Jeel Sandbox
Riyad Bank's innovation arm Jeel runs a technical sandbox where fintechs can test products against banking, card and wallet APIs before going live in Saudi Arabia. It was built with Fintech Saudi and takes concepts through an online portal.
[ What you get ]
Sandbox-as-a-service: mock and live financial APIs (banking-, cards- and wallet-as-a-service) in a regulated test environment, compliance guidance, and a path from testing to production with Riyad Bank and partners. Pricing not published.
[ Who it's for ]
Fintechs, startups and innovators building financial products for Saudi Arabia, plus banks and tech partners.
- Run by
- Jeel (Riyad Bank's innovation and technology subsidiary)
- Equity
- No equity taken
- Format
- Remote
- Where
- Riyadh
- Duration
- Ongoing; three steps (submit concept, test and integrate, scale)
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Series A · Growth
- Sectors
- Fintech · Baas · Payments · Open banking
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.