The subscription trap: How small monthly payments add up to thousands of riyals

ALKHOBAR: When Omar Al-Harbi opened his banking app and began reviewing the recurring charges linked to his cards, he expected the total to be high. What he did not expect was to discover he was spending nearly SR2,000 ($533) a month on subscriptions. “I knew I had a lot of subscriptions but I always thought of them separately,” the 29-year-old told Arab News. “SR30 here, SR50 there, maybe SR100 for something I use every day. I had never added all of them together.” His various entertainment, g

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