Industry Leaders Back Money20/20 Middle East’s 2025 Saudi Debut

Money20/20 Middle East, the region’s premier fintech gathering, has announced a powerful coalition of financial innovators—including Alrajhi Bank, Riyad Bank, STC Bank, Saudi National Bank, Tamara, Visa, and Vision Bank—as its founding partners and key sponsors for its debut event running in Saudi Arabia from September 15-17, 2025.

Hosted by the Saudi Financial Sector Development Program, Saudi Central Bank, Capital Market Authority, and Saudi Insurance Authority, this year’s edition of Money20/20 Middle East—which is being co-organized by Fintech Saudi and Tahaluf—is being staged under the theme, “Where Money Does Business.” With the event set to be staged at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center in Malham, Money20/20 Middle East is expected to welcome more than 45,000 attendees, upward of 450 exhibiting brands, and more than 600 global investors.

Besides demonstrating the regional and international ecosystem’s commitment to advancing financial innovation across the region, Money20/20 Middle East's founding partners are set to play a key role in shaping the event’s direction and content agenda, and help position Saudi Arabia as a global fintech hub.

In a statement, Annabelle Mander, Executive Vice President of Tahaluf, said, "The caliber of sponsors and partners supporting Money20/20 Middle East reflects the strategic importance of this event for the region. These influential organizations are not just participants, they're active architects of financial innovation who recognize the power of bringing the global fintech community to this dynamic market."

Ali Bailoun, Visa's Regional General Manager for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman, added, “Money20/20 Middle East comes at a crucial time for the region. As Saudi Arabia advances toward Vision 2030, the interplay of digital infrastructure, open banking, and inclusive innovation is transforming interactions with money. At Visa, we view this as a chance to enhance collaboration within the ecosystem and support the creation of secure and accessible payment experiences for the GCC.”

Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, co-founder and CEO of KSA-based fintech Tamara, said, "Becoming a founding partner of Money20/20 Middle East puts us right where we want to be, at the center of global fintech momentum. It's not just about visibility, it's about building meaningful partnerships, accelerating growth, and standing shoulder to shoulder with the industry's boldest innovators."

Money20/20 Middle East shall provide its founding partners with a platform to showcase their latest technology and services, including digital transformation, automation, digital banking, cybersecurity, AI-powered financial services, alternative payment models, and initiatives to bridge traditional banking with advanced fintech solutions.

For instance, AlRajhi Bank and Riyad Bank will showcase their digital transformation journeys, with Rajhi Bank highlighting its initiatives to bridge traditional banking with advanced fintech solutions, while Riyad Bank will share its contribution to the development of the financial sector development program (one of the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030), as well as its automation of all of its products and services.

Meanwhile, STC Bank, one of the Kingdom’s newer digital banks, will showcase its digital-first banking solutions and fintech integration expertise, while one of Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing digital banks, Vision Bank, will share how it harnesses cloud-native infrastructure to deliver secure, intuitive, and personalized banking experiences.

For its part, Saudi National Bank will demonstrate its leadership in digital banking, cybersecurity, and AI-powered financial services, while the region’s leading buy now pay later (BNPL) platform, Tamara, will showcase how alternative payment models are reshaping consumer finance across the Middle East.

In addition to the founding partners, Money20/20 Middle East is backed by a strong network of strategic sponsors and partners that are driving innovation across the financial sector, including JP Morgan, Mastercard, Bupa, Ant International, Mambu, Tabby, Tap Payments, Column, Tiqmo, Banque Saudi Fransi, and SME Bank, among others.

With an agenda spanning everything from artificial intelligence (AI) in finance and evolving regulation to inclusive innovation and strategic capital, the inaugural edition of Money20/20 Middle East will thus bring together changemaking global financial institutions, technology innovators, and investors to shape the future of money in one of the world's most dynamic economic regions.

The event shall also feature dedicated partnership pavilions, executive networking lounges, and curated meeting programs intended to maximize return on investment (ROI) for sponsors and exhibitors, with the event's AI-powered matchmaking platform facilitating thousands of pre-scheduled meetings between sponsors, attendees, and investors.

All images courtesy Money20/20 Middle East.