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CBB Rulebook: Contents

  • Common Volume
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 1—Conventional Banks
    • Part A
      • Introduction
      • High Level Standards
        • LR Licensing Requirements
        • PB Principles of Business
        • HC High-Level Controls
        • AU Auditors and Accounting Standards
        • GR General Requirements
          • GR-A Introduction
          • GR-B Scope of Application
          • GR-1 [This Chapter has been relocated to Module OM.]
          • GR-2 Corporate and Trade Names
            • GR-2.1 Vetting of Names
              • GR-2.1.1
              • GR-2.1.2
              • GR-2.1.3
              • GR-2.1.4
          • GR-3 Dividends and Profit Repatriation
          • GR-4 Business Transfers
          • GR-5 Controllers
          • GR-6 Open Banking
          • GR-7 Cessation of Business
          • GR-8 CBB Fees
          • GR-9 Prepaid Cards
      • Business Standards
      • Reporting Requirements
      • Enforcement & Redress
    • Part B
    • Quarterly Updates
    • Ad-hoc Communications
    • Archived Part A
    • Archived Part B
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 2—Islamic Banks
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 3—Insurance
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 4—Investment Business
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 5—Specialised Licensees
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 6—Capital Markets
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 7—Collective Investment Undertakings
  • Bahrain Bourse (BHB) Material
  • Central Bank of Bahrain and Financial Institutions Law 2006
  • Bahrain Anti Money Laundering Law 2001
  • Regulation Governing Collective Investment Schemes June 2003
  • Bahrain Stock Exchange Law 1987
  • Bahrain Financial Trust Law 2006
  • Bahrain Insurance Law 1987
  • Bahrain Monetary Agency Law 1973
  • Commercial Companies Law 2001
  • CBB Disclosure Standards
  • CBB Debt Securities Guidelines
  • Ministerial Order — Money Laundering
  • CBB Resolution on Dissemination of Listed Companies' Financial Statements and Board of Directors' Meetings
  • CBB Regulations and Resolutions
  • The Corporate Governance Code of the Kingdom of Bahrain
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  1. Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 1—Conventional Banks
  2. Part A
  3. High Level Standards
  4. GR General Requirements
  5. GR-2 Corporate and Trade Names
  6. GR-2.1 Vetting of Names
  7. GR-2.1.1
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  • Oct 01 2007 - Dec 31 2021
  • Jan 01 2022
‹ GR-2.1 Vetting of Names GR-2.1.2 ›

GR-2.1.1

Past version: Effective from 01 Oct 2007 to 31 Dec 2021
To view other versions open the versions tab on the right

Conventional bank licensees must seek prior written approval from the CBB for their corporate name and any trade names, and those of their subsidiaries located in Bahrain.

October 07
‹ GR-2.1 Vetting of Names GR-2.1.2 ›

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