CBB partners with Bahrain Fintech BayThe Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced a partnership today (December 13) officially endorsing the launch of Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB) and its fintech initiatives in Bahrain. The announcement is the most recent in a More… |
Top Sudanese lender opens Bahrain branchBahrain-based Bank of Khartoum International (BOKI), the first international branch of Africa’s largest lender, was inaugurated at the 22nd annual World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC 2015). At a Press conference on the si More… |
Bank of Khartoum wins nod for Bahrain branchThe Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has granted a license to Sudan's Bank of Khartoum (BOK), to open a branch in Bahrain. The license allows the bank to expand its activities as a wholesale bank (Islamic Principles) in Bahrain. More… |
Bahrain to limit banks' property exposureA new regulation capping Bahraini banks' exposure to real estate markets will come into effect on August 1, a spokeswoman for the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) said on Thursday. Banks in the Gulf invested heavily in regional prope More… |
Bahrain cbank $250m sukuk issue maturesThe Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced that the ninth issue of the $250 million International Islamic Leasing Sukuk has matured and been fully settled on June 30. It was issued on June 30, 2004 on behalf of the government of Bahra More… |
Bahrain cenbank urges TIBC creditors to meetBahrain's central bank urged creditors of The International Banking Corporation (TICB) to meet over debt restructuring, two days after S&P said TIBC had chosen not to pay back some of its debt and downgraded it. The Central Bank of Bah More… |