SEO Letters

01 Jun 2021

Dear SEO Letter: Proposed Guidelines for Financial Institutions adopting Enabling Technologies

28 Apr 2021

Dear SEO Letter - Prompt Notifications to the DFSA

22 Dec 2020

DFSA Cyber Risk Management Guidelines

22 Nov 2020

Regulatory Relief Measures

16 Nov 2020

Transition from Inter Bank Offered Rates to Alternative Reference Rates - Follow-up

24 Sep 2020

Transition from Inter Bank Offered Rates to Alternative Reference Rates

26 Jul 2020

Enhancements to the DFSA’s Supervised Firm Contact Form (SFCF) and DFSA ePortal

06 May 2020

Joint Guidance on the treatment of financial crime risks and obligations in the UAE in the Context of the COVID-19 crisis

22 Apr 2020

Regulatory Relief Measures to Support the Community

09 Apr 2020

2020 Reporting Requirements

24 Mar 2020

The DFSA response to Covid-19

23 Mar 2020

Cyber Risk Monitoring and Reporting

08 Mar 2020

Operational Resilience Measures

04 Feb 2020

Ensuring Fitness and Propriety of Authorised Individuals and Employees

07 Jan 2020

DFSA Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

04 Sep 2019

Demonstrating competence and expertise – Continuing Professional Development

08 Aug 2019

Updated UAE National Risk Assessment 2019 and Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Illegal Organisations Guidelines for Financial Institutions

24 Jun 2019

GoAML Application

28 May 2019

Reporting Obligations - Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and Common Reporting Standards

15 Apr 2019

The UAE National Risk Assessment Brief and Federal AML Legislation

07 Apr 2019

2019/2020 DFSA's Supervisory Priorities

04 Apr 2019

Updated Regulatory Forms

16 Dec 2018

Submitting Annual Reports using the DFSA ePortal in 2019

29 Oct 2018

Recent Changes to the DFSA AML Rulebook, DNFBP Registration and Supervision

24 Jul 2018

Updates to DFSA ePortal

23 Jul 2018

Outcome of Financial Crime Thematic Review

05 Jun 2018

Reporting Obligations - Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and Common Reporting Standards

26 Dec 2017

European Union (EU) Legal Entity Identifier Requirement

10 Dec 2017

Restructuring of DFSA Supervision Division

31 Jul 2017

DFSA ePortal and Annual AML Return 2017

24 Jul 2017

Retail Over-The-Counter Dervatives in the DIFC

04 Apr 2017

Supervised Firm Contact Form - Annual Reporting

03 Apr 2017

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Reporting Obligations

25 Jan 2017

Recent Changes to DFSA Rulebook Resulting from CP 106, CP 107 and CP 108

22 Dec 2016

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Common Reporting Standard Reporting Obligations

19 Apr 2016

FATCA Reporting Obligations

31 Mar 2016

Client Assets or Insurance Monies Endorsement

29 Mar 2016

Preparation of Financial Statements

03 Mar 2016

Guidance to complete DFSA’s Annual AML Return

03 Mar 2016

Guidance to complete DFSA's Annual AML Return

01 Jan 1970

DIFC Registrar of Companies (Registrar) Role Regarding Foreign A

Retail Foreign Exchange Risk Disclosure

15 Jul 2015

DFSA Policy on Permissible Company and Trading Names for Entities in Established in the DIFC

09 Jul 2015

The United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) - Authorised Firms (AF) Obligations

20 Apr 2015

Supervisory Priorities and Issues

19 Apr 2015

The Marketing of Foreign Exchange ("FX") and other Highly-leveraged Products ("HLPs") to Retail Inve

31 Mar 2015

Annual Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Return

13 Mar 2014

Retail Foreign Exchange ("RFX") Transactions in the DIFC

03 Feb 2014

Awareness Survey of the US Foreign Accountant Tax Compliance Act

22 Jan 2014

Thematic Review - Corporate Governance

Retail Foreign Exchange Risk Disclosure

FATCA Letter United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance (FATCA)

28 Nov 2013

Remuneration Thematic Review

04 Nov 2013

Trading Desk Survey

09 Jul 2013

Implementation of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

06 Dec 2012

New and Enhanced PIB Module of DFSA Rulebook - Roll-Out and Implementation

25 Nov 2012

Markets Law 2012 Article 38 Declaration

04 Nov 2012

Public Offers of Securities in or from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)

18 Oct 2012

Outcome of Thematic Review - Client Take-On Processes and Suitability

12 Mar 2012

Thematic Review - Client Acceptance and Take-On Processes

08 Feb 2012

Dubai Financial Services Authority Stakeholder Survey - 2 March 2011: UNSCR 1970

01 Mar 2011

UNSCR 1970 (2011)

27 Jan 2011

MENA Region PEPs

05 Sep 2010

New Risk Management Concerns

17 Aug 2010

Outcome of Thematic Review - Client Assets and Insurance Monies

29 Jul 2010

Notification of Theme Review - Corporate Governance

20 Jun 2010

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 (2010) and Related Matters

17 Mar 2010

Outcome of Thematic Review - Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

17 Mar 2010

AML/CTF Alert - Financial Task Force Public Statements on High Risk Jurisdictions

20 Dec 2009

Outcome of DFSA's Controls Questionnaire 2009

16 Sep 2009

Outcome of Theme Review - Outsourcing of Functions

23 Jun 2009

Importance of UN Security Council Sanctions and Customer Due Diligence

11 Jun 2009

Enhancements to our Supervisory Programme for Authorised Firms

20 Apr 2009

Suitability & Fair Treatment of Customers Theme Review

12 May 2008

Capital Adequacy Planning and Monitoring Processes Theme Review

12 May 2008

Compliance with Federal Law Provisions on Dealing in Dirham and Deposit Taking

06 Jan 2008

Financial Action Task Force Statement on Iran

DFSA Stakeholder Survey and the executive summary of the Chant Link Report

01 Nov 2007

Changes in the Frequency and Scope of On-site Risk Assessments for Low-Risk Firms

06 Sep 2007

Results of AML/CTF Theme Review