SAMA: 37 finance firms operating in Saudi Arabia

09/09/2018 Argaam Special

 

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA), the kingdom’s central bank, said that the number of finance firms operating in Saudi Arabia by the end of 2017 reached 37 firms, compared to 34 in 2016.

 

The combined capital of the 37 firms stood at around SAR 14.5 billion, out of which the home-mortgage-focused firms accounted for SAR 4.1 billion, the central bank data showed.

 

The combined assets of the said firms dropped 0.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) to SAR 38.2 billion in 2017. While total loans granted by them fell to around SAR 50 billion, of which 29 percent was on account of home mortgage and 71 percent non-mortgage financing.

 

Saudi Arabia’s Licensed Finance Firms (2017)

Number

Company

Paid-in Capital (SAR mln)

Non-banking finance firms

1

Amlak International

903

2

Dar Al Tamleek

508.7

3

Saudi Home Loans

1000

4

Deutsche Gulf Finance

575

5

Abdul Latif Jameel Real Estate Finance

200

6

Bidaya Home Finance

900

Real estate refinancing companies

7

SRC

1500

Very small activities financing companies

8

Bab Rizq Jameel

100

Remaining companies

9

Nayifat

635

10

Saudi ORIX

550

11

Al Yusr

500

12

AJIL Financial Services

500

13

NFC

250

14

MMFCO

212

15

Kirnaf Finance

600

16

Matager

150

17

Al Jasriah

150

18

Saudi Finance Co.

100

19

Abdul Latif Jameel Finance

1700

20

Gulf Finance

100

21

Tamwily

100

22

Al Amthal Financing

330

23

Osoul Medern

100

24

Dar Al Etiman Al Saudi

100

25

Tawkelat Financing

100

26

Murabaha Finance

320

27

Tayseer

400

28

Ijarah

100

29

Saudi Fransi for Finance Leasing

500

30

Tamweel Aloula

250

31

American Express

100

32

Aljabr Financing

345

33

AlRaedah Finance

150

34

Raya Financing

100

35

Maalem Financing

150

36

Taajeer Finance

100

37

Gulf Lifting Financial Leasing

100

Total

 

14478.7

 
 

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