{"id":87793,"date":"2026-06-29T14:24:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/?p=87793"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:24:33","slug":"tabby-secures-finance-licences-from-the-saudi-central-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/06\/29\/tabby-secures-finance-licences-from-the-saudi-central-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabby secures finance licences from the Saudi Central Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Customers in Saudi Arabia can now finance larger purchases with Tabby, up to SAR 50,000 in as many as 12 monthly payments, and businesses can access working capital.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tabby.ai\/ar-SA\">Tabby<\/a><\/strong>, the financial services app, today announced it has received a consumer finance licence and SME finance licence from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). The licences let Tabby offer customers in Saudi Arabia longer plans on larger purchases, alongside the 4 interest-free monthly payments they already use, and provide working capital to businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For customers, longer payment plans are already live across Tabby&#8217;s retailers including Noon, Fitness Time, IKEA, Almanea, Almosafer, Almatar and flynas, on purchases over SAR 2,000 with limits of up to SAR 50,000. They are rolling out now to a first group of customers and will be available to all eligible customers over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These plans are fully Shariah-compliant and built on a Murabaha structure. The cost is agreed upfront and fixed for the life of the plan, so what a customer owes never grows over time. There is no compounding and there are no late fees. Tabby continues to offer customers a way to split a purchase into monthly payments with no fees and no interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The longer plans also open up categories built around larger purchases. Education, travel, used cars and short-term rentals involve bigger sums than everyday retail, and sellers in these categories can offer Tabby at checkout so their customers can pay over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For businesses, the SME finance licence lets Tabby provide working capital to retailers on its platform, giving them funding to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The licences add to a growing regulatory foundation in Saudi Arabia, where Tabby graduated from SAMA&#8217;s regulatory sandbox and received its buy now, pay later licence in 2025. A finance licence is granted only to companies that meet SAMA&#8217;s standards for compliance, security and customer protection. The licences support the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 to widen access to fair, transparent financial services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hosam Arab, CEO and Co-Founder of Tabby, said:<\/strong> &#8220;Tabby already gives millions of people flexibility and control over their money. Now we can extend that to the bigger purchases in life, paying for a course, furnishing a home, booking a holiday. It answers clear demand from our customers and puts the same control in their hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tabby serves more than 25 million registered users and over 65,000 businesses across the GCC. The finance licences position it to bring longer, regulated financing options to its largest market, and to grow into higher-value categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customers in Saudi Arabia can now finance larger purchases with Tabby, up to SAR 50,000 in as many as 12 monthly payments, and businesses can access working capital. Tabby, the financial services app, today announced it has received a consumer finance licence and SME finance licence from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). 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