The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) is the central bank and financial regulator of Oman. In 2025 it issued a regulatory framework for the licensing and supervision of digital banks, which came into effect on 1 June 2025 and is aligned with Oman Vision 2040.
The framework allows digital banks to operate as locally incorporated joint-stock companies or as branches of foreign banks subject to home-jurisdiction approval, and offers two licence categories: Category 1, requiring a minimum paid-up capital of RO 30 million and allowing full operations, and Category 2, requiring RO 10 million with business limitations including caps on customer deposits and corporate lending.
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