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Issue 15 - MARCH 2018
www.bahrainbourse.comBAHRAIN BOURSE ENDORSES THE LAUNCH OF BAHRAIN
FINTECH BAY
Bahrain Bourse announced sign-
ing a Memorandum of Under-
standing (‘MOU’) with Bahrain
FinTech Bay (BFB) on 18th Febru-
ary 2018 to endorse the launch of
Bahrain Fintech Bay (BFB).
CEO of Bahrain Bourse, Shaikh
Khalifa Bin Ebrahim Alkhali-
fa and the Chairman of Bahrain
FinTech Bay Mr. Maissan Jalal Al-
maskati signed the agreement.
As a Supporting Partner, Bahrain
Bourse will work closely with
BFB in support of developing the
FinTech ecosystem in Bahrain,
exploring the latest financial tech-
nologies conducive to the growth
of local and regional capital mar-
kets, and encouraging innovation
in this field. Bahrain Bourse can of-
fer Fintech startups and entrepre-
neurs a unique platform looking
to access capital markets, particu-
larly through the newly launched
Bahrain Investment Market.
The BFB platform and offering is
set to create ideal conditions to at-
tract both local and international
corporate innovation labs and
FinTech start-ups to collaborate
on developing, testing, scaling
and deploying new technologies
in Bahrain and the wider GCC
region.
BAHRAIN BOURSE LISTS 6 TREASURY BILL ISSUES AND SHORT-TERM
ISLAMIC LEASE (IJARAH) SUKUK WORTH BD406 MILLION
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) announced
on Sunday, 4
th
of February 2018
the listing of 6 issues in the Trea-
sury Bills Market worth a total
of BD406 million, issued by the
Central Bank of Bahrain with
discount rates ranging between
3.09% and 3.71% for 3-12 months.
With the listing of those issues,
the total number of Treasury Bills
and Short-Term Islamic Lease
(Ijarah) Sukuk listed at Bahrain
Bourse became 9 issues with a
total value of BD891 million.
The bourse launched the Trea-
sury Bills Market on 31st January
2016 with the aim of enhanc-
ing cash liquidity in local and
foreign banks and institutions
dealing in this market, and pro-
viding investors in BHB with
more investment opportunities.