Saudi Central Bank confirms safety of the payment and banking systems in the Kingdom

The Central Bank of Saudi Arabia (SAMA) confirmed the safety of its systems, national payment systems, and banking systems in the Kingdom and that they were not affected by the technical failure that many parties around the world were exposed to today.

He stated that it applies the highest internationally recognized operational and cyber standards and practices for its systems and national payment systems, in addition to the technical systems associated with other financial institutions.

SAMA also indicated that it works periodically to update the precautionary measures. To ensure the efficiency of business continuity plans and the efficiency of banking systems and national payment systems, with the aim of enhancing the safety and adequacy of the infrastructure to provide its services with high efficiency.

On Friday, a series of technical problems struck the services of airlines, banks, airlines, stock exchanges and television channels around the world, leading to them stopping work.

The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) confirmed that its technical systems and the government systems that it hosts to provide government services to citizens and residents of the Kingdom are working without interruption, and have not been affected by the technical failure that struck most of the countries of the world today.