TechnologyPayment Expert · 1h ago
How the UAE built its fintech hub, and where it goes next
By Louis Thompsett•October 21, 2026
The brief
The UAE has moved from free-zone sandboxes to national payment rails, open finance and licensed dirham stablecoins in the past decade. The UAE’s fintech sector has its roots in the financial free zones, where Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) launched RegLab in November 2016 – the region’s first fintech regulatory sandbo…
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