{
  "id": 9738770,
  "title": "Leaving the UAE? Unpaid debt, frozen accounts and other costly mistakes expats need to avoid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/leaving-the-uae-unpaid-debt-frozen-accounts-and-other-costly-mistakes",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-25T07:49:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/living-in-uae/banking/leaving-uae-expats-bank-account-loans-credit-cards-debt-1.500687392"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: Most expats spend months planning their move to the UAE. Leaving, though, is often a rushed affair. \"They plan the move out in a few weeks, and the bank is often the last call they make,\" Dubai-based financial coach Jay Adrian Tolentino told Gulf News. That last-minute scramble is exactly what turns a straightforward departure into a financial headache or worse, a legal one. So can you…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}