Central Bank of Bahrain

E91631

central bank financial regulatory authority monetary authority

The Central Bank of Bahrain is the kingdom’s primary financial regulator and monetary authority, overseeing banking, insurance, and capital markets from its headquarters in Manama.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Central Bank of Bahrain canonical	12
مصرف البحرين المركزي	2
Central Bank of Bahrain Law	1
Central Bank of Bahrain headquarters	1
central bank of Bahrain	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T763174 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Bank of Bahrain
Context triple: [Manama, isSeatOf, Central Bank of Bahrain]

A. Central Bank of Kuwait
The Central Bank of Kuwait is the country’s monetary authority responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and formulating monetary policy.
B. Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates is the country’s primary monetary authority, responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and formulating monetary and financial stability policies.
C. Central Bank of Iran
The Central Bank of Iran is the country’s primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, regulating the banking system, and implementing monetary policy.
D. Central Bank of Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt is the country's primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and regulating the banking sector.
E. Central Bank of Tunisia
The Central Bank of Tunisia is the country’s primary monetary authority, responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and overseeing the stability of Tunisia’s financial system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Bank of Bahrain
Target entity description: The Central Bank of Bahrain is the kingdom’s primary financial regulator and monetary authority, overseeing banking, insurance, and capital markets from its headquarters in Manama.

A. Central Bank of Kuwait
The Central Bank of Kuwait is the country’s monetary authority responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and formulating monetary policy.
B. Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates is the country’s primary monetary authority, responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and formulating monetary and financial stability policies.
C. Central Bank of Iran
The Central Bank of Iran is the country’s primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, regulating the banking system, and implementing monetary policy.
D. Central Bank of Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt is the country's primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and regulating the banking sector.
E. Central Bank of Tunisia
The Central Bank of Tunisia is the country’s primary monetary authority, responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and overseeing the stability of Tunisia’s financial system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central bank ⓘ financial regulatory authority ⓘ monetary authority ⓘ
abbreviation	CBB ⓘ
capitalCityOfJurisdiction	Manama ⓘ
country	Bahrain ⓘ
governs	Bahrain’s banking regulatory framework ⓘ Bahrain’s capital market rules ⓘ Bahrain’s insurance regulatory framework ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.cbb.gov.bh/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Manama ⓘ
implements	monetary policy in Bahrain ⓘ
issues	banking licenses in Bahrain ⓘ capital market licenses in Bahrain ⓘ insurance licenses in Bahrain ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kingdom of Bahrain ⓘ linked to: Bahrain
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ
legalForm	public institution ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
maintains	financial stability in Bahrain ⓘ
oversees	payment systems in Bahrain ⓘ
partOf	Government of Bahrain ⓘ
regionServed	Middle East ⓘ
regulatesSector	banking ⓘ capital markets ⓘ financial services ⓘ insurance ⓘ investment business ⓘ
responsibleFor	consumer protection in financial services in Bahrain ⓘ enforcement of financial regulations in Bahrain ⓘ licensing of financial institutions in Bahrain ⓘ
role	banker to the Government of Bahrain ⓘ issuer of national currency of Bahrain ⓘ monetary policy authority of Bahrain ⓘ primary financial regulator of Bahrain ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
sets	prudential regulations for financial institutions in Bahrain ⓘ regulatory framework for Islamic finance in Bahrain ⓘ
supervises	Islamic banks in Bahrain ⓘ capital market intermediaries in Bahrain ⓘ insurance companies in Bahrain ⓘ investment firms in Bahrain ⓘ retail banks in Bahrain ⓘ wholesale banks in Bahrain ⓘ
typeOfRegulation	macroprudential regulation ⓘ microprudential supervision ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manama → isSeatOf → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

Bahrain Bourse → supervisedBy → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

Bahraini dinar → centralBank → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

Bahraini dinar → monetaryAuthority → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

Bahraini dinar → hasBanknotesIssuedBy → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

Bahraini dinar → hasCoinsIssuedBy → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

Bahraini dinar → monetaryPolicyManagedBy → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

Government of Bahrain → oversees → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

CBB → fullName → Central Bank of Bahrain ⓘ

CBB → governedBy → Central Bank of Bahrain Law ⓘ