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OnboardClient onboarding (KYC/CDD)ShieldClients' regulatory complianceLedgerClients' FTA compliance

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ScoutPlanning your UAE setup

Screening, rules and records

VerifySanctions, PEP and adverse-media screeningLexaraUAE rulebook libraryVaultStatutory records storageScopeWhat applies to you
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I'm setting up a company in the UAEScout — Choose the right free zone or mainland licence before you pay for one.I run a UAE companyComply — Know what applies to your company and stay on top of it, whether it's a trading firm, a DNFBP or licensed by a financial regulator.I'm a firm serving clientsOnboard · Shield · Ledger · Verify — Deliver compliance, bookkeeping or KYC for many clients from one workspace.I'm researching UAE regulationLexara — Read the law itself and get answers that cite the article.

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One app for each job.

Each app automates the routine work — reading documents, checking rules, screening, tracking deadlines — and leaves the decisions to you. We're taking more of it to full automation with every release.

Setting upRunning your companyServing clientsScreening, law and records

Setting up

Before you incorporate

The licence you choose decides your costs, your visas and which regulators you answer to. Get it right before you pay for it.

Scout

Planning your UAE setup

Compare free zones and mainland, check which activities each allows, estimate costs and get a written setup recommendation.

For: Founders and setup advisers choosing where to incorporate

Start free scout.arakan.ae Free zone and activity guides →

Running your company

Once you're operating

Every UAE company has licences, tax filings and, often, AML duties to keep up with, and a board that has to run properly. These apps keep both on track.

Comply

Your compliance manager

Works out what applies to your company from its licence and activities, tracks every obligation and deadline, and keeps the evidence and reports — for owners, compliance managers and MLROs.

For: UAE companies, from trading firms to licensed financial firms and DNFBPs

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Govern

Governance and board compliance

Policies, board agendas, minutes, quorum, committees and statutory records — with resolutions signed electronically.

For: Company secretaries and boards

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Scope

What applies to you

Works out which UAE authorities and obligations apply from jurisdiction, activities and structure. Built into Comply.

For: Compliance teams scoping an entity

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Serving clients

For firms working for many clients

Accounting, corporate services and compliance firms do the same work for every client. Each of these apps handles one part of it across your whole client list.

Onboard

Client onboarding (KYC/CDD)

A client portal for KYC documents, with screening, UBO capture, risk rating and a CDD report.

For: Corporate service providers, law and advisory firms

Start free onboard.arakan.ae

Shield

Clients' regulatory compliance

Each client's regulatory obligations, gaps and deadlines in one portfolio, with team assignment and client reports.

For: Compliance consultancies and fractional compliance officers

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Ledger

Clients' FTA compliance

Clients' invoices and receipts — scans, PDFs, photos, WhatsApp — read, sorted into ledgers and checked against VAT and Corporate Tax rules before filing.

For: Accounting and bookkeeping firms

Start free ledger.arakan.ae

Screening, law and records

Used across all of the above

Screening, the rules themselves and the records that prove what you did. Each works on its own and inside the other apps.

Verify

Sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening

Screen people and companies against sanctions, PEP and adverse-media sources, keep watchlists that are re-screened automatically, and connect screening to your own systems by API.

For: Compliance teams, MLROs and firms screening clients

Start free verify.arakan.ae

Lexara

UAE rulebook library

UAE laws and regulator rulebooks — federal, emirate and free zone — searchable article by article, with AI answers that cite the source.

For: Lawyers, compliance officers and anyone researching UAE regulation

Start free lexara.arakan.ae Browse laws and rulebooks →

Vault

Statutory records storage

Company records stored for the periods UAE law requires, each with a fingerprint and an audit trail. The evidence store behind Comply, Shield and Ledger.

For: Teams that must prove what they hold and when

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Comply

Your compliance manager

Govern

Governance and board compliance

Onboard

Client onboarding (KYC/CDD)

Shield

Clients' regulatory compliance

Ledger

Clients' FTA compliance

Scout

Planning your UAE setup

Verify

Sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening

Lexara

UAE rulebook library

Vault

Statutory records storage

Scope

What applies to you

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