{{Short description|Saudi Arabian financial news portal}} {{Infobox company | name = Argaam | logo = Argaam.png | logo_size = | logo_padding = | logo_alt = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = Argaam | image_caption = | trading_name = | native_name = أرقام | native_name_lang = ar | type = Private | industry = Financial markets and macroeconomics in Saudi Arabia | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | founded = {{Start date and age|2007|03|01}} in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | founder = Tariq Al Asiri {{!}} Dr. Rashid Al Owin | hq_location_city = Riyadh | hq_location_country = Saudi Arabia | key_people = Islam Zween (CEO), Mohamed Maameri (COO), Abdulaziz AlObaid (CRO), Mahmoud Hamdy (CMO), Waleed ElSayed (CFO)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2013401/corporate-news | title=Argaam signs exclusive advertising agency agreement with Speakol | date=27 January 2022 }}</ref> | products = Argaam Plus / Argaam Insights / IR services / IR Apps / Akhbaar24 | services = | owner = SRMG 51% and 49% for private investors | members_year = <!-- Year of members data (if known) --> | num_employees = 255 | num_employees_year = 2024 | parent = Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) | website = https://www.srmg.com/en/home }} '''Argaam''' (Arabic: أرقام) is a Saudi Arabian financial news portal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/argaam.com|title=Argaam.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa|website=www.alexa.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-19|archive-date=2019-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510095233/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/argaam.com|url-status=dead}}</ref> and considered the primary source for financial news<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.okaz.com.sa/article/1050139/|title=خبر لا يمر مرور الكرام|last=التواتي|first=علي بن حسن|date=2016-03-30|work=Okaz|access-date=2017-09-21|language=ar-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921001736/http://www.okaz.com.sa/article/1050139/|archive-date=2017-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.okaz.com.sa/article/940191|title=أصول صناديق الاستثمار تصل 116 ملياراً|last=(جدة)|first=حامد العطاس|date=2014-08-14|work=Okaz|access-date=2017-09-21|language=ar-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921002002/http://www.okaz.com.sa/article/940191|archive-date=2017-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.okaz.com.sa/article/940695|title=19 مليار ريال حجم القروض المتعثرة في البنوك|last=(جدة)|first=حامد العطاس|date=2014-08-17|work=Okaz|access-date=2017-09-21|language=ar-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921002015/http://www.okaz.com.sa/article/940695|archive-date=2017-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.okaz.com.sa/article/279917|title=توقعات إيجابية اليوم واختبار 5840 نقطة|last=جدة|first=عبد الله رشاد كاتب ـ|date=2009-08-02|work=Okaz|access-date=2017-09-21|language=ar-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alyaum.com/article/2715432|title=450 مليار ريال القيمة السوقية لـ "سابك" و"الراجحي" و"الاتصالات"|last=اليوم|first=صحيفة|website=www.alyaum.com|date=10 November 2009 |language=Ar|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref> as it provides real-time updates on financial markets as well as market data and analysis, interviews, and coverage of stocks listed across the region.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/758129|title=السحوبات النقدية عبر أجهزة الصرف الآلي ترتفع إلى 55 مليار ريال|work=جريدة الرياض|access-date=2017-09-21|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/1079001|title=الأسهم المحلية الثانية من حيث الأداء السيئ بين الأسواق العالمية|work=جريدة الرياض|access-date=2017-09-21|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/1528561|title=هشاشة وضبابية قطاع التأمين.. واستعصاء حلول العلاج|work=جريدة الرياض|access-date=2017-09-21|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.al-jazirah.com/2011/20110112/ec7.htm|title="أرامكو" تتهيأ لإبرام عقود خدمات هندسية عامة (GES plus) مع 7 شركات|website=www.al-jazirah.com|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alyaum.com/article/3141479|title=رواتب التنفيذيين بين الجهد المبذول والدوري|last=اليوم|first=صحيفة|website=www.alyaum.com|date=26 May 2014 |language=Ar|access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref> Argaam has won UAE App & Web Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.albawaba.com/news/argaam-takes-home-2-uae-web-awards?quicktabs_accordion=0|title=Argaam takes home 2 UAE Web Awards|date=2007-11-17|work=Al Bawaba|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en}}</ref> and is operated by the Argaam Investment Company, which launched the Arabic version in March 2007 and an English variant in April 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.argaam.com/en/aboutus|title=About us|website=www.argaam.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=104851820|title=Argaam Business Info FZ-LLC: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcf.org.sa/en/Partners/Pages/Argaam.aspx|title=Argaam|website=www.gcf.org.sa|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-19|archive-date=2017-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922001855/http://www.gcf.org.sa/en/Partners/Pages/Argaam.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/company/Argaam_Business_Information_FZ_LLC-11025076/|title=Argaam Business Information FZ LLC (Argaam UAE) - Company Details on ZAWYA MENA Edition|website=www.zawya.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-19}}</ref>
== History == The company was founded on 1 March 2007 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
On October 18, 2017, the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG) acquired a controlling stake in the Argaam Investment and Trading Company, which publishes an online financial news service.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-18|title=SRMG acquires controlling stake in Saudi financial news service Argaam|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1179316/saudi-arabia|access-date=2020-09-08|website=Arab News|language=en}}</ref> SRMG acquired 51 percent of Argaam for $10 million in an attempt to expand its operations, at a time when Saudi Arabia was diversifying its economy and opening up to more foreign investments and as a part of the National Transformation Plan 2020 (NTP) and Vision 2030.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saudi Research and Marketing Group Acquires Controlling Stake in 'Argaam'|url=https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/1056466/saudi-research-and-marketing-group-acquires-controlling-stake-argaam|access-date=2020-09-08|website=Asharq AL-awsat|language=en}}</ref>
== Akhbaar24 == Akhbaar24 (Arabic: أخبار24) is an electronic newspaper specialized in covering the latest news of interest to Saudi Arabian and Arab audience 24 hours a day, whether local or foreign. The service also covers the most influential political news in the Middle East. Akhbaar24's website also features 24 a specialized vertical for the most prominent videos posted on social networking sites and the Internet that deal with Saudi affairs. In 2022, Argaam sold 100% of its ownership of Akhbaar24 to SRMG. Following this acquisition, SRMG revamped and relaunched Akhbaar24 in June 2023, imbuing it with deeper coverage of Saudi-related news and topics, thus enhancing its Saudi Depth.
== Alphabeta == Alphabeta is a sub-division of Argaam that publishes field-related Gulf columnists' articles.<ref name=":0" />
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