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UAE central bank launches resilience package for supporting stability of banking sector
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United Arab Emirates central bank says it has approved a comprehensive financial institution resilience package aimed at reinforcing the stability of the country’s banking sector.
The central bank says the overall stock of liquidity held by UAE banks at the regulator, combined with their net eligible assets for central bank operations, has reached close to $250 billion.
Under the package, banks will gain enhanced access to reserve balances of up to 30% of the cash reserve requirement and access to term liquidity facilities in both UAE dirhams and US dollars, it adds.
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