SARIE

RTGS

Saudi Arabian Riyal Interbank Express - Saudi Arabia's RTGS. Operated by Saudi Payments / SAMA since 1997. Settles high-value SAR transfers and net obligations from SPAN (card network), cheque clearing, SADAD (bills), and sarie+ (instant). 22 participants (21 banks + SAMA). Operating days: Sunday-Thursday.

NowHours: computing from the published schedule…Service condition: not monitored details

ClearingPost does not assess whether SARIE is running normally.

Dated items ClearingPost holds, each with its source and whether the date is confirmed

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Sources No status page recorded · 5 of 11 fields carry a source and a recorded date · latest sourced entry recorded 8 Sep 2026 · evidence details ↓

Record · SARIE

Country

Saudi Arabia (SA)

Currency

Saudi Riyal (SAR)

Operator

SAMA

Type

RTGS

Operating Window

07:00–14:00 UTC · Sun–Thu

Year Established

1997

Daily Volume

SAR 50B

Tier?

Tier 2

ISO 20022?

Native

Region

Middle East & Africa

Settlement Type?

Gross

Participants

22 (21 banks + SAMA)

Avg Daily Transactions

~869,000 (2024, BIS CPMI: 217.29M annual / ~250 business days)

Notes

SAMA reports SARIE value quarterly in its Key Economic Developments series (Q1 2026 total SAR 17,777.1B, up 16.1% year on year, with interbank payments growing faster than customer payments) and does not publish a daily average. The registered daily value divides the quarterly total by an estimated 62 Sunday-Thursday business days net of Founding Day and Eid al-Fitr bank holidays.

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Operations · SARIE

Operational monitoring: not configured. ClearingPost does not monitor operational sources for this system and does not assess its current service condition.

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Intelligence for SARIE (2)

Coverage whose headline or summary names SARIE, or names its operator or country together with its system type. Each item quotes that evidence and says whether the source is the SARIE operator or external.

GuideMar 12, 2026Headline names “SARIE”

Saudi Arabia's Payment Stack: A Practitioner's Guide to SARIE, sarie, mada, and SADAD

Saudi Arabia has built one of the most modern payment ecosystems in the Middle East under Vision 2030. This guide breaks down the four pillars of Saudi payment infrastructure - SARIE RTGS, sarie instant payments, mada domestic card scheme, and SADAD bill payments - and what practitioners need to know.

Operator source · SAMA

AnalysisMar 11, 2026Summary names “SARIE”

MENA's Real-Time Payment Rails: From Domestic Instant Systems to Cross-Border Interlinking

The GCC and wider MENA region now operate seven domestic instant payment systems and two cross-border platforms. Here is how SARIE, Aani, Fawri+, Fawran, SADAD, Buna, and AFAQ compare - and where the interlinking gaps remain.

External source · Ib