Savola Group among top 100 companies in Middle East

Waleed Fatani, CEO of Savola Group
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Updated 29 June 2021
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Savola Group among top 100 companies in Middle East

Savola Group, a strategic investment holding group in the food and retail sectors across the MENA region, continues to reinforce its position among the top 100 companies in the Middle East for the year 2021, according to Forbes Middle East magazine. The group has been ranked 36th in the Middle East, based on its market value, sales, assets and profits. 

Waleed Fatani, Savola Group’s CEO, said: “Savola Group overcame the challenges of the year 2020 during the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and succeeded in transforming these obstacles into opportunities for growth. This transformation paved the way for us to safely overcome the difficulties and to map a clear path for what lies ahead, which enabled Savola Group to continue its progress and to achieve further successes. This was reflected in the positive results announced during the year.”

The recognition stands as a proof of our commitment toward our markets as well as our support to our local communities and employees who contributed to these achievements.” 

Savola Group, founded in 1979, operates Savola Foods, which produces and exports much-loved everyday household products including oil, sugar and pasta to more than 50 countries around the world. It also operates the largest grocery store chain (Panda) with 205 stores in more than 42 cities across Saudi Arabia and Egypt.


STC Bank launches business portal for businesses, entrepreneurs and freelancers

Updated 10 February 2026
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STC Bank launches business portal for businesses, entrepreneurs and freelancers

STC Bank has launched a business portal as part of its strategy to provide integrated and Shariah-compliant digital banking services targeting multinationals, entrepreneurs and self-employed. The move reflects the bank’s commitment to enhancing and facilitating the banking experience through modern digital solutions.

The Business Portal is the first integrated digital experience that enables business customers to start their banking relationships and manage their entire business through a single digital platform, designed to meet the needs of various sectors, providing an easy and flexible banking journey characterized by simplicity and ease of use.

The portal provides a comprehensive dashboard that allows business owners to efficiently manage users, financial structuring and authorization matrix, where users can be added, assigned, and manage access to banking services flexibly within an advanced digital experience.

The Business Portal also includes a full range of banking services, most notably payments and remittances, beneficiary management, statement review and extraction, digital certificate issuance, as well as employee salary management, giving business owners full control over their financial operations through a unified and secure platform.

STC Bank allows registration and availing of business portal services through its website, while ensuring the highest levels of security using the latest cybersecurity and advanced financial technologies.

The launch of the upgraded Business Portal is part of STC Bank’s digital transformation journey toward building an integrated digital bank, which provides innovative banking solutions that contribute to supporting the growth of the business sector and enhancing the digital economy in the Kingdom.