A tale of 44 cities | Manama S e l f e v a u l a t i o n o f t H h e u h b u b i i n n d i s c High Rank ix a t k o NEW HUB e y r s a r e a Manama s Hub profile M o s c o Is w G o ta v n e b r u n l m CH9 e G n l o b a Rukun l F i t C n e s n t r Manama e u Tenmou 5 p 8 p o r t Bahrain is a long standing financial center in the region and the first Mexico City innovator in Islamic Finance. While Bahrain’s FinTech ecosystem is still in early stages of development, the collaboration between public and In n INDEX SCORE o v private stakeholders in developing FinTech makes Bahrain stand out in a t Johannesburg n i o the global stage. Bahrain has ambitions to be a testbed for startups oita c n looking to expand across the GCC and are connecting with other vonn 178 utlu international hubs to learn from best practice. Specific areas of I labxed7 er olGnI5 interest for Bahrain include Islamic Finance, crowdfunding, Low Rank 36uBD payment services and RegTech. enisnio ssg tise Re per gula o ex tion ty t imi rox P Hub representative For mers Economic Development eign st o custo Board of Bahrain artups Proximity t Head of Financial Services & FinTech David Parker Source: Global FinTech Hubs Federation Produced by Deloitte 50