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  • BR-4.1 BR-4.1 All licensed banks

    • BR-4.1.1

      The content of this section is applicable to all banks (or as stated otherwise) licensed by the Agency in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

    • Statistical returns

      • BR-4.1.2

        All banks, referred to under paragraph BR-4.1.1, are required to submit to the Agency (Financial Stability Directorate) the following monthly statistical returns:

        (a) Form SR-1 — 'Monthly Balance Sheet'; and
        (b) Form SR-2 — 'Monthly Classification of Deposits and Other Liabilities to Banks and Non-banks'.

        (For instructions relating to the completion of the above mentioned returns, refer to Appendix BR 1 and for returns forms refer to Appendix BR 2)

      • BR-4.1.3

        The returns included in Appendix BR 2 should be submitted to the Agency in electronic form (Excel spreadsheet) via email to erdsr@bma.gov.bh no later than the 10th of the month following the end of the relevant month. One printed copy should also be delivered to the Financial Stability Directorate by the same date.

    • Precious metals and commodities returns

      • BR-4.1.4

        [This Paragraph deleted with effect from 1 July 2006].

    • Reserve requirements

      • BR-4.1.4a

        The Banking Services Directorate will calculate the reserve requirement of each Islamic bank licensee bank on a monthly basis using the figures reported in the monthly statistical report, Form SR-2 (see Rule BR-4.1.2 above) and will notify each bank of its required reserve (if any).

      • BR-4.1.4b

        The monthly reserve requirements will be calculated as 5% of the total of an Islamic bank licensee's BD deposits from non-banks and the BD Certificates of Deposit that it has issued to customers.

      • BR-4.1.4c

        Reserve requirements, because of their scope of coverage (cf. Rule BR-4.1.4b), generally only apply to Islamic retail bank licensees. They may apply, however, to wholesale banks, if they undertake on-shore business (cf. Section LR-1.2).