Emirates Islamic only UAE Shariah-compliant bank to post loss in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 hit the Islamic banks in the UAE hard.
While all five standalone Shariah-compliant banks posted drops in profit year-on-year, Emirates Islamic was the only one to post a loss.
All the banks were hit by much higher impairment losses:
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