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4.11. Local Operational Capacity (LOC)

No: 4922/67 Date(g): 24/9/2019 | Date(h): 25/1/1441

Effective from Jan 01 2020 - Dec 31 2019
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115.A foreign FBB must perform an assessment of its Local Operational capacity (LOC) to liquidate assets and make or receive payments without assistance from staff located outside KSA, at least annually, and provide the results of the assessment to SAMA upon request.
 
116.An FBB, in performing a LOC assessment, must ensure at a minimum, it considers a scenario involving a combination of time zones, different public holidays and an offshore operational risk event under which the foreign FBB would operate, including making and receiving payments, for a minimum of three business days without assistance from staff located outside KSA.