The UAE Digital Dirham is transforming cross-border payments through the Central Bank of the UAE’s first live wholesale CBDC settlement on the mBridge platform. With family businesses contributing nearly 60% of UAE GDP and DIFC entities managing more than USD 1.2 trillion in assets, this initiative strengthens the UAE’s position as a global leader in digital finance and payment innovation.
The UAE’s competition framework now places greater emphasis on proactive compliance across everyday business activities. Companies should carefully assess commercial agreements, pricing strategies, market conduct, and merger transactions to reduce regulatory risk. This guide explains how anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominant position, merger notification requirements, and exemption rules apply in practice under the UAE’s current competition regime.
The UAE has fully activated its modern competition regime, with merger notifications now mandatory for qualifying transactions exceeding AED 300 million in combined UAE market sales or 40% market share. Effective from 30 July 2026, Cabinet Decision No. 59 of 2026 introduces enforceable rules, stricter penalties, and new compliance obligations for businesses operating across the UAE.
Advanced manufacturing is reshaping global industry through AI, robotics, automation, and smart factories, and the UAE is leading this transformation. Discover how JAFZA provides the infrastructure, logistics, and business ecosystem that enable Industry 4.0 companies to innovate, scale production, and expand into regional and global markets with confidence.
Global importers are increasingly choosing JAFZA as their regional distribution hub to strengthen supply chain resilience, reduce logistics costs, and serve high-growth markets more efficiently. With direct access to Jebel Ali Port, multimodal connectivity, and scalable warehousing solutions, JAFZA enables businesses to optimise inventory management, accelerate regional distribution, and support long-term international expansion across the GCC, Africa, and South Asia.
Discover why global companies are choosing ADGM as their regional headquarters in the UAE. With its English Common Law framework, internationally recognised regulatory environment, and strategic access to global markets and investment networks, ADGM provides an ideal foundation for multinational businesses seeking sustainable growth, stronger corporate governance, and efficient management of regional operations across the Middle East and beyond.
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