Saudi Arabia’s fraud rules: SAMA’s Counter-Fraud Framework
SAMA’s Counter-Fraud Framework has required full compliance since 29 June 2023. One dated rule is mapped here, with its status and public source, to the controls it calls for and the DeepID modules that support them. DeepID supports compliance and never guarantees it.
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Currency
SAR
Phone format
+966 55 ••• •567
Payee format
SA44 •••• 7712
Amounts in examples
SAR 120,000, SAR 60 and a limit of SAR 1,000
Phone numbers, payees and amounts are the illustrative values this site uses for Saudi Arabia.
Dated rules.
Each rule with its date, its status, what it asks of a bank and the controls it calls for. A proposal is listed for what it would touch, and never marks the map.
SAMA Counter-Fraud Framework
In force
SAMAFull compliance by 29 Jun 2023
Banks must reach a defined maturity across fraud prevention, detection and response controls, with full compliance due by 29 June 2023. Sharing fraud intelligence with SAMA and the sector is the bank’s own duty.
Each control the rule map tracks, whether a rule in Saudi Arabia calls for it, and the DeepID modules that support it.
Control
In Saudi Arabia
DeepID modules and how they support it
Bind the customer to the phone
Not mapped yet
SIM and device binding, Device intelligenceSIM and device binding at onboarding and re-binding on change, with the number confirmed by the network and device integrity read every session.
Move beyond SMS OTP
Not mapped yet
Silent network verification, Liveness and face matchOne-tap login that tries the network check and the SIM check before any one-time code, and face checks with injection defence where identity is in doubt.
Payee and mule graphA payee and mule graph across accounts and devices, with recipient risk scored before the payment is sent.
The bank pays when controls fail
Not mapped yet
One decision, with reasonsDecision logs with their reasons and the message shown to the customer, and versioned policies, as evidence of what the bank did.
Not mapped yet means no rule is mapped to that control here, not that no rule exists. DeepID supports compliance and never guarantees it, and it claims no regulator approval.
Where the loss falls.
No loss-sharing rule is mapped for Saudi Arabia yet. The complaint and the case review still land with the bank.