{"id":71507,"date":"2026-07-25T16:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/?p=71507"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:57:13","slug":"sama-licenses-malaa-to-expand-electronic-payment-services-in-ksa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/2026\/07\/sama-licenses-malaa-to-expand-electronic-payment-services-in-ksa\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMA Licenses Mala&#8217;a  to Expand Electronic Payment Services in KSA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SAMA Licenses Mala&#8217;a Information Technology to Provide Electronic Payment Services in Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The license is part of the Kingdom\u2019s efforts to empower fintech companies, foster innovation, and enhance financial inclusion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has granted Mala&#8217;a Information Technology a license to provide payment services through Payment Account Information Services (PAIS), one of the key services enabled by the Kingdom&#8217;s Open Banking framework. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The move increases the total number of licensed payment service providers in Saudi Arabia to 33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The license is part of SAMA&#8217;s ongoing efforts to support and develop the Kingdom&#8217;s payments sector by enhancing the efficiency and flexibility of financial transactions while encouraging innovation in financial services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">The initiative also aims to strengthen financial inclusion and expand access to financial services across all segments of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\">SAMA emphasized the importance of dealing only with financial institutions that are licensed or authorized by the central bank. Customers can verify the licensing status of financial institutions through SAMA&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has granted Mala&#8217;a Information Technology a license to provide payment services through Payment Account Information Services (PAIS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":63013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1810],"tags":[13210,2599],"class_list":["post-71507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fintech","tag-malaa","tag-sama"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71509,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71507\/revisions\/71509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entarabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}