DFSA | THE INDEPENDENT REGULATOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

About Recognition

Becoming Recognised

Article 41(1) of the Regulatory Law 2004 prohibits a person from carrying on Financial Services in or from the DIFC unless such person is authorised or otherwise permitted to do so. The DFSA does not consider that a person which meets the requirements to be recognised by the DFSA as a Recognised Body or Recognised Member, and which carries on its activities in accordance with the Rules in the Recognition module, to be conducting Financial Services in or from the DIFC.

For more information about obtaining recognition, please refer to the following sections:

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