Gross banks' assets rise 0.8% to Dhs5,251.9b by November 2025

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) revealed that gross banks’ assets, increased by 0.8 per cent from Dhs5,208.8 billion at the end of October 2025 to Dhs5,251.9 billion at the end of November 2025.

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In the Monetary & Banking DevelopmentsNovember 2025 report, issued by the CBUAE on Monday, the Bank said that the gross credit increased by 0.7 per cent from Dhs2,515.2 billion at the end of October 2025 to Dhs2,532.9 billion at the end of November 2025.

Gross credit increased due to the combined growth in domestic credit by Dhs9.0 billion and in foreign credit by Dhs8.7 billion.

The growth in domestic credit was due to the increases in credit to the; government sector by 2.6 per cent, in the private sector by 0.4 per cent, and in credit to the non-banking financial institutions by 3.6 per cent overshadowing the decrease in credit to the public sector (government-related entities) by 1.0 per cent.

Banks’ deposits increased by I.O per cent, from Dhs3,203.6 billion at the end of October 2025 to Dhs3,236.6 billion at the end of November 2025.

The increase in banks’ deposits was driven by the growth in resident deposits by 1.4 per cent, reaching Dhs2,971.2 billion, while nonresident deposits decreased by 2.4 per cent, at Dhs265.4 billion.