The CBB supports University of Bahrain Master in Financial Technology student projects

The CBB supports University of Bahrain Master in Financial Technology student projects

Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain: – As part of the Central Bank of Bahrain’s (“CBB”) commitment to enhance the competitiveness of the financial services sector and in accelerating the development of the local talent pool to meet the needs of the fast-evolving digital economy, the CBB is cooperating with the University of Bahrain to offer its support for the capstone consultancy projects of the Master in Financial Technology at the University. The program will involve providing research topics for the students' graduation projects. The training program will be offered via the CBB’s digital lab, FinHub973, which is powered by Fintech Galaxy’s FinX22 Open API platform.

The graduation project for the Master in Financial Technology consists of a consulting experience through which students apply the knowledge and skills they have learned in the program. The program aims to develop new insights for its candidates towards new financial technologies and financial analytics.

Ms. Yasmeen Al-Sharaf, Director of FinTech & Innovation Unit at the Central Bank of Bahrain commented: “We are pleased to announce our collaboration with the University of Bahrain to empower Bahraini students, by equipping them with the skillsets required for today’s business environment which is dominated by evolving FinTech applications and innovations. Investing