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Roundup
This week's selection covers four practical areas: payroll compliance, UAE PASS integration, digital money, and investment fraud awareness. Different subjects, but each one comes back to the same habit of checking how a system actually works instead of assuming. How UAE Payroll Delays Escalate Under the Wage Protection
Developments
Cybersecurity firm Group-IB has warned that investment-fraud methods combining deepfake impersonation, private messaging groups and fake cryptocurrency investment sites could be adapted for GCC markets. Its Gulf-focused warning draws on research published in May into two operations it tracks as GoldBull and CoinLure. The underlying investigation focused
Investing
The UAE's digital-payment landscape now includes two distinct models of regulated digital money: the Digital Dirham issued by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), and privately issued Payment Tokens regulated under the CBUAE's Payment Token Services Regulation. The Digital Dirham is central bank money
Career
For employers registered with the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE), a late payroll can now trigger regulatory action within days. Ministerial Resolution No. 340 of 2026 introduced a unified wage due date, a higher compliance threshold, and a faster escalation process under the Wage Protection System (WPS)
Developments
Dubai's new shared housing framework took effect on August 26, 2026. Law No. (4) of 2026 regulates the management, occupancy and leasing of shared housing units across the emirate. The law itself was issued on February 27, 2026, and Article 40 states that it takes effect 180 days
Developments
The UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has set out detailed verification measures that taxable persons must follow for suppliers and supplies before deducting input VAT. FTA Decision No. 13 of 2026 implements the verification requirements referenced in Article 54(bis) of the VAT Law, which addresses input tax deductions where
Investing
People lose money every year to firms that look convincing online but do not hold the regulatory approval their marketing suggests. A polished website, a local phone number, and an office address can make a business appear credible, but those details do not prove it is authorised to provide financial
Career
A worker whose salary is late, or who cannot agree with an employer over overtime, deductions, or end-of-service dues, may assume the only route is a lawsuit. For private-sector employees covered by the UAE's federal labour law, a dispute generally starts with the Ministry of
Developments
Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has taken enforcement action in 2026 against specific legal entities providing virtual asset services to customers in Dubai without the required VARA licence. On 5 March, the regulator issued alerts involving entities commercially advertising as KuCoin and MEXC. VARA followed those alerts
Business
UAE PASS is the UAE's national digital identity and digital signature platform, supporting secure access to digital services. On 20 August 2026, the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) launched the Digital Enablers Experts (DEE) Programme through its Digital Government Academy to help technical teams in government
Developments
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) issued updated guidance on 18 August 2026 for Filipino passport holders using the UAE visa-on-arrival route. The update separates the supporting documents that qualify depending on which country issued them. Current service conditions published by the UAE Federal Authority for Identity,
Career
Taking a second job in the UAE is possible under the private-sector labour framework, but the additional employment needs to follow the correct permit process. A second role should not begin simply because both employers and the worker agree to it. For eligible private-sector workers, the main route