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Article 5: License Application

Date(g): 1/3/2020 | Date(h): 7/7/1441 Status: In-Force
The applicant for a license to practice finance support activities shall submit the license application to SAMA. The request shall specify the activities to be licensed, and shall be attached with the following: 
 
 
 1-a completed license application in the form provided by SAMA;
 
 2-memorandum of incorporation and articles of association (if any) of the company;
 
 3-a list of founding members or shareholders and partners and the shares they own in the company and the percentage thereof; an irrevocable bank guarantee, if the applicant is a company in the process of incorporation, with an amount equivalent to the minimum capital for the support activity(ies), issued in favor of SAMA by a domestic bank and automatically renewed until the capital is paid in full. This guarantee shall be released upon the request of the founding members in the following cases:
 
  i.if the capital is paid in cash;
 
 
  ii.if the license application is withdrawn; or
 
 
  iii.if the license application is rejected by SAMA.
 
 
 4-draft agreements and proposed contracts with third parties; and
 
 5-Any other documents, data, and information required by SAMA.