Abu Dhabi's financial centre, Abu Dhabi Global Market, will sign a memorandum of understanding with Israel Securities Authority and Israel's biggest lender, Bank Hapoalim, to support financial technology, ADGM chairman Ahmed Ali al-Sayegh said.

After the UAE and Israel agreed to normalise relations in the August, the 2 countries have signed a host of accords to boost economic and business ties.

In October, the 2 countries signed an agreement that would give incentives and protection to investors who make investments in each other's countries.

The Governor of the Central Bank of the UAE, Mr Abdulhamid Saeed Alahmadi, said at the same conference the central bank will issue a series of regulations over the coming months on fintech.

These would cover areas such as licensing and supervisory requirements for the stored value facility used for payment of goods or services, large value payment system regulation and retail payment system regulation.

The central bank is also viewing at a common regulatory framework for fintech solution providers and an evaluation of the distribution and use of digital currency, he said.

In the year 2019 the central bank said the UAE was working with Saudi Arabia’s central bank to issue a digital currency that would be accepted in cross-border transactions between the 2 countries.