SAMA Regulatory Sandbox
SAMA's sandbox lets fintech companies trial new banking, payments and lending products in the Saudi market under supervision before full licensing.
[ What you get ]
Live testing of innovative financial products with real customers under SAMA supervision, leading to a licensing decision.
[ Who it's for ]
Local and international fintech firms with a product ready for testing that falls under SAMA's remit.
- Run by
- Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)
- Equity
- No equity taken
- Format
- Not published
- Where
- Riyadh
- Duration
- unknown
- Stages
- Seed · Series A · Growth
- Sectors
- Fintech
[ Elden Studios ]
Accepted? Show up with a product.
Programmes back founders who ship. Elden Studios builds your MVP in weeks, in your name, so you walk in with something live.
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 2 October 2026.
Sources:fintechsaudi.sa