Insights, tools, and live ecosystem data for everyone building on — and powering — the UAE’s Open Finance framework. Community-driven and open source. Not official.
Key metrics tracking adoption and expansion of the CBUAE Open Finance framework. Every call, every payment, every consent — counted and open. Visit the metrics dashboard for the full picture.
Technical documentation for every participant — whether you’re building on top of Open Finance or powering it.
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Everything beyond the specs — how to get help, what it costs, the policies you operate under, and who’s already live in the ecosystem.
Raise onboarding, certification, and support tickets, and track them through to resolution.
The charging structure for Open Finance — per-call fees, discounts, and an interactive cost calculator.
The operational policies you commit to as a participant — availability, response time, data quality, and version management.
Production documents and endpoint details published by each live LFI and TPP in the ecosystem.
Who’s live and what’s running in production — participants, APIs, and recent activity.
This site is community-driven and open source — built by the LFIs, TPPs, and Hub operator working within the ecosystem. Every contribution makes the framework more legible for everyone.
Coverage of AlTareq across the region’s financial press, and from the ecosystem participants themselves.
The UAE's Open Finance payment volumes rose from AED 19.8 million to AED 78.2 million between May and August 2026. Jamie Lane examines what happens when AI agents enter the mix: who wins the customer, who moves the money, and who gets to take a cut.
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Nebras Open Finance has been named winner of Best Initiative in Payment Technology Implementation at the MEA Finance Leaders in Payments Awards 2026, which recognise the institutions and leaders driving payments innovation across the Middle East and Africa. The award acknowledges the delivery of the API Hub underpinning the UAE Open Finance programme, AlTareq.
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Lean Technologies and Ziina have launched the UAE's first One-Tap Pay by Bank experience under the Open Finance framework, marking a significant step in the maturation of account-to-account payments in the region.
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Lean Technologies, the MENA region's leading financial infrastructure provider, today announced the expansion of its Pay by Bank capabilities, built on the UAE's newly operational Open Finance framework.
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AlTareq, the UAE's open finance initiative, is now live and enabled for your Wio account, so you can manage your finances on your terms in a new era of connected financial services.
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, has become the first bank in the UAE to be licensed as a Third-Party Provider (TPP) or Open Finance Provider under the UAE Central Bank Open Finance AlTareq initiative. This milestone marks a significant step in ADIB's transformation journey and 2035 vision to build the bank of the future.
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, has become the first bank in the UAE to be licensed as a Third-Party Provider (TPP) or Open Finance Provider under the UAE Central Bank Open Finance AlTareq initiative. This milestone marks a significant step in ADIB's transformation journey and 2035 vision to build the bank of the future.
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Amazon has expanded the range of payment options available to UK customers, giving shoppers more choice over how they pay at checkout. From Pay by Bank to cards, instalments, gift cards and rewards points, the move reflects a broader shift towards more flexible, account-to-account payment experiences in everyday commerce.
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UAE banking sector is entering a new phase of digital transformation as open finance begins to roll out, allowing individuals and businesses to securely share and initiate services such as payments through regulated third-party providers, all within a strict, consent-based framework.
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