Lean Technologies is the leading Open Banking provider in the Middle East and North Africa region, building the critical infrastructure that powers the next generation of financial products. The company provides a universal API that enables fintech innovators to seamlessly connect to their customers' bank accounts, initiating real-time payments and retrieving account information with security and reliability. Lean's platform serves as the foundational layer for digital banking, personal finance management, lending platforms, and neobanks across MENA, processing billions of dollars in transactions and trusted by over 350 clients including major players like Etisalat, Binance, Careem, and Sarwa.
Regulated by both the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) under the Regulatory Sandbox and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Lean maintains bank-level security standards including ISO 27001:2022 certification, SOC 2 Type II attestation, and SAMA Cybersecurity Framework compliance. The company's developer-first approach delivers a pleasurable and powerful experience with SDKs that enable account linking in just five lines of code, comprehensive documentation, and enterprise-grade infrastructure that handles data localization, transformation, and encryption across multiple jurisdictions. With 500,000+ connected customer accounts and growing operations across Riyadh and Dubai, Lean is establishing the rails for Open Finance throughout the region.