Abu Dhabi, 07 January 2021: The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) holds today, Thursday January 7, 2021 a workshop titled “Buna in Operations”, to shed light on the different aspects related to Buna (the cross-border payment system owned by the AMF) entry in full operations and the onboarding of the first wave of participation.

The workshop will host more than 200 senior officials representing various institutions from the financial, banking and payment sectors from the region and other international markets, looking to learn more about Buna’s operations, work progress and future plans.

During the workshop, high-level speakers from the banking sector along with Buna executive team, will share their views on Buna’s completion of the phased go live approach and the start of onboarding in production of participants. The speakers will also discuss the different key phases of Buna establishment from the launching stage to the operations one and plans for the year 2021 and beyond.

On Wednesday, January 06,2021, The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate international cooperation between the two organizations to jointly undertake technical activities relating to the prudential, Shari’ah, accounting and governance standards as well as for promoting awareness of issues that are relevant or have an impact on the regulation and supervision of the Islamic financial services institutions, in addition to other areas of common interest between the two institutions.

The MOU was signed by H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman A. Al Hamidy, Director General Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund, and Mr. Omar Mustafa Ansari Secretary-General of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI).

On Wednesday, January 06,2021, The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate international cooperation between the two organizations to jointly undertake technical activities relating to the prudential, Shari’ah, accounting and governance standards as well as for promoting awareness of issues that are relevant or have an impact on the regulation and supervision of the Islamic financial services institutions, in addition to other areas of common interest between the two institutions.

The MOU was signed by H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman A. Al Hamidy, Director General Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund, and Mr. Omar Mustafa Ansari Secretary-General of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI).