UAE banking sector sees AED25bn surge in new savings deposits

UAE banking sector sees AED25bn surge in new savings deposits

ABU DHABI / WAM Savings deposits in the UAE’s banking sector, excluding interbank deposits, attracted around AED25 billion to reach AED270.48 billion at the end of January 2024, compared to about AED245.54 billion in January 2023, with an annual growth of 10.2 percent, according to the latest statistics from the Central Bank of the UAE ...

ABU DHABI / WAM

Savings deposits in the UAE’s banking sector, excluding interbank deposits, attracted around AED25 billion to reach AED270.48 billion at the end of January 2024, compared to about AED245.54 billion in January 2023, with an annual growth of 10.2 percent, according to the latest statistics from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE).

The local currency, the dirham, accounted for the largest share of savings deposits, about 82 percent or AED222.01 billion, while the share of foreign currencies amounted to 18 percent or AED48.4 billion.

Savings deposits in banks have been on a consistently upward trajectory in recent years, rising from AED152 billion at the end of 2018 to AED172.2 billion in 2019, and reaching AED215.2 billion in 2020, AED241.8 billion in 2021, and AED245.8 billion in 2022. The Demand Deposits increased to AED1.001 trillion at the end of January 2024, with an annual growth