Saudi infrastructure boom fuels new lending opportunities for banks

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure pipeline is entering a more private-sector-driven phase as the Kingdom expands financing options across transport, power, water and digital infrastructure, experts have told Arab News. The shift is underpinned by the National Infrastructure Fund’s mandate to mobilize private capital and deepen infrastructure financing, while the National Privatization Strategy targets more than $64 billion in private-sector capital investment and more than 220 public-private