I just got an email from them stating their office is open. I called the head of the office and got him on the phone. They aren't offering Sharia accounts yet, but he says they plan on doing so in the "near future". I explained to him that it's a necessity to do so if they want to pull in Emirati customers and I explained how my clients will not use them even though it's cheaper to do so. He said that he has been told the same thing by just about everyone he's spoken with in country.
It'll be interesting to see how long it takes, if indeed they do it at all, to offer no-swap accounts.
It'll be interesting to see how long it takes, if indeed they do it at all, to offer no-swap accounts.