Yemeni Financial Information Unit
FIU is responsible for receiving and analyzing notifications received from financial and non-financial institutions and regulatory and supervisory authorities about operations suspected of involving money laundering or terrorist financing, and referring these notifications after studying them to the relevant authorities for action when necessary.
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FIU Head’s speech
With the launch of the new website for the FIU and Restructuring it from the temporary capital in Aden, I can only extend sincere thanks, in my name and on behalf of the employees of the FIU, to His Excellency the Governor of the Central Bank for his continuous and unlimited support and his keenness to reactivate the unit from the temporary capital, as well as his support. To launch the new website and provide all the necessary facilities for the unit to resume its activities in the required manner. I also appreciate its efforts in emphasizing the independence of the unit in response to local laws and international standards and requirements in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist financing...More
Bank Governor’s speech
The Republic of Yemen has been one of the pioneering countries in the field of combating money laundering and terrorist financing, and Yemen’s interest in combating this crime stems from its belief that money laundering and terrorist financing crimes have negative and destructive economic and social effects on countries, and the spread of such practices helps in the spread of crime and leads to... The depletion of the national economy, the increase in the deficit in the balance of payments, the increase in external debts on the economies of countries, and the accompanying catastrophic effects, represented, for example, by an increase in unemployment rates, a decrease in the value of the local currency against foreign currencies, an increase in poverty and unemployment rates... More