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Browse every Central Bank of the UAE rulebook — 29 rulebooks, 1,174+ articles. Ask a question in plain English and get a cited answer grounded in the actual regulatory text.

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The Central Bank of the UAE regulates a defined scope of activity in the UAE. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors, finding the right rule in the right rulebook is a daily requirement. Lexara indexes every Central Bank of the UAE rulebook it has seeded and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

Central Bank of the UAE rulebooks indexed on Lexara

Lexara has indexed 29 in-force rulebooks from the Central Bank of the UAE, ranked here by article count.

CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation — CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation 2024 (175 articles)

CBUAE Stored Value Facilities Regulation — CBUAE Stored Value Facilities (SVF) Regulation (138 articles)

CBUAE Exchange Houses Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE — Exchange Houses Regulation (121 articles)

CBUAE Consumer Protection Regulation — CBUAE Consumer Protection Regulation (Circular No. 8/2020) (84 articles)

CBUAE Large Value Payment Systems Regulation — CBUAE Large Value Payment Systems (LVPS) Regulation (73 articles)

CBUAE Crowdfunding Regulation — CBUAE Loan-based Crowdfunding Activities Regulation (67 articles)

CBUAE Fitness & Propriety Standards — CBUAE Fitness and Propriety Standards (65 articles)

CBUAE Fitness & Propriety Regulation — CBUAE Fitness and Propriety Regulation (54 articles)

CBUAE Finance Companies Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE — (Restricted) Finance Companies Regulation (52 articles)

CBUAE Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE — Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes Regulation (46 articles)

CBUAE Open Finance Regulation — Central Bank of the UAE — Open Finance Regulation (C 03/2025) (33 articles)

UAE FDL6 — Insurance Business — Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 — Insurance and Insurance-Related Business (28 articles)

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A UAE regulatory authority with federal jurisdiction, whose rulebooks Lexara has indexed for full-text and AI search — 29 rulebooks, 1,174+ articles.

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29 in-force rulebooks, covering 1,174+ articles.

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Browse Central Bank of the UAE rulebooks

CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation

CBUAE Payment Token Services Regulation 2024

175 articles

CBUAE Stored Value Facilities Regulation

CBUAE Stored Value Facilities (SVF) Regulation

138 articles

CBUAE Exchange Houses Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Exchange Houses Regulation

121 articles

CBUAE Consumer Protection Regulation

CBUAE Consumer Protection Regulation (Circular No. 8/2020)

84 articles

CBUAE Large Value Payment Systems Regulation

CBUAE Large Value Payment Systems (LVPS) Regulation

73 articles

CBUAE Crowdfunding Regulation

CBUAE Loan-based Crowdfunding Activities Regulation

67 articles

CBUAE Fitness & Propriety Standards

CBUAE Fitness and Propriety Standards

65 articles

CBUAE Fitness & Propriety Regulation

CBUAE Fitness and Propriety Regulation

54 articles

CBUAE Finance Companies Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — (Restricted) Finance Companies Regulation

52 articles

CBUAE Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes Regulation

46 articles

CBUAE Open Finance Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Open Finance Regulation (C 03/2025)

33 articles

UAE FDL6 — Insurance Business

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 — Insurance and Insurance-Related Business

28 articles

CBUAE Credit Risk Management Standards

Central Bank of the UAE — Credit Risk Management Standards (C 3/2024 STA)

26 articles

UAE FDL6 — Supervision and Governance

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 — Supervision, Oversight and Corporate Governance

20 articles

CBUAE AI/ML Guidance Note

CBUAE Guidance Note on Consumer Protection and Responsible Adoption and Use of AI/ML

18 articles

CBUAE Representative Offices Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Representative Offices Regulation

18 articles

CBUAE Retail Payment Systems Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Retail Payment Systems Regulation

18 articles

CBUAE Operational Risk Management Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Operational Risk Management Regulation

18 articles

UAE FDL6 — Licensing of Financial Activities

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 — Licensing, Authorisation and Registration of Financial Activities

17 articles

CBUAE Sandbox Conditions Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Sandbox Conditions Regulation

17 articles

CBUAE Credit Risk Management Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Credit Risk Management Regulation (C 3/2024)

14 articles

UAE FDL6 — Resolution and Customer Protection

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 — Resolution of Financial Institutions and Customer Protection

12 articles

UAE FDL6 — Prudential Controls

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 — Prudential Controls, Capital and Risk Management

11 articles

CBUAE Climate-related Financial Risk Management Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Climate-related Financial Risk Management Regulation (C 8/2025)

11 articles

UAE FDL6 — Islamic Finance

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 — Islamic Financial Business

10 articles

UAE FDL6 — Financial Market Infrastructure

Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 — Financial Market Infrastructure

7 articles

CBUAE AML/CFT — DNFBP Supervision

CBUAE AML/CFT Supervision Framework for DNFBPs (Cabinet Decision No. 10/2019 and AML/CFT Guidelines)

7 articles

CBUAE Approval for IPO Participation by Banks

Central Bank of the UAE — Approval for IPO Participation by Banks (C 444/1987)

7 articles

CBUAE Establishment of an Ombudsman Unit Regulation

Central Bank of the UAE — Establishment of an Ombudsman Unit Regulation ("Sanadak")

7 articles