DIFC, the #1 financial centre to access more growth opportunities in the MEASA region

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About DIFC

World-class business and lifestyle destination

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region. DIFC has a 20-year track record of facilitating trade and investment flows across MEASA.

The region comprises 72 countries with a combined population of around three billion people and a nominal GDP of approximately USD 8trn. The Centre connects the fast-growing markets of the MEASA region with the economies of Asia, Europe, and the Americas through Dubai.

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DIFC provides the most stable and trusted platform for growth

DIFC Authority

Provides an independent legal framework, based on
international standards of justice and English common law.

Dubai Financial Services Authority

Regulates all financial services activities.

DIFC Courts

Administers an independent English common law judiciary.

Free Zone

Benefits including 100% foreign ownership, no restriction on capital repatriation, tax advantages.

The region’s broadest and deepest range of activities in a financial centre

• DIFC’s platform is designed to help you grow faster than the market.
• A business enabler thanks to our range of licenses, visa regimes and industry development initiatives.
• Most progressive legal and regulatory framework –common law; leading data protection and IP regulations and pioneering digital asset regimes.
• Structures to help your business grow – whether you are a family business, multinational company or financial services entity.

• DIFC is home to broadest range of business looking to invest in the future economy, whether family businesses, venture capital businesses, private equity firms, corporate funding as well as sovereign wealth.

• The top choice for corporate and investment banks seeking global standards.
• World class regulatory legal and regulatory framework.
• Collaborative approach between clients, regulator and authorities.
• Join over 820 regulated firms, 250+ banks, which include 27 of the 29 G-SIBs.

• Dubai is home to more wealth than any other city in the Middle East.
• USD 4.8trn of financial capital managed by 40 Middle Eastern State-Owned Investors and USD 300bn+ of Dubai-based sovereign wealth.
• Over 400 wealth and asset management companies make DIFC their preferred choice.

• A global hub for the insurance and reinsurance industry.
• Collaborative approach between clients, IAIS-member regulator and authorities.
• Over USD 2bn gross written premiums annually.
• 100+ insurance firms.

• The region’s most comprehensive end-to-end FinTech and innovation proposition.
• The largest FinTech and innovation ecosystem with more than 900+ firms.
• Trusted by the market with high levels of funding from the private sector.

• The region’s largest financial services related workforce, consisting of more than 44,000 people.
• Personal and professional development with the DIFC Academy.
• Seek career opportunities from 6,150 firms within the DIFC.

• The #1 green financial centre in the MEASA region.
• Contribute as part of the Dubai Sustainable Finance Working Group.
• Be part of the DIFC Sustainable Finance Catalyst and create a better future.

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Our Clients

More than 6,150 clients call DIFC home. Find out about some of our longest-serving clients as well as recent joiners.

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Disclaimer:

DIFC is committed to preserving your privacy in line with applicable data protection laws, including DIFC Law No 5 of 2020 ("DP Law 2020"). As such, we provide this notice to help you understand how we process your personal data and most importantly, your rights to access and control our use of it. We encourage you to review the DIFC Online Privacy Policy , which includes information about how to contact our DPO, what type of personal data we process, and retention and safeguards in place to protect personal data. Per our Privacy Policy, if you permit DIFC to keep your personal data, we will not share it with third parties unless you tell us we may do so.