The institutions that run on Tarabut’s infrastructure are putting their own capital behind the platform powering embedded finance for SMEs and consumers across the region.
09 September 2026 — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Tarabut, the regulated infrastructure platform operating across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain, today announced US$50 million (SAR 187 million) in strategic financing from a group of Saudi Arabia’s leading financial institutions and family business groups. The backers include Riyad Bank, the X-Tech Fund managed by SAB Invest, GIB Saudi Arabia, Zamil Group and Kanoo Ventures, part of Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Group, alongside other leading regional institutions.
Tarabut has processed more than 5 billion API calls across the region, connecting banks, distributors, and consumers on a single regulated platform. This strategic financing sharpens the company’s absolute focus on Saudi Arabia, the region’s largest financial market and the epicentre of its embedded finance vision.
The capital powers complete, end-to-end embedded finance journeys: verification, decisioning, and financing brought together in one seamless flow at the precise moment of need, delivered entirely under the partner institution’s own brand. The most acute friction in the market remains among small and medium-sized enterprises. Across the region, financial institutions are working to reach more creditworthy SMEs, but traditional underwriting systems often rely on last year’s static paperwork rather than real-time cash flow, and businesses that do secure approval may still wait weeks for vital capital.
Tarabut enables financial institutions to complement traditional documentation with real financial behaviour, giving lenders live cash-flow visibility and cutting the time to finance from weeks of administrative lag to the exact moment of need. The business never leaves the transaction moment, and the lender never loses the customer. This same advanced capability helps financial institutions gain a clearer view of millions of consumers who may be difficult to evaluate through traditional credit frameworks, supporting broader access-to-finance ambitions under Saudi Vision 2030 and the Financial Sector Development Program.
“The institutions backing Tarabut are the institutions that run on our infrastructure. We built a regulated platform across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain, and this financing will allow us to take everything we have proven across the region and go deeper where it matters most: Saudi Arabia. The biggest prize is SME finance. Financial institutions want to serve more creditworthy businesses, and our infrastructure helps them turn real financial behaviour into a clearer picture for decision-making. Embedded finance will define the next decade of this region’s economy, and we are built to power it.”
“Saudi Arabia is entering an important phase in the development of its financial sector, creating new opportunities for established institutions, family businesses and fintech companies to build together. Our participation in Tarabut’s strategic financing reflects our confidence in its capabilities and its commitment to deepen its presence in the Kingdom. By enabling financial institutions to better understand and serve creditworthy SMEs, Tarabut can contribute meaningfully to private-sector growth and the ambitions of Saudi Vision 2030.”
Tarabut will set out the next phase of its embedded finance platform in the coming months.
Regulatory disclosure
The deal remains subject to relevant regulatory approvals including approvals from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).
About Tarabut
Tarabut is a regulated finance platform connecting banks, distributors and consumers across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain. By reading real financial behaviour rather than static paperwork, Tarabut enables institutions to finance the creditworthy SMEs and consumers their own systems would have turned away, in the moment they need it, under the institution’s own brand.
