Saudi Arabia

First-quarter net profit across listed banks rose 8% year-on-year to $6.4 billion (SAR 24 billion), exceeding consensus estimates by 3%

The companies have also unveiled the first commercial Quantum Computing as a Service platform in the Middle East.

The system, Aramco’s largest-ever computing infrastructure deployment, will deliver seven times its current upstream computing capacity by 2027.

By combining infrastructure, marketplaces, and managed services, the partnership aims to compress time-to-deployment for enterprises.

A decisive leap to first place highlights how Saudi Arabia is translating policy, governance, and investment into global digital leadership.