The UAE central bank launched the financial infrastructure transformation (FIT) program that includes 9 initiatives aimed at supporting the country's financial services sector.
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates is planning to launch a central bank digital currency for cross-border and domestic use as part of the first of its newly-launched financial infrastructure transformation program., the CBUAE introduced the FIT program and highlighted its aim to support the country’s financial services sector. The central bank highlighted that the program would promote digital transactions and enable the UAE’s competitiveness as a financial and digital payment hub.
The first stage of the FIT program includes the issuance of a CBDC. According to the central bank, the issuance of a CBDC would “address the problems and inefficiency of cross-border payments and help drive innovation for domestic payments, respectively.” According to Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor of the CBUAE, the FIT program will “support a thriving UAE financial ecosystem and its future growth.
Apart from a CBDC, the government is also planning to launch a unified card payment platform to “facilitate the growth of e-commerce” and an instant payments platform to “support financial inclusion and enable a cashless society” during the first stage of the program. The FIT program has nine initiatives, including the ones that will be implemented in the first stage. Initiatives after the first stage include an e-Know Your Customer platform and an innovation hub.
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