Tag "Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)"

Saudi Arabia Permits 3 New Fintech Companies to Operate Under Its Regulatory Sandbox

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announces granting permits to three innovators to test their Open Banking solutions in the Regulatory Sandbox. These companies are: Tarabut Gateway Company for Information Technology, Umg Alholol Trading Co (known as Single View), and Drahim

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Saudi Central Banks Permits First Time BNPL Companies

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) granted “Spotii” and “Madfu” permits to carry out Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solutions pursuant to Saudi Central Bank Law and Finance Companies Control Law for providing finance to customers wishing to purchase products or

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Saudi Licenses Two Additional Debt-Based Crowdfunding Fintech Startups

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced the licensing of two finance companies specialized in debt-based crowdfunding, namely: Forus and Tameed. The licenses were granted to the companies after successful testing of their solutions in SAMA’s Regulatory Sandbox; an experimental environment

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Saudi Central Bank Continues CBDC Trials

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) continues to experiment on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) as it is currently working on a phase of a project that focuses on domestic wholesale CBDC use cases in collaboration with local banks and fintechs.

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Saudi Central Bank Launches Open Banking Lab

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced the launch of the Open Banking Lab according to the Open Banking Framework issued by SAMA November 2022. The Open Banking Lab aims to enable innovation and accelerate the development of open banking services

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Saudi Central Bank Licenses New Fintech Company Specialized in Debt-Based Crowdfunding

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced the licensing of Manafa – a finance company specialized in debt-based crowdfunding in the Kingdom. Manafa is a closed joint-stock company with a capital of SAR 40 million. The license was granted to the

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Fintech Licence Overview in Saudi: All the Players You Have to Know

Tweeq International Financial Company, a Saudi Arabian business, has been granted a license to operate as a payment fintech company and provide e-wallet services, the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced on November 22, 2022. The approval is the 11th unveiled

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Tweeq Granted SAMA Payments License to Offer E-Wallet Services

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has granted a payment license to Riyadh-based money app Tweeq to provide e-wallet services, bringing the total number of payment companies licensed by SAMA to 23. This comes in addition to five companies which have

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Canada’s Salt Edge Expands Its Open Banking Offering to Saudi Arabia

Canadian open banking solutions provider Salt Edge is expanding to Saudi Arabia to enable financial institutions to share their transactional data, initiate payments, and meet compliance requirements. The company hopes to help Saudi banks comply with SAMA’s new open banking

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Spare Launches Open Banking Payment Options in Bahrain With EazyPay

Kuwaiti open banking platform Spare has partnered with Bahraini payment services provider EazyPay to enable Spare merchants in Bahrain to accept open banking payments. Customers of Spare’s merchants in Bahrain will be able to make payments directly from their bank

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