Tag: SAMA

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s point-of-sale spending climbed sharply in the final week of January, rising nearly 28 percent from the previous week as consumer outlays increased across almost all sectors.  POS transactions reached SR16 billion ($4.27 billion)...

In 2025, Saudi Arabia's fintech scene is booming — but not without careful regulation. Over 500 fintech licenses have been issued by the Saudi...

RIYADH: Electronic payments made up 79 percent of all retail transactions in Saudi Arabia in 2024, up from 70 percent the previous year, according...

RIYADH: Saudi Central Bank has granted a license to Alannaya Al-Yatmania to conduct finance aggregation services. This involves gathering and consolidating financial data from various sources —...

RIYADH: Saudi banks posted strong financial results in January, with aggregate profits rising 16 percent year on year to SR8.14 billion ($2.17 billion), according...

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)decided to reduce the Repurchase Agreement (Repo) rate by 25 basis points to 5.00 percent and the Reverse Repurchase Agreement...

RIYADH: Spending in Saudi hotels saw a week-on-week increase of 11.4 percent between Nov. 10 and 16, reaching SR399.7 million ($106.4 million), according to the...

Spending on education saw the largest decline, plummeting 36% to reach SR125.9 million Jewelry sector recorded the smallest decline at 0.8%, reaching SR261.4 million RIYADH: Saudi...