Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait BBK, a leading retail and corporate bank in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with Binance Bahrain, the regulated subsidiary of the world's largest blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency exchange. The agreement positions BBK as the first bank in the GCC to join the Binance Link Program, marking a major milestone in the region's digital finance evolution. The partnership is subject to final regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Bahrain CBB.
The announcement was made at the Gateway Gulf Investment Forum Bahrain 2025, underscoring Bahrain's growing role as a regional hub for crypto-asset innovation and regulated digital finance.
Under the MoU, BBK will integrate Binance Bahrain's white-label Crypto-as-a-Service CaaS solution directly into the BBK Mobile Banking App. Leveraging secure, Plug Play APIs, the integration will enable BBK customers to trade and manage crypto assets seamlessly within the bank's ecosystem, without the need to create or manage a separate Binance account.
