DUBAI - Saudi Arabia will give operating licences to more digital banks, Central Bank Governor Fahad al-Mubarak said on Thursday at a financial forum in Riyadh.

The kingdom this year issued licences for its first digital banks, STC Bank and Saudi Digital Bank. 

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