Bank · Bahrain
BBK (Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait)
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) · bbkonline.com (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-07
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 3.5 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 2 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 0 | No verified change in the last 365 days |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Custody & trading · Bahrain
BBK: Binance white-label Crypto-as-a-Service in the BBK Mobile Banking App (MoU, pending CBB approval)
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Announced / exploring2025-11-04
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2025-11-04
BBK (Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait) signed an MoU with Binance on 4 November 2025 to join the Binance Link Program and integrate Binance's white-label Crypto-as-a-Service into its mobile banking app, pending final approval from the Central Bank of Bahrain.
Scope: BBK Mobile App in Bahrain; subject to CBB approval.
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-07
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- BCV · named role (tracker) · Crypto-as-a-Service provider; Binance Link Program
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): Bahrain
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2025-11-04 · Status
MoU with Binance announced at Gateway Gulf 2025; pending CBB approval.
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