• CM-A.2 CM-A.2 Key Requirements

    • CM-A.2.1

      Overseas Islamic bank licensees are expected to maintain provisions against potential credit losses on their books in Bahrain. Head offices of banks that do not wish to maintain provisions on books of their branch(es) in Bahrain must advise the CBB, on an annual basis and in writing, of the amount of provisions set aside for the bad debts of Bahrain branch(es).

      Amended: April 2014
      Amended: July 2011
      Amended: January 2011
      October 2007

    • CM-A.2.2

      The CBB requires all Bahraini Islamic bank licensees to set out their policy on large exposures, including limits for differing types of exposures to individual customers, banks, corporates, countries and economic and market sectors, in a policy statement which must be formally approved by the Board of Directors (see Section CM-4.7).

      Amended: April 2014
      Amended: July 2011
      Amended: January 2011
      October 2007

    • CM-A.2.2A

      The CBB requires that any large exposure, as defined in Paragraph CM-4.4.1, must be priorly approved by the bank's Board of Directors (see Paragraph CM-4.4.3A).

      Added: January 2017

    • CM-A.2.3

      The aggregate of large exposures may not exceed 800% of the bank's consolidated Total Capital (see Paragraph CM-4.4.4). A bank may not incur a combined exposure (funded by unrestricted investment accounts and the bank's own funds) to an individual counterparty or group of closely related counterparties which exceeds 15% of the reporting bank's consolidated Total Capital (see Paragraph CM-4.4.5).

      Amended: January 2015
      Amended: April 2014
      October 07

    • CM-A.2.4

      The aggregate exposures to all connected counterparties when taken together, may not exceed the limit as stated in Paragraph CM-4.4.13 of consolidated Total Capital.

      Amended: January 2015
      Amended: April 2011
      October 2007

    • CM-A.2.5

      No Islamic financing provided by a bank to its own external auditors shall be permitted.

      October 07

    • CM-A.2.6

      All Bahraini Islamic bank licensees are required to report (for the attention of the Director of Islamic Financial Institutions Supervision Directorate) all large exposures, (whether exempt or not) on a quarterly basis using the Form PIR provided in Appendix BR-5 (see Section CM-4.6).

      Amended: April 2014
      Amended: October 2009
      October 2007

    • CM-A.2.7

      The CBB's prior written consent must be obtained for any credit facility to an employee where the amount of such facility, either singly or when added to an existing facility/existing facilities outstanding to that employee at that date, would be equal to or in excess of BD 100,000 (or its equivalent) (see Section CM-5.1).

      Amended: April 2014
      Amended: July 2011
      Amended: January 2011
      October 2007

    • CM-A.2.8

      The CBB requires that banks only provide a new consumer facility (or renew, extend or otherwise modify an existing consumer facility) for an amount such that the counterparty's total monthly repayments on all his consumer finance commitments do not exceed 50% of his monthly gross income (see Section CM-7.4).

      Amended: April 2014
      Amended: July 2011
      October 2007

    • CM-A.2.9

      [This Paragraph was deleted in April 2014 as this requirement has been moved to Module BC.]

      Deleted: April 2014

    • CM-A.2.10

      The CBB's prior written consent must be obtained before writing off any credit facility provided to senior employee/officer/Director of the reporting bank or other bank(s) who fails to discharge his/her repayment obligations to the reporting bank (See Section CM-7.1 for details).

      Amended: July 2011
      Amended: January 2011
      October 2007

    • CM-A.2.11

      All Bahraini Islamic bank licensees must notify the CBB of any write-off of a credit facility, (i.e. Murabaha or any other credit facility) of an amount in excess of BD 100,000 (or its equivalent). Chapter CM-6 contains Rules relating to the write-off of credit facilities.

      Amended: April 2014
      Amended: January 2013
      Amended: July 2011
      Amended: January 2011
      October 2007

    • CM-A.2.12

      All banks which provide credit to residents of Bahrain must become members of the Credit Reference bureau and follow the CRB Code of Practice (see Paragraph CM-1.2.4).

      Amended: April 2014
      October 07

    • CM-A.2.13

      All banks are required to follow the CBB’s requirements concerning refund of insurance on financing prepayments and top-ups and early repayment fees/charges as outlined in Section CM-7.6.

      Added: April 2008