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Act 2018 status not recorded

مرسوم سلطاني رقم 8/2018 بإصدار قانون نظم المدفوعات الوطنية (National Payment Systems Law, Royal Decree 8/2018)

Issued by Central Bank of Oman

Plain-English summary

Issued 20 February 2018 and published in Official Gazette 1232 on 25 February 2018. Requires a licence for payment-system activity (Art. 5), regulates electronic money issuers (Arts. 39-42), makes settled transfers final (Arts. 43-50) and sets criminal penalties and administrative fines of up to OMR 20,000 (Arts. 55-69).

Who it applies to

Banking · Payments & Fintech

Topics

Payments & Fintech / Digital Assets

Official source

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