Al Hussaini emphasised the significance of these meetings in offering a robust platform for exchanging views and discussing the most prominent financial and economic topics and developments in the Arab region.
The central bank statistics reflect an increase in credit for Islamic banks to AED 396.9 billion at the end of January 2023, an annual increase of 3.5 percent compared to nearly AED 383.36 billion in January 2022, and an increase of nearly AED 13.3 billion in 12 months.
Under the MoU, the two central banks will collaborate on various emerging areas of fintech, especially central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and explore interoperability between the CBDCs of CBUAE and RBI.