Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, today announced that it is the very first UAE-based banks to acquire a general cleaning member approval from 'SCA - Securities and Commodities Authority, UAE. As a General Clearing Member, Emirates NBD can currently supply clearing and settlement solutions to trading individuals of the UAE's equity markets.

The approval reaffirms Emirates NBD's role as a substantial gamer in the UAE's equity markets, using a wider series of value included services. Brokerage companies that are Trading Members of the UAE's securities market particularly ADX and DFM, could currently benefit from Emirates NBD's relied on value added solutions and proficiency as a basic clearing up member in protections clearing up and negotiation relevant tasks. The bank is currently the leading trade settlement bank to Dubai Financial Market (DFM).

Commenting about the news, Suvo Sarkar, Senior EVP & Group Head - Retail Banking & Wealth Administration at Emirates NBD claimed, "We are delighted to be the very first accepted General Clearing Member in the UAE, a representation of 'SCA's faith in our capability and abilities to provide trusted services to the UAE's financial markets. Our functional growth to end up being a getting rid of member will certainly see us take a central function in the UAE's equity markets as we provide Trading Members a range of solutions to manage safety and securities market transactions.

Along with greater operational and cost efficiency, Emirates NBD will use Trading Participants in the UAE with tools and products as well as access to credit centers, therefore providing a series of monetarily and operationally appealing solution bundling, bringing in boosted strength to the UAE's stock exchange and its trading members.