{"id":12573,"date":"2025-05-02T04:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T04:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/?p=25947"},"modified":"2025-05-02T04:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T04:32:06","slug":"saudi-central-bank-licenses-nayla-finance-for-microfinance-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/saudi-central-bank-licenses-nayla-finance-for-microfinance-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Central Bank Licenses Nayla Finance for Microfinance Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"117\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/tag\/saudi-central-bank-sama\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)<\/a> has granted a license to <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/tag\/nayla-finance\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Nayla Finance<\/a> to operate in microfinance activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"267\">According to a press release issued by SAMA, this brings the total number of finance companies licensed by the central bank in Saudi Arabia to 66.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"500\">The statement highlighted SAMA\u2019s commitment to supporting the finance sector, enhancing the efficiency of financial transactions, and encouraging innovative financial solutions that promote financial inclusion across the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"500\">Recently, SAME\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/25909\/fintech-saudi-arabia\/sama-licenses-tamawal-finance-aggregation\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">licensed<\/a> Tamawal company to provide finance aggregation services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"714\">SAMA also underscored the importance of dealing solely with authorised financial institutions and directed individuals to consult its official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/en\"  rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for a comprehensive list of licensed and approved entities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"714\">\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"714\"><em>Featured image credit: edited from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/premium-vector\/illustration-investing_7399611.htm\"  rel=\"noopener\">freepik<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/25947\/fintech-saudi-arabia\/sama-licenses-nayla-finance\/\">Saudi Central Bank Licenses Nayla Finance for Microfinance Operations<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/\">Fintechnews Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has granted a license to Nayla Finance to operate in microfinance activities. According to a press release issued by SAMA, this brings the total number of finance companies licensed by the central bank in Saudi Arabia to 66. The statement highlighted SAMA\u2019s commitment to supporting the finance sector, enhancing the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/25947\/fintech-saudi-arabia\/sama-licenses-nayla-finance\/\">Saudi Central Bank Licenses Nayla Finance for Microfinance Operations<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/\">Fintechnews Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[210,200,211,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nayla-finance","category-saudi-arabia","category-saudi-central-bank-sama","category-saudia-arabia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12574,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12573\/revisions\/12574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}