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CBB Rulebook: Contents

  • Common Volume
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 1—Conventional Banks
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 2—Islamic Banks
    • Part A
      • Introduction
      • High Level Standards
        • LR Licensing Requirements
          • LR-A Introduction
          • LR-B Scope of Application
          • LR-1 Requirement to Hold a License
          • LR-1A Approved Persons
          • LR-2 Licensing Conditions
            • LR-2.1 Condition 1: Legal Status
            • LR-2.2 Condition 2: Mind and Management
            • LR-2.3 Condition 3: Controllers
            • LR-2.4 Condition 4: Board and Employees
            • LR-2.5 Condition 5: Financial Resources
              • Capital Adequacy
                • LR-2.5.1
                • LR-2.5.2
                • LR-2.5.2A
                • LR-2.5.2B
                • LR-2.5.3
                • LR-2.5.4
                • LR-2.5.5
                • LR-2.5.6
                • LR-2.5.7
              • Liquidity
              • Reserve Requirements
            • LR-2.6 Condition 6: Systems and Controls
            • LR-2.7 Condition 7: External Auditor
            • LR-2.8 Condition 8: Other Requirements
          • LR-3 Information Requirements and Processes
          • LR-4 License Fees
        • PB Principles of Business
        • HC High-Level Controls
        • AU Auditors and Accounting Standards
        • GR General Requirements
        • SG Shari'a Governance
      • Business Standards
      • Reporting Requirements
      • Enforcement & Redress
    • Part B
    • Quarterly Updates
    • Ad-hoc Communications
    • Archived Part A
    • Archived Part B
  • 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
  • Archive
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  1. Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 2—Islamic Banks
  2. Part A
  3. High Level Standards
  4. LR Licensing Requirements
  5. LR-2 Licensing Conditions
  6. LR-2.5 Condition 5: Financial Resources
  7. Capital Adequacy
  8. LR-2.5.2B
  Versions

 
  • Apr 01 2017 - Sep 30 2018
  • Oct 01 2018
‹ LR-2.5.2A LR-2.5.3 ›

LR-2.5.2B

All Bahraini Islamic wholesale bank licensees must maintain a minimum total shareholders' equity of US$100 million.

Amended: October 2018
Added: April 2017
‹ LR-2.5.2A LR-2.5.3 ›

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