SADAD explained

The SADAD payment system was established by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) to be the national electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP) service provider for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The core mandate for SADAD is to facilitate and streamline bill payment transactions of end consumers through all channels of the KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) Banks. SADAD was launched on June 7, 2007.[1]

SADAD links the commercial sector and local banks, offering the ability to collect customer payments electronically through all the banking channels in the KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) 24 hours a day.

History and background

SAMA mandated that all banks accept bill payments from anyone at their branches. The payer does not have to be a customer of the bank. Pre-SADAD economics of bill payment placed an unduly significant burden on banks; it needed to be more efficient and faster. Banks recovered a small portion of the cost by keeping the collected money for 7–30 days after the bill was paid.

Approximately 60-70% of bills were paid in cash at bank branches. The high number of invoices generated in the Kingdom increases bank costs in the front office, payment processing, IT integration and reconciliation. In addition, consumers queue for a long time at banks’ front office desks before paying their bills. Bill presentment and collection are primarily manual and paper-based, creating significant inefficiencies and overheads for billers and banks.

Large billers formed bilateral agreements with banks to enhance bill payment collection. This enabled consumers to use their bank channels to view and pay bills (without any bill consolidation). It required every biller to connect to the twelve banks operating in KSA and from banks to connect separately to every biller under contract.

SAMA chose to integrate these connections through SADAD, a single platform that links different billers and banks to enable consumers to use the electronic channels of any bank. SADAD is now facilitating the payment of high-volume periodic bills (such as utility and phone bills) and customer-initiated payments, such as traffic fines.

How SADAD works

  1. Billers send summary bills information to SADAD at a pre-determined schedule
  2. SADAD validates data received and uploads it into its database
  3. SADAD notifies billers of any discrepancies
  4. Customer requests bill information through bank channels
  5. The bank forwards the request received to SADAD
  6. SADAD retrieves bill information from its database and forwards it to the bank channel
  7. Customer selects the bills to be paid and the respective amounts
  8. The bank debits the customer account and confirms the transaction
  9. SADAD updates its database based on the bank’s confirmation
  10. SADAD notifies relevant billers accordingly
  11. At the end of the day, billers receive reconciliation reports from SADAD showing a breakdown of all transactions processed by SADAD
  12. At the end of the day, SADAD initiates settlement instructions through SARIE
  13. SADAD updates bills status to 'settled'

Connected billers

Billers connected to SADAD[2]
BillerCode
Educational services (9)
King Abdulaziz University9
Al Yamamah University72
King Saud University80
Arab Open University (AOU)17
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)105
Taibah University106
King Faisal University118
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals117
Umm al-Qura University132
Saudi Electronic University137
Financial and insurance services (20)
SHB Credit Cards 31
NCCI3
Samba Financial Group (credit card) 12
NCB (credit card and personal finance) 16
American Express18
SABB PS29
Awan For Market Data 39
Mubasher34
Falcon Credit Card from NCB 56
Bank Al-Jazira Credit Card and Financing Services 78
Arab National Bank82
54
Riyad Bank67
Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH) 36
Banque Saudi Fransi71
Emirates NBD125
Nayifat Installment Company 124
Al Rajhi Takaful110
Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance 130
Arabian Shield Cooperative Insurance Company136
Government services (65)
Madina Municipality 6
Ministry of Water and Electricity 15
Riyadh Municipality 10
The Department of Zakat and Income Tax 20
Holy Makkah Municipality 27
Jeddah Municipality 28
Communications and Information Technology Commission 42
Eastern Province Municipality 25
Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry 19
The Saudi Arabian Agricultural Bank45
Saudi Arabian Standards Organization49
Saudi Customs30
Ministry of Commerce and Industry 13
General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities57
Saudi Credit and Saving Bank 58
Tabouk Province Municipality 62
Hail Province Municipality 61
Jazan Province Municipality 64
Ministry of Transport75
Qiyas8
Ministry of Culture and Information51
Ministry of Labor50
Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry 73
AlQassim Province Municipality 70
Real Estate Development Fund 40
The Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon) 68
The General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) 60
Aseer Province Municipality 84
Ministry of Finance 88
MOI-Alien Control 90
MOI-Driving License 91
MOI-Saudi Passport 92
MOI-Traffic Violation 93
MOI-Motor Vehicle 94
MOI-Labour Importation 95
MOI-Civil Registration 96
Najran Province Municipality 87
AlJouf Provence Municipality 103
Saudi Ports Authority89
Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MOIA) 77
Ministry of Social Affairs (Global Goodness) 66
Municipality of Northern Borders 102
Saudi Food And Drugs Authority109
General Authority of Civil Aviation98
Baha Province Municipality 104
AlAhsa Municipality 112
Royal Commission in Yanbu (RCY) 46
Taif Municipality 113
Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) 108
Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources (DMMR) 116
ABHA Chamber of Commerce and Industry 114
MOI Deportation Sentences 126
MOI Deportation Control 127
Ministry of Health128
Saudi Council of Engineers123
Government E-Procurement Project 141
Industrial Cities Development and Operating Co. 145
Saudi Heart Association 133
Ejar 153
Economic Cities Authority 154
Royal Commission for Jubail 146
Saudi Industrial Development Fund 143
ASHARQIA Chamber 139
Ministry of Foreign Affairs101
Ministry of Justice160
Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs 177
Ministry of Justice Execution Agency (Judicial Execution)169
Other services (18)
Maestro Pizza1041
Alyusr Instalment Co. 24
AlYamamah Press Establishment 47
Al-Jazirah Newspaper53
Arab Media Company76
Aljomaih Automotive Company 52
Al Amthal Financing and Leasing Co. Ltd. 79
Dar Alyoum Pressing, Printing and Publishing 74
Tajeer Company 63
Aljabr Trading Company 86
United Instalment Sales Company 65
Al-Hamrani Company for Investment in Trade 23
United Electronics Company (Extra) 134
Saudi Commission for Health Specialties 129
Arabian Tasheelat Establishment (Tasheel)131
Saudi Home Loans 147
AQSAT International Trading Company 69
Dar Al-Hayat for Distribution 121
Mawarid 157
Rosom901
Technology and media (10)
SaudiNet 38
Cyberia 59
Showtime 32
Sahara Net 48
AwalNet 41
Saudi Business Machines83
Integrated Telecom Company 55
85
Ola Almajd Trading Co. (Al Majd TV) 81
Thiqah Business Services 144
Telecommunications and utilities (19)
Saudi Telecom Company1
Saudi Electricity Company2
Mobily5
Marafiq4
The Saudi Home PC Initiative7
Bravo 14
Saudi Post21
Cadre Economic Cities 35
Zain Telecommunication Company44
Go Telecom (Etihad Atheeb Telecom) 33
Saudi Project for Utilization of Hajj Meat 43
Perfect Presentation Telecommunication & IT (2P) 107
International Water Distribution Company Ltd. 122
105
National Water Company 138
Saudi e-Tabadul Company 135
National Gas and Industrialization Company 148
Virgin Mobile 151
Saudi Telecom Company (SAWA) 149
Transportation services (4)
Nas Air26
22
Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) 120
SAPTCO150

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.arabnews.com/node/300100
  2. https://www.sadad.com/en/Pages/Billers.html Biller list with codes listed on SADAD website