“Can a UAE trade-focused community bank digitize its SME lending and working-capital stack to compete with fintechs on speed and access while retaining its sector expertise?”
National Bank of Fujairah is a UAE-licensed commercial bank headquartered in Fujairah with a strategic focus on trade finance, business banking, and SME services. In recent years, NBF has pursued a digital partnership strategy, most visibly through its 2025 collaboration with Yubi to digitize supply chain financing and expand working capital lending for UAE SMEs. The bank is actively building out digital capabilities while retaining its core identity as a trade and business bank serving the UAE market.