

66,593 classified articles

gdp growth forex, inflation reports fx, cpi forex

32.5% critical · 52.5% positive

Financial Services coverage across United Arab Emirates. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Financial Services in the United Arab Emirates: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

KEEP EXPLORING

Put the United Arab Emirates in context

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