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4. Commitment Instructions

Effective from Feb 28 2025 - Feb 27 2025
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4-1The financial institution’s correspondences, office publications, brochures, email and website, smartphone applications, business directories, advertising in the media, promotional press releases, direct communication with potential customers or other people, and social media shall contain footnotes stating that they are licensed and subject to Saudi Central Bank control and supervision. They shall also contain the information referred to in Paragraph No. (4.4) as a minimum.
 
 
4-2The foreign branches of the Saudi financial institution operating in other countries may add this information to their means of communication (to avoid confusion among customers), provided that this does not conflict with the regulations of the country in which they operate.
 
 
4-3The announced name of the financial institution shall be identical to the name under which the license was issued.
 
 
4-4The licensed financial institution shall state in its correspondence and other documents (such as contracts and agreements) the following information:
 
 
  a.The name, type, head office and commercial register number of the financial institution.
 
 
  b.The licensor and license number.
 
 
  c.It is subject to the supervision and control of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency.
 
 
  d.National address.
 
 
4.5If it is not possible to disclose all the data required in the advertisements, it is sufficient to disclose that the financial institution is subject to Saudi Central Bank supervision and control.
 
 
4.6Banking transactions with commercial papers shall be excluded from these instructions.