Tagged: bahrain

November 4, 2024 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Open banking enabler Salt Edge has announced a partnership with the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) to boost its tech stack in regard to its Open Banking Framework and requirement for banks to have APIs for corporate accounts. Bahrain is said to be the first… Read More

October 15, 2024 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com and BENEFIT, the company that’s focused on FinTech and electronic financial transactions services in Bahrain, have recently announced they will begin discussions on combining their expertise and help expand the digital assets and fintech ecosystem in Bahrain. The companies signed an MOU at the… Read More

October 13, 2024 @ 2:25 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB), a financial technology hub, announced the establishment of the MENA Innovation Academy (MENA-IA) to enhance Fintech expertise and career readiness across the Middle East and North Africa region. The academy is launched in partnership with Reboot Coding Institute (Reboot01), an academic… Read More

March 26, 2024 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ahlan App, the Bahraini loyalty programme, reports that it has successfully raised $3 million at a valuation of $15 million in its first investment round, which has been fully subscribed to and led by Hope Ventures. The investment round was said to be “joined by… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eazy Financial Services, a Bahraini financial institute specialized in Point-of-Sale (POS) and online payment gateway acquiring services, announces is collaboration with Tabby, MENA’s e-commerce and financial services apps. This partnership marks a significant milestone as EazyPay becomes “the provider of buy now pay later (BNPL)… Read More

February 29, 2024 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eazy Financial Services (EazyPay), a Bahraini financial institute specialized in Point-of-Sale (POS) and online payment gateway acquiring services, has joined forces with Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, in order “to enable Visa Direct, a cutting-edge funds transfer solution for EazyPay’s customer… Read More

November 2, 2023 @ 8:07 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Bahrain’s Labour Fund (Tamkeen) has recently partnered with Safaghat, a crowdfunding investment platform licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain, to offer alternative financing options to micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (mSMEs) in the country. This strategic collaboration aims to empower Bahraini enterprises, particularly those… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tarabut, MENA’s leading open banking platform, has announced a new partnership with FLOOSS, a Bahrain-based digital lending platform. FLOOSS is reportedly the “first” and fastest digital loan app in Bahrain “offering consumer loans of up to BHD 750 with a repayment period of up to… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance collaborate “to spur skill development in the regional financial sector” Described as a “first-of-its-kind” collaboration, Mastercard and the Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance will aim to “initiate a renewed understanding of the latest industry… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FOO, a B2B fintech solutions provider headquartered in the UAE, has partnered with the Bahrain-based payment services provider and card processor, Infinios Financial Services B.S.C (C). By combining their technology and expertise, the two companies “will deliver an out-of-the-box Digital First Card Issuance Platform.” The… Read More

June 20, 2023 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Eazy Financial Services B.S.C (EazyPay) and JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., Japan’s “only” international payment brand, have signed an agreement “to enable JCB payment acceptance at the bank’s POS and e-commerce merchants in the Kingdom of Bahrain.”… Read More

June 19, 2023 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is partnering with Bankiom, a UAE-based lifestyle banking app, to introduce digital payment cards across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman. This partnership marks “a significant stride in Mastercard‘s ongoing commitment to advancing digitalization in the payments landscape throughout the… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 9:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Central Bank of Bahrain has issued amendments to its Crypto-assets (“CRA”) Module in March 2023, “following a consultation process with the industry stakeholders.” The amendments aim “to cater to the ongoing developments in the crypto-assets markets and comply with the industry best practices while… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 12:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VMware recently announced VMware Cloud on AWS is now available in Bahrain. The service, which launched on February 28 in the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) region, will help customers in Bahrain “move their workloads across VMware cloud environments with optimized access to AWS services, supporting… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

XS.com, the multinational global Fintech and financial services provider, has announced that it will be the Global Partner of “the first ever Fintech and crypto exhibition of its kind held in the Kingdom of Bahrain.” The Fintech and Crypto Summit is “organized by Smart Vision… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 3:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA), a technology firm focused on the global payments industry, has partnered with Bahrain’s fintech and payment service provider Eazy Financial Services (EazyPay) that will now be powered by Mastercard Payment Gateway Services (MPGS). MPGS is a trusted platform that “provides financial institutions… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment solutions provider BPC has extended its collaboration with Bahrain-based International Payment Services B.S.C (IPS), a third party payments processing and payments firm. As part of the agreement, BPC will allow IPS “to extend the use of its open system e-payment platform ‘SmartVista’.” Headquartered in… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spare, an open banking platform licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain, has announced its partnership with Eazy Financial Services, a Bahraini Payment Services Provider that is focused on “specializing in POS and online payment gateway acquiring solutions to embrace opportunities in Open Banking.” The… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Galaxy, which claims to be the “industry-leading” financial innovation company, has become the first central bank regulated Open Finance platform in the MENA region “after receiving a license from the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), allowing the firm to operate as a regulated Third-Party… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the first of several other planned announcements to come from the region, OpenNode intends to test a bitcoin payment processing and payouts solution via the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB’s) Regulatory Sandbox. Bitcoin payments had “been non-existent in the island nation until now, which… Read More