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Business11 July 20261 min read

Fintech in Manama: Hype, Hope, and Hard Numbers

The licences are world class. The funding rounds are not.

Layla Al-Saffar

Published 11 July 2026, 10:11 · Updated 6:30

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Fintech in Manama: Hype, Hope, and Hard Numbers

The licences are world class. The funding rounds are not.

Reporting for this story was carried out in Manama over the past week. Officials spoke on the record unless otherwise noted.

This article will be updated as further detail is confirmed.

Layla Al-Saffar

I write about education and young Bahrainis.

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