List of banks in Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia, a total of 38 banks are currently licensed by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA):[1][2] 11 local banks,[2] 24 branches of foreign banks, and 3 digital banks.[1]

Local and Digital banks

According to the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), the following are the licensed local and digital banks in Saudi Arabia:[3]

# Bank name (English) Bank name (Arabic) Headquarters Founded Stock code[4] Category
1 Saudi National Bank (SNB) البنك الأهلي السعودي Riyadh 1953 1180 Local Bank
2 Al Rajhi Bank مصرف الراجحي Riyadh 1957 1120 Local Bank
3 Riyad Bank بنك الرياض Riyadh 1957 1010 Local Bank
4 Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB) البنك السعودي الأول Riyadh 1978 1060 Local Bank
5 Arab National Bank (ANB) البنك العربي الوطني Riyadh 1979 1080 Local Bank
6 Alinma Bank مصرف الإنماء Riyadh 2006 1150 Local Bank
7 Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) البنك السعودي الفرنسي Riyadh 1977 1050 Local Bank
8 The Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB) البنك السعودي للاستثمار Riyadh 1976 1030 Local Bank
9 Bank Albilad بنك البلاد Riyadh 2004 1140 Local Bank
10 Bank Aljazira بنك الجزيرة Jeddah 1975 1020 Local Bank
11 Gulf International Bank Saudi Arabia (GIB-SA) بنك الخليج الدولي Khobar 2017 — Local Bank
12 D360 Bank بنك دال ثلاثمائة وستون Riyadh 2024 — Digital Bank
13 STC Bank بنك إس تي سي Riyadh 2025 — Digital Bank
14 Vision Bank بنك فيجن Riyadh 2025 — Digital Bank
15 EZ Bank آيزي بنك — — — Digital Bank (Not yet operational)

Foreign banks

There are 24 foreign licensed banks in Saudi Arabia as of November 2025, which are:[1][5]

Country Bank
Bahrain National Bank of Bahrain (NBB)
China Bank of China Limited
China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Egypt Banque Misr
Egypt National Bank of Egypt
France BNP Paribas
Germany Deutsche Bank
Indonesia Bank Syariah Indonesia
Iraq National Bank of Iraq
Iraq Trade Bank of Iraq
Japan MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Jordan Bank of Jordan
Kuwait National Bank of Kuwait (NBK)
Oman Bank Muscat
Oman Sohar International Bank
Pakistan National Bank of Pakistan (NBP)
Qatar Qatar National Bank (QNB)
Switzerland UBS AG Bank (Previously Credit Suisse)
Turkey Ziraat Bankası
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB)
United Arab Emirates Emirates NBD
United Arab Emirates First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
United Kingdom Standard Chartered Bank
United States J.P. Morgan Chase

Digital banks

There are 4 licensed digital banks in Saudi Arabia as of November 2025, which are:[6]

  • EZ Bank received its license in September 2025 but, as of November 2025, has not yet commenced operations.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Banking Control Foreign Banks". www.sama.gov.sa. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  2. ^ a b "Banking Control Local Banks". www.sama.gov.sa. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  3. ^ "Licensed Banks – Saudi Central Bank". Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Main Market Watch – Saudi Exchange". Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Licensed Entities Banks".
  6. ^ "Licensed Entities - Banks". sama.gov.sa. The Saudi Central Bank. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  7. ^ "SAMA announces launch of D360 Bank operations in Saudi Arabia". Saudi Press Agency. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  8. ^ "STC Bank launches operations in Saudi Arabia after receiving green light from SAMA". Fintech Futures. January 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Vision Bank becomes operational with Finastra's cloud-native Islamic banking treasury solution". PR Newswire. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Saudi Cabinet approves license for EZ Bank". Al Arabiya. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Saudi Central Bank announces licensing of EZ Bank as a new digital bank". Argaam. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
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