Not long ago, Aisha Matar stood at the checkout counter of a bustling Dubai supermarket and asked the cashier a question they weren’t expecting: “Do you have the old Dh20 note?” From fading one-dirham ...

Katharine Beer is a writer, editor, and archivist based in New York. She has a broad range of experience in research and writing, having covered subjects as diverse as the history of New York City's ...

Emirates NBD Bank, the UAE’s second largest lender by assets, has taken a step towards expanding the domestic capital markets ...

A new UAE law formally places the Digital Dirham on the same legal footing as physical cash, confirming it as “legal tender for payment of any amount". Federal Decree Law No. (6) of 2025 defines the ...