In the latest episode of Couchonomics, Arjun was joined by Paul Melotto, Executive Board Member at Alraedah Finance. Paul has played a key part in Arjun's journey to understand the Saudi ecosystem, especially regarding fintech and financial services.

In the episode, Arjun and Paul discussed:

The state of Non-Banked Financial Institutions in KSA
The liquidity gap faced by SMEs and how to address it
Examples of government initiatives supporting SMEs
The possibility of banks changing their attitude toward SMEs
Whether fintechs are considered friends, foes, or frenemies
What regulators can do to unlock potential in the SME and NBFI nexus
Alraedah Finance's plans to help SMEs over the next 3 years

Thank you to Fintech Saudi for opening up their space to us for the recording of this episode.

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EP 67: Fintech: Friend, Foe or Frenemy?