Saudi Payments Network
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Native name | الشبكة السعودية للمدفوعات (مدى) |
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Type | Private |
Industry | Finance |
Founded | 1990 |
Founder | Saudi Ministry of Finance |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Financial services |
Owner | Saudi Central Bank |
Website | mada |
The Saudi Payments Network or mada[1] (formerly SPAN) is the only and major payment system in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia established by Ministry of Finance under the supervision of Saudi Central Bank. It connects all ATM and Point of Sale (PoS) terminals throughout the country to a central payment switch which in turn re-routes the financial transactions to the card issuer (local bank, Visa, American Express or MasterCard). All banks in Saudi Arabia are required by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) to issue ATM cards fully compatible with the network. All services are provided to the customer free of charge, regardless of the ATM used, its operator, or the customer's card issuer.
Mada provides its services through over than 17,000 ATM machines and over 225,000 POS terminals in the Kingdom. In cooperation with global payment systems such as Visa, MasterCard, and Maestro, mada allows access to millions of ATMs and POS terminals worldwide.[2]
The network has recently been upgraded to SPAN2 which is compliant with EMV standards and implements a higher capacity infrastructure and therefore less processing time, especially at POS terminals, resolving a major problem of the first generation SPAN system.
Member banks in the network[]
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- Al-Rajhi Bank
- Al Bilad Bank
- Arab National Bank
- National Commercial Bank
- Riyad Bank
- SABB
- Banque Saudi Fransi
- Samba Financial Group
- National Bank of Kuwait
- Bank Muscat
- National Bank of Bahrain
- Alinma Bank
- Gulf International Bank
See also[]
- Smart card
- Visa Inc.
- American Express
- MasterCard
References[]
- ^ "مؤسسة النقد تدشن رسمياً مشروع الهوية الجديدة للشبكة السعودية للمدفوعات (مدى)". www.sama.gov.sa (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Saudi Payment Network | Electronic payment system | Mada". www.mada.com.sa. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
External links[]
- Banks of Saudi Arabia
- Interbank networks
- Payment networks
- Asian bank stubs
- Asian company stubs
- Saudi Arabia stubs