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UAE Federal Regulatory Watch — The Enforcement Turn (Q4 2026)

AML rebuilt, permits enforced, mergers gated, quotas due: what changed in AE-FED and what operators must do before year-end

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11 OCT 202617 MINCLOSED

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Executive overview — the enforcement turn

The UAE's federal rulebook has moved from writing to enforcing. Our previous watch in this series tracked the Central Bank licensing perimeter, e-invoicing, tax procedure and data-protection fronts. In the weeks since, the weight has shifted to four different fronts — and on each of them the question is no longer "what will the rule say?" but "who gets fined first?" Front What changed Status for operators AML / CFT Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025 replaced the 2018 AML law outright; implementing regulations issued (Cabinet Resolution No. 134 of 2025). Corporate fines up …

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