تابع أحدث التطورات القانونية والتنظيمية والاقتصادية وتطورات الأسواق المتعلقة بالمملكة العربية السعودية والمنطقة.

Markets dislike surprises, and the first half of October brought plenty. Between Oct. 6 and Oct. 12, Houthi missiles and drones struck three Saudi airports, including King Khalid International in Riyadh, the home base of Riyadh Air.

Saudi Awwal Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Playbook to advance collaboration in women’s entrepreneurship, knowledge sharing and financial services innovation.

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulatory agency that oversees financial services in the Dubai International Financial Centre, has fined the Middle East unit of rating agency Moody’s for data-breach cases.

First Abu Dhabi Bank has set aside additional funds to cover potential loan losses arising from the Iran war, despite reporting higher profits and continued lending growth.

Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PLAYBOOK to advance collaboration in women’s entrepreneurship, knowledge sharing and financial services innovation.


Saudi Arabia has assembled the building blocks of a global gaming empire, but faces the challenge of managing its buyout of games developer Electronic Arts, shedding debt and integrating its acquisitions with its domestic startups.

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) has issued its first blue bond to support its European expansion. Blue bonds are a growing category of sustainable finance instruments designed to support water-related environmental goals.

Saudi Arabia’s banking sector continued to post record profits in the first nine months of 2026, driven by lending growth, strong credit demand and expanding economic activity.

واصل القطاع المصرفي السعودي أداءه المالي في السنوات الأخيرة، مسجلاً صافي أرباح بلغ 19.62 مليار دولار، خلال الأشهر التسعة الأولى من 2026، بنمو 6.84 في المائة.

Saudi Arabia’s credit default swaps (CDS) have hit a six-month high as its renewed conflict with Yemen disrupts economic activity, although recovering oil exports are helping to soothe investor concerns over its creditworthiness.

The report claims Kushner’s phone was hacked and showed transfers from multi-million-dollar slush funds created by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.