FAQs

It is comprised of Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait and all its overseas branches, representative offices, and the bank’s wholly owned subsidiaries CrediMax and Invita.

BBK was established in 1971 and started operations in 1972.

The current major shareholders are Social Insurance Organization (Kingdom of Bahrain), FINCORP W.L.L (Kingdom of Bahrain), and Kuwait Investment Authority (State of Kuwait).

BBK’s main office is located in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain and it has branches/representative in the Republic of India (4 branches), in the State of Kuwait (1 branch), a representative office in the Emirate of Dubai, UAE, and a representative office in the Republic of Türkiye.

BBK has 8 conventional branches, 3 Digital branches (BBKPLUS), 7 financial malls and 3 BBK Lite branches. BBKPLUS is also available in 2 of the financial malls.

The Bank has a network of 90 automated machines, consisting of 72 ATMs (smart, regular and drive-through ATMs), 12 Deposit Machines (regular and corporate) and 6 ITMs.

Bahrain Clear Company (a subsidiary of Bahrain Bourse) is BBK’s share registrar and K. Fintech is a supporting agency for ancillary services such as holding the AGM/EGM.

BBK’s Dividends are distributed through Bahrain Clear Company (BHC), preferably by signing an authorization letter to credit the dividends in the shareholders preferred bank account.

BBK’s swift code is BBKUBHBM.