The portfolio of assets and investments of Dubai banks exceeded 2.53 trillion dirhams, by the end of last August, with about 325 billion dirhams added by banks to their portfolio within a year, with a growth of 13.5%, compared to the balance of 2.205 trillion dirhams in August 2024.
According to the Central Bank, the assets of Dubai banks grew by 290 billion dirhams in one year to reach 2.215 trillion dirhams by the end of August 2025, an annual growth of 15%, compared to 1.926 trillion dirhams in August 2024.
190 billion dirhams of this increase was concentrated in the first eight months of this year.
The investments of the emirate’s banks increased by about 39 billion dirhams in new investments during the year, bringing the cumulative balance to 317 billion dirhams, with an annual growth of 13.8%, compared to the balance of 278 billion dirhams in August 2024. 31 billion of new investments were concentrated throughout the year in the first eight months of 2025.
According to the distribution of the investment portfolio, the largest investments of Dubai banks in the bond markets reserved to maturity amounted to about 195 billion dirhams, topping the state banks in this sector, followed by 83.7 billion dirhams invested in securities that represent debts to others (debt bonds), while it allocated approximately 35.5 billion dirhams in the diversified investment portfolio, while its investments in stocks amounted to 1.9 billion dirhams.
The emirate’s banks had the largest share of bank deposits, at 46% of the total, bringing the balance of deposits to 1.450 trillion dirhams at the end of last August, with an annual growth of 14.8%, as they attracted 187 billion dirhams in new bank deposits within a year, and the largest share was concentrated in the first 8 months of the current year, at a value of 148 billion dirhams.
