RIYADH: The Saudi National Bank, one of the Kingdom’s biggest lenders, will distribute SR4.92 billion ($1.31 billion) in dividends for the first half of 2022. With over 4.47 billion shares eligible for dividends, the payout per share is SR1.1, the bank said in a bourse filing. The lender had earlier posted a 32-percent surge in its quarterly profit to SR4.5 billion, from SR3.4 billion in the same period last year.