Abu Dhabi, UAE – Total banking assets exceeded AED 5.251 trillion at the end of November 2025.
With a growth of 0.8% compared to about 5.208 trillion dirhams at the end of the previous October, according to the monetary and banking developments report for November.
Total credit increased by 0.7% from approximately AED 2.515 trillion at the end of October to approximately AED 2.532 trillion at the end of November 2025.
This growth is due to an increase in domestic credit worth 9 billion dirhams, and foreign credit worth 8.7 billion dirhams.
Domestic credit growth was due to a 2.6% increase in credit to the government sector, a 0.4% increase in the private sector, and a 3.6% increase in non-banking financial institutions.
The decline in credit to the public sector exceeded “government-linked entities” by 1%.
Total bank deposits also increased by 1%, from approximately AED 3.203 trillion at the end of October to AED 3.236 trillion at the end of November 2025.
Supported by a 1.4% increase in resident deposits to approximately AED 2.971 trillion.
While non-resident deposits decreased by 2.4% to reach 265.4 billion dirhams.
Resident deposits also witnessed growth in all their components.
Government sector deposits increased by 0.6% to reach 439.2 billion dirhams, and private sector deposits increased by 1.2% to reach 2.187 trillion dirhams.
Deposits from government-linked entities also increased by 3% to reach AED 282.7 billion, and deposits from non-bank financial institutions increased by 3.3% to reach AED 62.0 billion at the end of November 2025.
The Central Bank indicated that the monetary base increased by 1.7% from 836.1 billion dirhams at the end of October to 850.1 billion dirhams at the end of November 2025.
