What can the government do to encourage new credit lines, such as loans for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? How serious are local banks about increasing lending to SMEs?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Patrice Couvegnes, Managing Director, Banque Saudi Fransi: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia establishes a more stable lending environment through the introduction of new consumer protection regulations from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Banks in Saudi Arabia, like their counterparts elsewhere in the region, have benefitted from an increased appetite for loans from retail customers as the economy has shrugged off the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis. Retail lending, according to Aljazira Capital, increased as a share of total loans from around 21% in 2008 to 29.3%...
Articles & Analysis | Growth continues as Saudi Arabia's banks diversify their revenues and banking sector shifts towards increased use of technology from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Having posted another year of positive results, Saudi Arabia’s banking sector is positioning itself to take advantage of the government’s expansionist fiscal policy and the large number of projects this has created. In the meantime, opportunities in other areas of the lending landscape are being explored, most notably among the nation’s...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Bernd van Linder, Managing Director, Saudi Hollandi Bank: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
Lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains limited. What more can be done to support these companies?
Articles & Analysis | Growing interest in SMEs in Saudi Arabia from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
The Saudi Arabian banking sector has a significant growth opportunity in the form of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. The nation’s SMEs account for around 90% of registered businesses and 60% of total employment, according to a recent report by Aljazira Capital, and as a result they occupy a central position in the Kingdom’s...
Articles & Analysis | Foreign private equity plays a growing role in the Saudi Arabian market from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2015
While the domestic private equity (PE) sphere continues to grow, international players are also paying closer attention to the Saudi market. In April 2015 the US buyout firm TPG Capital inked a deal that gave it majority stake in the family-owned fast food chain Kudu, a transaction which according to earlier reports valued the Saudi Arabian...