{"id":57476,"date":"2025-09-15T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=57476"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:16:04","slug":"alipay-plus-saudi-payments-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/alipay-plus-saudi-payments-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMA Signs Agreement to Launch Alipay+ Payments via mada in Saudi Arabia by 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Riyadh \u2013 September 15, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)<\/strong> has signed an agreement with <strong>Ant International<\/strong> to enable <strong>Alipay+ payment acceptance<\/strong> in the Kingdom through the national payment network <strong>mada<\/strong>, starting in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement was announced during <strong>Money20\/20 Middle East<\/strong>, held at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center in Mulham, with the participation of financial and technology leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This move is part of SAMA\u2019s ongoing efforts to strengthen the Kingdom\u2019s digital payments ecosystem in line with the objectives of the <strong>Financial Sector Development Program<\/strong>, a key pillar of <strong>Saudi Vision 2030<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The partnership will allow visitors to Saudi Arabia and users of global digital wallets connected to the Alipay+ network to make secure and seamless purchases at merchants supporting the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By adopting Alipay+ acceptance, the Kingdom continues to cement its position as a global leader in <strong>fintech innovation and payment digitization<\/strong>, offering advanced infrastructure that drives the shift toward a less cash-reliant society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) partners with Ant International to launch Alipay+ payment acceptance via mada in 2026, supporting Vision 2030 and advancing Saudi Arabia\u2019s digital payment ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":57477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_pr_autopilot_social_copy":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":24,"_extra_hide_author_box":"","_extra_featured_post":"0","_partner_post_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SAMA Signs Agreement to Launch Alipay+ Payments via mada in Saudi Arabia by 2026 - Saudishopper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) partners with Ant International to launch Alipay+ payment acceptance via mada in 2026, supporting Vision 2030 and advancing Saudi Arabia\u2019s digital payment ecosystem. 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