T3: Institutions offering payment services / instruments
(units, unless otherwise stated; end of year)
«Saudi Arabia»
 Year
« ‹ 2021 › »
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments		2627262627
Breakdown of 'total number of institutions offering
 payment services/instruments' by category
Central bank11111
Number of branches or offices1010101010
Number of payment accountsnavnavnavnavnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)navnavnavnavnap
Banks
Total number of entities2526252526
Number of branches or offices2,0792,0642,0762,0131,944
Number of payment accounts (thousands)29,35831,10933,93137,42244,646
Partial breakdown of 'banks, number of payment accounts'
Of which: internet-linked (thousands)9,15911,33719,66423,34221,003
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)1,6191,6611,7671,5301,867
Breakdown of 'banks' by subcategory
Resident National Bank
Total number of entities1212121211
Number of branches or offices2,0642,0452,0561,9941,920
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)navnavnavnavnap
Bank type II
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type III
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type IV
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type V
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VI
Total number of entities13napnapnapnap
Number of branches or offices15napnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)navnapnapnapnap
Bank type VII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Bank type VIII
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Branches of foreign banks
Total number of entities1314131315
Number of branches of foreign banks1518191924
Number of payment accounts (thousands)navnavnavnavnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)navnavnavnavnap
Non-banks offering payment services/instruments
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Breakdown of 'non-banks offering payment services/
 instruments, total number of entities' by subcategory
Non-banks offering storage of value
 (on a payment account or on a device)
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of branches or officesnapnapnapnapnap
Number of payment accounts (thousands)napnapnapnapnap
Value of payment accounts (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Non-banks relying on storage of value on payment
 accounts or on a device offered by others
Total number of entitiesnapnapnapnapnap
MEMO: FOCUS on E-MONEY
Total number of e-money issuersnapnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total number of e-money issuers'
 by type of institution
Of which: non-banksnapnapnapnapnap
Total outstanding e-money value (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap
Partial breakdown of 'total outstanding e-money value'
 by type of institution
Of which: issued by a non-bank (SAR billions)napnapnapnapnap