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  "id": 15929765,
  "title": "Saudi Arabia records 246 million point-of-sale transactions in a week worth $3.36bn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/saudi-arabia-records-246-million-point-of-sale-transactions-in-a-week",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T18:06:03.000Z",
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  "summary": "Saudi Arabia saw over 246 million point-of-sale transactions from October 11-17, 2026, totaling SAR 12.6 billion, according to the Saudi Central Bank.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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