mada mini app
Saudi Arabia Payment Network (mada) is committed to maintain and enhance of ATM and PoS
terminal standards across the Saudi Arabia
In order to improve services offered by banks to their customers (mada), you can download the
mada mini app to evaluate the quality, functionality of PoS and ATMs.
Using mada mini app, you can audit ATM / PoS terminals working condition, visibility and visual
display etc… along with operational service levels by conducting actual transactions.
As part of process, you can take the photos of the ATM / PoS terminal along with receipts / slip
collected during the audit.
About mada
mada is the new identity of SPAN, that represents the innovative generation of electronic
payments in Saudi Arabia and is intended to boost ATMSs and POS growth with unprecedented
dimensions of flexibility, speed, security, and acceptance.
Though a network of most advanced global technical payment systems, mada connects all
automated teller machines (ATMs) and point-of-sale (POS) terminals offered by local banks
throughout the country to a central payment switch that in turn re-routes the financial
transactions between a merchant’s bank and the card issuer bank. The system also permits
regional and global acceptance through connecting with other payment systems such as GCC
Net, VISA, MasterCard, and American Express to provide mada cardholders with a wider
acceptance locally and overseas.
mada features
A seven-fold enhanced routing capacity in comparison to the previous generation.
An unprecedented standard of enhanced transactions performance and speed.
Widespread accessibility.
Instant SMS notifications to cardholders on any cash withdrawals or POS transactions.
Increased daily transaction purchase limit at PoS terminals from SAR 20,000 to SAR 60,000.
Value-added services Purchase with Cash Back service that gives cardholders the
convenience of withdrawing cash with their purchase at the merchant outlet.
How mada card works
mada card is a debit card issued by local banks that allows a cardholder to access funds in their
accounts. This accessibility can be in the form of cash withdrawals at ATMs or through
payments for goods and services at Point of Sale (PoS) terminals in thousands of outlets in
KSA.
mada acceptance
Locally: with the advanced technical infrastructure of SPAN, mada payment cards gives
introduces cardholders access to a wide network of ATMS (over than 16,000 ATM machines)
and POS terminals (over 160,000 terminals) found in tens of thousands of retails outlets across
the different regions in KSA.
Regionally: usage of mada cards is permissible within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
through GCCnet as cardholders can conveniently withdraw cash and make purchases at PoS
terminals in the GCC countries.
Globally: mada payment cards may also be co-branded with other global payment schemes
such as “Visa”, “MasterCard”, “Cirrus”, “Plus”, and “Maestro” which allow the use of the card in
millions of ATMs and POS terminals outside Saudi Arabia.