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Article 6

No: 000044093096 Date(g): 13/6/2023 | Date(h): 24/11/1444 Status: In-Force

SAMA licenses the payments service provider to practice one or more of the following services when conducted as a business or as usual:
 

 (1)Services enabling Funds to be deposited on a Payment Account as well as all the operations required for operating a Payment Account;
 
 (2)Services enabling cash withdrawals from a Payment Account as well as all the operations required for operating a Payment Account;
 
 (3)Execution of Payment Transactions, including Credit Transfers on a Payment Account with the user’s Payment Service Provider or with another Payment Service Provider, which include the following:
 
   (a)Execution of Direct Debits, including one-off direct debits;
 
   (b)Execution of Payment Transactions through a payment card or a similar digital device; and
 
   (c)Execution of Credit Transfers, including standing orders.
 
 (4)Execution of Payment Transactions where the Funds are covered by a credit line for a Payment Service User:
 
   (a)Execution of Direct Debits, including one-off direct debits;
 
   (b)Execution of Payment Transactions through a payment card or a similar device; and
 
   (c)Execution of Credit Transfers, including standing orders.
 
 (5)Issuing of Payment Instruments;
 
 (6)Payee transactions Acquiring;
 
 (7)Payment Aggregation Services;
 
 (8)Issuing Electronic Money (by opening e-wallets or otherwise);
 
 (9)Payment Initiation Services; and
 
 (10)Payment Account Information Services.
 
 (11)Payment Account Service.
 
 (12)Any other service that SAMA may decide to consider as a payment service.