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SAMA launches an enhanced Regulatory Sandbox service for financial innovators
SAMA launched an enhanced Regulatory Sandbox service through its e-services portal to streamline applications and tracking for innovative financial models.
Finance Topic: Fintech
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CBB highlights financial-services resilience and digital opportunity at Vision Golfe 2026
CBB’s media centre listed a Vision Golfe 2026 release on financial-services resilience and digital opportunities.
SA
Buy Now, Pay Later in Saudi Arabia: What Consumers Should Understand
A clear guide to BNPL payment obligations, affordability checks, late-payment risk and provider verification.
SA
Open Banking in Saudi Arabia: What It Is and What It Is Not
An explanation of open banking, consent, account data and the questions users should ask before connecting accounts.
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Qatar Fintech: A Consumer Guide to Payments, Data and Security
How to approach payment apps and digital-finance services with verification, consent and fraud-prevention habits.
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Bahrain Fintech: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Digital-Finance Services
A due-diligence checklist for users and founders assessing regulated digital-finance services.
SA
SAMA meets open-banking CEOs as Saudi fintech oversight evolves
SAMA held a Riyadh meeting with CEOs of open-banking companies and relevant senior officials.
SA
Saudi open-banking licensing: a 2026 milestone for financial-data services
SAMA’s news listing reported the licensing of Tatbiq Darahem Company for open-banking services.
SA
Saudi Arabia adds a BNPL finance-company licence in April 2026
SAMA licensed Modern Integrated Solutions Financing for buy-now-pay-later activity and said this brought licensed finance companies to 71 at the time.
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Oman Procurement Finance: Controls And Vendor-Payment Planning: 2026 Practical Guide
A practical Oman guide to procurement finance: controls and vendor-payment planning. Learn what to verify, which documents to keep and how to use official sources.