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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
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 3—Insurance
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 4—Investment Business
  • Central Bank of Bahrain Volume 5—Specialised Licensees
    • Common Modules (Applicable to all Specialised Licensees)
    • Specific Modules (By Type of Licensee)
      • Type 1: Money Changers Licensees
      • Type 2: Representative Office Licensees
      • Type 3: Financing Companies
      • Type 4: Administrators
      • Type 5: Trust Service Providers
      • Type 6: Microfinance Institutions
        • Part A
          • High Level Standards
          • Business Standards
          • Reporting Requirements
            • BR Microfinance Institutions CBB Reporting Requirements Module
              • BR-A Introduction
              • BR-B Scope of Application
              • BR-1 Prudential Reporting
              • BR-2 Notifications and Approvals
                • BR-2.1 Introduction
                • BR-2.2 Notification Requirements
                • BR-2.3 Approval Requirements
                  • Branches or Subsidiaries
                    • BR-2.3.1
                    • BR-2.3.2
                  • Change in Name
                  • Change of Address
                  • Change in Legal Status
                  • Change in Paid-up or Issued Capital
                  • Controllers
                  • Mergers, Acquisitions, Disposals and Establishment of New Subsidiaries
                  • Write-offs
                  • Outsourcing Arrangements
                  • Matters Having a Supervisory Impact
                  • External Auditor
                  • Dividend Distribution
                  • Approved Persons
                  • Cessation of Business
              • BR-3 Information Gathering by the CBB
            • PD Microfinance Institutions Public Disclosure Module
      • Type 7: Ancillary Service Providers
    • Part B
    • Quarterly Updates
    • Ad-hoc Communications
    • Archive
  • 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 5—Specialised Licensees
  2. Specific Modules (By Type of Licensee)
  3. Type 6: Microfinance Institutions
  4. Part A
  5. Reporting Requirements
  6. BR Microfinance Institutions CBB Reporting Requirements Module
  7. BR-2 Notifications and Approvals
  8. BR-2.3 Approval Requirements
  9. Branches or Subsidiaries
  10. BR-2.3.1
  Versions

 
  • Jan 01 2014 - Dec 31 2013
  • Jan 01 2014 - Dec 31 2013
  • Jan 01 2014
‹ Branches or Subsidiaries BR-2.3.2 ›

BR-2.3.1

Past version: Effective from 01 Jan 2014 to 31 Dec 2013
To view other versions open the versions tab on the right

licensees must seek prior written approval from the CBB for opening a branch or a subsidiary.

January 2014
Amended: March 2025
‹ Branches or Subsidiaries BR-2.3.2 ›

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