Banking & Finance
Opening bank accounts, credit cards, loans, and financial services in the UAE.
What to Do With Your Gratuity: A Practical UAE Money Guide
Your end-of-service gratuity may be the largest lump sum you receive in the UAE. How to protect it from loans, decide where it lives, and put it to work.
Credit Cards for New UAE Expats: How to Get Your First One
No UAE credit history? Here is how new expats get a first credit card: salary requirements, deposit-secured cards, annual fees and how to build an AECB score from zero.
Personal Loans and Debt Rules in the UAE: What Banks Can Lend You
The UAE caps your repayments at 50% of salary and personal loans at 20 times pay. How the DBR works, what your AECB score changes, and what happens if you leave.
Sending Money Home From the UAE: Real Costs Compared
Bank transfers, exchange houses and remittance apps compared. Where the real cost hides in the exchange rate, and how to get more of your dirhams home.
Choosing a UAE Salary Account: What to Actually Compare (2026)
Minimum salary requirements, fall-below fees, transfer costs and digital banks. The criteria that separate a good UAE salary account from an expensive one.
Opening a UAE Bank Account as a New Expat: Requirements and Best Options (2026)
What documents you need, which banks accept new arrivals, and how to avoid fall-below fees, dormancy traps and cheque trouble when opening your first UAE account.
Indian Expats: Secure higher interest rates for NRIs before September 2026
Indian expats in the UAE can now secure massive returns on foreign currency deposits in India, but the window is short. Here is what has changed and how to benefit.
Boost to UAE Remittances as Asian Currencies Drop
Expats from India, Pakistan, and the Philippines are getting more value for their dirhams as home currencies weaken. Learn why now might be the best time to remit from the UAE.
Why the $600 Million Bank of Baroda NMC Settlement Matters for UAE Finance
The $600 million Bank of Baroda NMC settlement closes a major chapter in a massive UAE corporate scandal, and carries a clear lesson in financial stability.
Why Your AECB Credit Score Matters Beyond Just UAE Bank Loans
Think your AECB credit score is only for personal loans and credit cards? In the UAE, this single number affects everything from your next rental contract to insurance premiums.