Payment Institution Licence / Saudi Arabia / SAMA
CapitalSAR 1,000,000–3,000,000 source
Granted activities
by client typeActivityCONSUMERSMECORPORATEREG. FIVIA INTERMED.
Execute payment transactions (direct debits, card payments, credit transfers) Full Full Full None Full
Money remittance Full Full Full None Full
Place cash on a payment account Full Full Full None Full
Cash withdrawal from a payment account Full Full Full None Full
Issue card-based payment instruments (card issuing) Full Full Full None None
Acquire card-based payment transactions (card acquiring) None Full Full None None
Requirements
Minimum capitalSAR 1,000,000–3,000,000 source
Passporting reach
This regime does not passport into other jurisdictions.
Holders
No company holds this regime.
Products unlocked
Merchant collections1 marketsme · corporate
Derived business models
Computed from granted activities × permitted client types × passporting mode — not an opinion label.
B2CCONSUMER · 5 activities granted
B2BSME +1 · 6 activities granted
Open questions on this regime
No open questions recorded against this regime.
Resolved coverage in saudi arabia
COVERED
Saudi Arabia6
Acquire cards
own licenceSME · corporatehypothetical
Cash placement
own licenceconsumer · SME · corporate · via intermediaryhypothetical
Cash withdrawal
own licenceconsumer · SME · corporate · via intermediaryhypothetical
Execute payment transactions
own licenceconsumer · SME · corporate · via intermediaryhypothetical
Issue cards
own licenceconsumer · SME · corporatehypothetical
Money remittance
own licenceconsumer · SME · corporate · via intermediaryhypothetical
UNVERIFIED — CLAIMED, NOT TRACEABLE TO A LICENCE
No unverified rows.
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Regime: Payment Institution Licence / Saudi Arabia / SAMA