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Nayifat Finance

Can a legacy Saudi non-banking finance company expand from Shariah-compliant consumer loans into a full consumer financial services offering — including credit cards and digital channels — to capture the growing Saudi retail finance market under Vision 2030?

Founded2002
HQRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (Al Wurud District)
IndustryFintech / Lending
The story

Founded in 2002 as a traditional non-banking finance company offering Shariah-compliant consumer loans and SME financing, Nayifat spent its first two decades building a branch network across Saudi Arabia. The company listed on Tadawul in 2022, accelerating its digital transformation ambitions under Vision 2030. By 2024–2025, Nayifat expanded into credit card issuance (Visa Platinum, Rewards, Classic) with cashback and travel perks, marking a pivot from a pure lending institution toward a broader consumer finance company with card and digital payment products.

Last 12 months
2025-02
2025-10
2026-02
Product timeline
2002
Founded as a licensed non-banking finance company in Saudi Arabia offering Shariah-compliant consumer and SME financing.· lending
2022
Listed on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul), marking a major milestone after 20 years as a private non-banking financial institution.· ipo
2024
Launched Visa credit card products (Platinum, Rewards, Classic) with cashback and airport lounge access features.· card
2025
Updated product tariff guide and expanded digital channels including mobile app and online portal (nfcportal.nayifat.com).· banking
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by Nayifat Finance
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
2 layers disclosed in Nayifat Finance’s embedded-finance stack
Card network
VisaMastercard
Lending
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
4 more providers across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.