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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.

On this page

The rails and the IDs.

Real-time rail
sarie
Regulators
SAMA
National ID
Nafath
Mobile operators in this market
stc, Mobily, Zain

Named for orientation. Which routes are live with which operator is confirmed with you before a pilot.

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.

  1. 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.

    Calls for: Risk-based checks.

    Source: SAMA (SAMA Rulebook: Counter-Fraud Framework, opens in a new tab), Oct 2022

Control mapping.

Each control the rule map tracks, whether a rule in Saudi Arabia calls for it, and the DeepID modules that support it.

ControlIn Saudi ArabiaDeepID modules and how they support it
Bind the customer to the phoneNot mapped yetSIM 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 OTPNot mapped yetSilent 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.
Check risk at every key eventRule mappedDevice intelligence, Behavioural biometrics, Scam signals, Payee and mule graph, One decision, with reasonsDevice, behaviour, scam and payee signals read at login, new payee and payment, returned as one decision with its reasons.
Cool off and holdNot mapped yetSIM and device binding, One decision, with reasonsCool-off and hold decisions after a new device, SIM or payee, or when a payment looks coerced, set per market and journey.
Find and stop mule accountsNot mapped yetPayee 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 failNot mapped yetOne 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.

Liability, market by market

Use cases in Saudi Arabia.

The attacks whose pages name a rule or advisory in Saudi Arabia, each told step by step.

By industry: Banks, Digital banks, Lenders, Payments, Insurance, Capital markets.

See DeepID on a real phone.

We show your fraud, security and engineering leads how DeepID would run your sign-up, login or payment journey, then plan a pilot on your own traffic.