CBD advances open finance in UAE
- Source
- Argaam - UAE News
- Source link
- https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/1929943
- Published
- 2026-08-17 14:31:00
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-17 14:37:15
- Category
- GCC Spotlight
- Geography
- UAE
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
<p class="ckeCaption" ><span ><span ><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/17649923-fe51-4877-9ce3-757f1e090248.png" ></span></span>Customers will initiate payments from other banks through the CBD mobile app.</p> <hr> <p>Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) has received the approval of the Central Bank of the UAE to act as a Third-Party Provider (TPP) under the country's Open Finance Initiative.</p> <p><br> The approval enables its clients to securely access their account information with participating banks and make payments from those accounts through the CBD mobile banking app.</p> <p><br> The step follows its success in launching open finance services in a live operating environment in December 2025, making it the first bank in the UAE to achieve this milestone.</p> <p></p> <p>The UAE’s Open Finance framework is expected to accelerate innovation by enabling secure, consent-based data sharing between licensed participants.</p> <p></p> <p>CBD continues to invest in digital transformation, with Open Finance as a key pillar of its strategy, as it prepares to roll out new capabilities to customers in line with regulatory requirements and industry innovations in digital banking.</p> <p ><br> </p>
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