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Shabab bin Saad Al Ghamdi, Secretary General, Council of Health Insurance: Interview
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Interview: Shabab bin Saad Al Ghamdi, Secretary General, Council of Health Insurance, on system modernisation and strategic reform How is the rollout of the new national insurance programme expected to reshape demand patterns across the Kingdom? SHABAB BIN SAAD AL GHAMDI: It creates a clearer separation between public financing and private insurance. A central public purchaser will fund care for…

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Tony Cripps, CEO and Managing Director, SAB: Interview
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Interview: Tony Cripps, CEO and Managing Director, SAB, on capital discipline, housing demand and transition opportunities How is the current interest-rate environment influencing lending activity and business confidence? TONY CRIPPS: A more normalised interest-rate environment is acting as an added catalyst in an already robust economy, helping to lower funding costs and ease competitive pressures…

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Vision 2030 reforms support Saudi Arabia's small businesses
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A major target of the Financial Sector Development Programme (FSDP) has been improving financial inclusion in Saudi Arabia, especially for women. Since the World Bank began recording data in 2011, men have consistently been above the global average when it comes to bank account ownership, with 73% of Saudi men having accounts in 2011 compared to the global average of 55%. By 2024 this gap had narrowed,…

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New technologies transform financial service sectors in GCC
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Open banking has rapidly emerged as a transformative force in global finance, redefining traditional banking models by enabling secure, application programming interface (API)-driven data sharing and third party service integration. Valued at approximately $25.1bn in 2023 and poised to surge to $29.6bn by 2025 – ultimately eclipsing $306.6bn by 2035 – the global market’s projected compound annual…

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Support from global lenders shapes green energy transition
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Emerging markets are central to the global transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy, but they face challenges in mobilising the finance needed to meet these goals. Climate finance flows to emerging markets exceeded $1trn in 2023, with domestic sources accounting for around 80% of total flows. International public and private capital made up the remainder, with global public finance reaching…

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Growing debt issuance supports market liquidity in Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia is currently home to some of the world’s largest construction giga-projects, which together are reshaping the Kingdom’s investment landscape. These multi-billion-dollar developments include NEOM, Qiddiya, a range of initiatives by Red Sea Global, and the work of the ROSHN Group and Diriyah Company. Projects of this scale require diversified and sustained sources of funding, drawing…

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Decentralised financing plays important role in GCC's diversification programmes
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GCC countries are increasingly embracing decentralised finance (DeFi) and attracting cryptocurrency firms as they seek to harness financial technology (fintech) innovation, expand services and boost financial inclusion. DeFi, characterised by peer-to-peer financial services without central authorities, is seen as a means for economic diversification and the adoption of Web3 technologies like blockchain,…

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Vision 2030 drives expansion for banking lenders in Saudi Arabia
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The banking sector sits at the core of Vision 2030. Saudi banks are playing a growing role in supplying credit for giga-projects while also rapidly expanding their support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are important vehicles for Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification and bring more women into the labour market. Thanks to well-organised roadmaps, most notably the Financial…

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Record listings in Saudi Arabia's capital markets signal transformative phase
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With initial public offerings (IPOs), bond and sukuk (Islamic bond) issuances surging and further buildout by the Kingdom’s non-oil economy, Saudi Arabia’s capital markets are currently going through an expansionary period. This change is a key pillar in the Kingdom’s long-term development plan, Vision 2030, which seeks to make the country a regional and international financial centre as part…

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Reforms in 2026 will reshape Saudi Arabia's insurance sector
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In recent years, Saudi Arabia’s insurance sector has shown strong premium, revenue, asset and equity growth. With a new insurance law on the way as of January 2026, the sector continues to both widen and deepen, while hosting two of the Middle East’s largest insurers: Bupa Arabia and Tawuniya. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is home to the world’s largest sharia-compliant insurance, or takaful…

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