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  • BR-4 BR-4 Regular Reporting – Monthly Requirements

    • 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 CBB in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

        October 2010
        October 07

      • Statistical Returns

        • BR-4.1.2

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

          (a) Form SR-1 – 'Monthly Balance Sheet';
          (b) Form SR-2 – 'Monthly Classification of Deposits and Other Liabilities to Banks and Non-banks';
          (c) Form SR-3 – 'Monthly Balance Sheet by Country and Class of Customer';
          (d) Form SR-4 – 'Monthly Balance Sheet by Currency';
          (e) Form SR-5 – 'Monthly Classification of Loans and Advances to Domestic Non-banks'; and
          (f) Form SR-7 – 'Monthly Classification of Assets'.

          (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).

          July 2011
          October 2010
          October 07

        • BR-4.1.3

          The returns included in Appendix BR-2 should be submitted to the CBB in electronic form (Excel spreadsheet) via email to erdsr@cbb.gov.bh no later than the 10th of the month following the end of the relevant month.

          Amended: January 2022
          Amended: October 2010
          Added: October 07

      • Precious Metals and Commodities Returns

        • BR-4.1.4

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

          October 2010
          October 07

      • 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).

          July 2011
          October 2007

        • BR-4.1.4B

          The monthly reserve requirements will be calculated as 5% of the total of an Islamic bank licensee's BD non-bank funds (whether call or unrestricted investment accounts – see LR-2.5.10).

          July 2011
          July 2009
          April 2008
          October 07

        • BR-4.1.4C

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

          July 2011
          October 2007

      • Accounts for Charity Organisations

        • BR-4.1.5

          All banks, referred to under Paragraph BR-4.1.1, must report to the CBB all payments and transfers of funds amounting to BD 3,000 or above (or equivalent in other currencies) from accounts held by the bank for charitable organisations registered in the Kingdom of Bahrain (also see Paragraph FC-1.6.4). Such report must include details of amount transferred, account name and number, and beneficiary (name and location).

          Added: October 2011

    • BR-4.2 Full Commercial Banks [This Section deleted 07/2006]

    • BR-4.3 BR-4.3 Bahraini Islamic Bank Licensees

      • BR-4.3.1

        The content of this Section is only applicable to locally incorporated banks.

        October 07

      • Directors' Interests in the Shares of Locally Incorporated Banks Listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange

        • BR-4.3.2

          All locally incorporated banks listed on a licensed exchange are required to report to the Capital Markets Supervision Directorate of the CBB the following information, on a monthly basis, relating to their Directors:

          (a) The number and type of interests of each Director in the shares (i.e. whether by shareholding, options etc.) of all such banks in which the respective Directors have interests in and the rights associated with such interests;
          (b) The date on which, and manner in which, such interests were acquired or disposed of (as the case may be);
          (c) The acquisition price paid, or disposal price received, for such interests; and
          (d) The person(s) from, or to, whom the interests in such shares were acquired or disposed (as the case may be).
          Amended: April 2011
          October 2010
          October 07

        • BR-4.3.3

          The information required in Paragraph BR-4.3.2 above should be submitted to the CBB no later than 15 calendar days following the end of the relevant month.

          Amended: April 2011
          October 2010
          October 2009
          October 2007

      • Exposures to Connected Counterparties

        • BR-4.3.4

          All banks, referred to under Paragraph BR-4.3.1, are required to submit to the CBB their exposures to connected parties on a monthly basis on the fourth working day of the month.

          (For instructions relating to the reporting of the above mentioned exposures, refer to Appendix BR-11 and for the concerned reporting forms refer to Appendix BR-10).

          October 2010
          October 2009

      • Liquidity Coverage Ratio

        • BR-4.3.5

          Bahraini Islamic bank licensees must submit their "solo" LCR to the CBB within 7 calendar days following the month end, and their consolidated LCR within 14 calendar days following the month end (see Appendix BR-23) through Electronic Submission of Returns and Analysis of Data (ESRAD).

          Added: July 2019