Want to buy silver? Emirates NBD now selling bars from 100g to 1kg

New bank-backed silver bars offer UAE investors easier access to hard assets

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Nivetha Dayanand, Assistant Business Editor
New offering adds to the portfolio diversification options for retail and HNI clients providing secure access to the precious metal asset.
New offering adds to the portfolio diversification options for retail and HNI clients providing secure access to the precious metal asset.
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Dubai: Emirates NBD has launched its own branded silver bars, expanding its precious metals platform as demand rises among retail and high net worth investors seeking alternatives to traditional financial assets.

The new offering adds to the bank’s investment-grade metals services and follows strong uptake of its branded gold bars introduced late last year. The move aims to widen access to physical metals while strengthening Dubai’s position in the regional bullion market.

The silver bars are available in four denominations ranging from 100 grams to one kilogram, allowing investors to choose entry levels based on budget and portfolio strategy.

Wider access to physical precious metals

The bars are produced to internationally recognised standards and are available in high purity grades, carrying the Emirates NBD hallmark to verify authenticity and quality. The bank said the product will be offered through designated channels with pricing linked directly to global silver benchmarks.

The launch reflects growing investor interest in hard assets, particularly amid global economic uncertainty and market volatility.

"The launch of our Physical Silver Business cements our position as a leader in the commodities space. By mirroring the rigorous standards and seamless infrastructure of our successful gold business, we are now offering our clients a multi asset physical platform," said Ahmed Al Qassim, Group Head of Wholesale Banking at Emirates NBD. "As we see a shift toward hard assets globally, Emirates NBD is uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between wholesale market depth and retail accessibility, ensuring our clients have the most robust tools for wealth preservation."

Demand rises for diversification tools

According to the statement, the new product provides customers with a secure and transparent way to invest in physical silver through a regulated institution.

Ammar Al Haj, Group Treasurer and Head of Global Markets at Emirates NBD, said the offering responds to changing investor behaviour.

"With the launch of Emirates NBD branded silver bars, we have broadened our precious metal offering for retail and HNI clients. The new product will enable customers to invest in physical silver securely through a trusted banking institution. As demand for real assets continues to grow, silver has emerged as an effective diversification solution."

The launch marks the next phase of Emirates NBD’s strategy to build a comprehensive physical metals platform, combining secure sourcing, bank backed certification and digital access for investors.

Nivetha Dayanand
Nivetha DayanandAssistant Business Editor
Nivetha Dayanand is Assistant Business Editor at Gulf News, covering aviation, financial markets and commodities. A business and financial journalist with a strong interest in multimedia storytelling, she regularly takes complex financial and economic subjects beyond the written word, producing explainer videos that make them easier for a wider audience to understand. Nivetha has interviewed senior policymakers, business leaders and global financial figures both on and off camera. Her past guests include UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud, a member of the House of Saud and the founder and CEO of KBW Ventures, Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund and Indian ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and N. Chandrababu Naidu. She has also hosted and moderated panels, conferences and awards shows, bringing her newsroom experience to live conversations on business, finance and the economy. An Erasmus Mundus journalism alum, Nivetha is drawn to stories that affect people directly and to reporting that gives a platform to voices that might otherwise go unheard. She was among the first journalists to speak to Petrofac employees in the UAE about unpaid salaries, broke the news of the planned demolition of Dubai’s well-known “Toyota Building”, and helped set the record straight on widely circulated claims that a giant replica of the Moon was coming to Dubai. More recently, her exclusive interview with EDGE Group CEO Hamad Al Marar revealed how the UAE-based defence group deployed its systems along the country’s shore border and established a geofence around the UAE within 48 hours of the February 28 escalation. Prior to joining Gulf News, Nivetha worked at ITP Media, where she helped launch Finance Middle East, a new publication covering the region’s financial sector. Her role spanned reporting and editing, video production, interviews and events. Across print, digital, and video, she focuses on finding the people behind business stories and explaining why those stories matter to the audience reading or watching them.

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