{"id":12551,"date":"2025-04-10T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/?p=25664"},"modified":"2025-04-10T09:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:33:09","slug":"binance-affiliated-bpay-global-licensed-to-offer-payment-services-in-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/binance-affiliated-bpay-global-licensed-to-offer-payment-services-in-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance-Affiliated BPay Global Licensed to Offer Payment Services in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/tag\/central-bank-of-bahrain-cbb\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB)<\/a> has granted BPay Global a Payment Service Provider (PSP) license to operate in the Kingdom of Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>BPay Global, a payment services company within the <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/tag\/binance\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Binance<\/a> Group, is now authorised to offer fiat-related services to Binance users worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>These services include fiat top-ups and withdrawals, custody, and other payment solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The license enables Binance users to open an e-wallet and conduct fiat top-ups via bank transfers or debit\/credit card payments on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, BPay Global is permitted to hold fiat currency on behalf of customers.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulla Haji, Director of the Licensing Directorate at the CBB, said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25665\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25665 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Abdulla-Haji-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Abdulla Haji\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Abdulla-Haji-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Abdulla-Haji-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Abdulla-Haji-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Abdulla-Haji-450x450.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Abdulla-Haji.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abdulla Haji<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This license represents a positive step in enhancing Bahrain\u2019s digital payments ecosystem, particularly in its support for the crypto-related sector as well as fiat payment solutions. The CBB remains committed to enabling a dynamic and progressive payment landscape that aligns with global advancements in financial technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tameem Almoosawi, General Manager of Binance Bahrain and BPay Global, stated:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25666\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25666 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tameem-Almoosawi-150x150.webp\" alt=\"Tameem Almoosawi\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tameem Almoosawi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are glad to announce the launch of BPay Global and the first Payment Service Provider license received by a Binance company, allowing it to act as a payment service provider and e-wallet provider for users around the world. With this licence, BPay Global will provide Binance users with further choice of low-cost fiat on-and off-ramps.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: edited from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/premium-photo\/bahrain-flag-waving-sky-background-3d-rendering_39115906.htm\"  rel=\"noopener\">freepik<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/25664\/bahrain\/bpay-global-licensed-payment-services-bahrain\/\">Binance-Affiliated BPay Global Licensed to Offer Payment Services in Bahrain<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/\">Fintechnews Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has granted BPay Global a Payment Service Provider (PSP) license to operate in the Kingdom of Bahrain. BPay Global, a payment services company within the Binance Group, is now authorised to offer fiat-related services to Binance users worldwide. These services include fiat top-ups and withdrawals, custody, and other payment [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/25664\/bahrain\/bpay-global-licensed-payment-services-bahrain\/\">Binance-Affiliated BPay Global Licensed to Offer Payment Services in Bahrain<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.ae\/\">Fintechnews Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,182,183,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bahrain","category-binance","category-bpay-global","category-central-bank-of-bahrain-cbb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12552,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12551\/revisions\/12552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mena-fintech.org\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}