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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
      • Type 7: Ancillary Service Providers
        • Part A
          • High Level Standards
          • Business Standards
            • OB Open Banking Module
              • OB-A Introduction
              • OB-B Scope of Application
              • OB-1 Risks, Systems and Controls
              • OB-2 Operating Rules
                • OB-2.1 Framework Contracts
                • OB-2.2 Standards for Authentication and Communication
                  • Secure authentication
                    • OB-2.2.1
                    • OB-2.2.2
                    • OB-2.2.3
                  • Independence of elements of strong authentication
                  • Confidentiality and Integrity of Personalised Security Credentials
                  • Security of Communication Sessions
                • OB-2.3 Payment Transactions
                • OB-2.4 Technology Related Requirements
            • CFP Crowdfunding Platform Operators Module
          • Reporting Requirements
    • 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 7: Ancillary Service Providers
  4. Part A
  5. Business Standards
  6. OB Open Banking Module
  7. OB-2 Operating Rules
  8. OB-2.2 Standards for Authentication and Communication
  9. Secure authentication
  10. OB-2.2.1
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  • Dec 01 2018 - Jun 30 2021
  • Jul 01 2021
‹ Secure authentication OB-2.2.2 ›

OB-2.2.1

AISPs and PISPs must have in place a 2-factor authentication process to prevent unauthorised access.

(a) [This sub-paragraph was deleted in July 2021];
(b) [This sub-paragraph was deleted in July 2021];
(c) [This sub-paragraph was deleted in July 2021].
Amended: July 2021
Added: December 2018
‹ Secure authentication OB-2.2.2 ›

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