Saudi Shura Council Calls for Establishing Digital Branches for Social Development Bank

Saudi Shura Council Calls for Establishing Digital Branches for Social Development Bank

The Saudi Shura Council called on the Social Development Bank to take the initiative and prepare a technical study to replace some of its rented offices with digital branches, through which services are provided efficiently and sustainably.

The Shura Council reviewed several annual reports during its tenth regular session for the second year of the eighth term.

Council member Salah al-Talib stressed the need to transfer the objectives of business financing activity through supporting small, emerging, and micro-enterprises.

He also called for transferring financing programs and products to the Small and Medium Enterprises Bank.

The Social Development Bank is requested to clarify the number of male and female beneficiaries, the mechanisms for benefiting from indirect loans, methods to receive aid provided to charitable societies, the size of the loans, and the working tools, announced member Mohammed al-Abbas.

The Council issued several decisions regarding the annual report of the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), namely reviewing relations with various authorities to enable cloud services and speed up the transition of public and private sectors from traditional IT solutions to the cloud.

The Council also decided to support amateurs and researchers to ensure the best use following the national plan in this field, which contributes to achieving