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  "id": "news-oct22-continued-ae-dubai-customs-cashless-payments-h1-2026-20261014",
  "language": "en",
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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ae-dubai-customs-cashless-payments-h1-2026-20261014",
  "slug": "ae-dubai-customs-cashless-payments-h1-2026-20261014",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-14",
  "sourceName": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2qm3yg-dubai-customs-records-993-cashless-payment-rate",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 1,
  "tags": [
    "Trade",
    "Customs",
    "Digital transformation",
    "Finance",
    "Dubai",
    "United Arab Emirates"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Dubai Customs reports 99.3% cashless payments in first half",
    "summary": "Cashless payments were 99.3% of payment transactions; 23 million customs transactions and 99.6% digital-channel adoption are separate measures.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "paragraphs": [
          "Dubai Customs said cashless payments made up 99.3% of its payment transactions in the first half of 2026, compared with 99.4% in 2025 and 99.2% in 2024. The agency separately completed 23 million customs transactions and reported 99.6% digital-channel adoption in the first half of 2026.",
          "Its digital-services happiness index was 98%. WAM also reported Dubai-wide figures of 90.1% for the cashless-transactions index and 100% for the government-sector digital-enablement index; those apply to emirate-wide strategies, not Dubai Customs alone."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
            "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2qm3yg-dubai-customs-records-993-cashless-payment-rate"
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