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TGA freezes land transport fines for a year<\/p>\n

Land transport operators will have a 12-month breathing room<\/strong>, as the Transport General Authority freezed all financial fines imposed by the Land Transport Law\u2019s executive regulations, according to a decision published in Umm Al Qura (pdf)<\/a>. The move allows businesses to navigate the transition to the new framework without immediate financial pressure.<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND-<\/strong> The fines were introduced to move the industry away from haphazard stops and toward a regulatory system that tracks trips and licenses operators. Weight limits for transport were also set to protect the road infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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Sama speeds up check clearing with new digital service<\/p>\n

Sama is looking to <\/strong>slash the clearing window of checks to a single day<\/strong>, introducing the Electronic Check Clearing System (ECCS) into its e-services portal, it said in a statement<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n

The rationale: <\/strong>Multi-day clearing windows trap liquidity. Reducing the cycle to a single business day could provide an injection for SMEs and corporate entities that rely on check-based payments for B2B transactions, allowing for faster reinvestment and more predictable working capital management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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