After distinct success in Umrah automated payment project, SABB supports contractual procedures between external agents and Umrah companies

With this new initiative, SABB aims to assist Ministry of Hajj in the achievement of their goals such as to facilitate the Umrah application process and payment of fees amongst the agents of Umrah companies in other countries, particularly Pakistan, Iran and Egypt and to fully automate Umrah organization procedures.

Commenting on this project, Mr. Sulaiman Al-Hamdan, Deputy Managing Director of SABB said: " We are very proud to work with the Ministry of Hajj on such prestigious projects which allow SABB to serve and reach its customers worldwide. With this project, SABB will facilitate the business of more than 5000 external agents outside the Kingdom. This step is second to the great success achieved by SABB in the automation of Umrah fees collection through its 75 branches in the Kingdom and the network of HSBC globally. SABB employs its advanced experience in the technical field to develop and provide tailored solutions to this project.

He added: We seize this opportunity to laud the efforts of the Ministry of Hajj to provide best services to Pilgrims which services are becoming more sophisticated year on year. We hope we can help in making such efforts successful and shall endeavor to achieve another success with the Ministry of Hajj after the previous success achieved. This new success will be added to the list of successes achieved by SABB on projects relating to different government authorities".

SABB is considered to be one of the Saudi banks most interested to support projects and activities in different social, economical and development fields as well as the religious, humanitarian, scientific, educational and health functions. The bank has recorded many achievements in the previous years most of which was the " Best Bank in the Kingdom for 2004" award by Euromoney International for the second year in a row. It was also given a distinct rating by the prestigious Standard And Poors Credit Rating Agency.