Banking News – CFTE (Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship) has announced its partnership with Bahrain FinTech Bay, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed during Fintech Forward 2026.

The shared ambition of the partnership is to help finance professionals in Bahrain build the expertise, judgement, and confidence to shape the industry’s future.

CFTE stated that it believes technology creates possibilities, and people turn them into better decisions, stronger judgements, and new opportunities.

Combining CFTE’s global experience in capability building with Bahrain FinTech Bay’s connections across Bahrain’s fintech ecosystem, the two organizations will explore joint initiatives spanning practical case studies, research, and course content aimed at bringing industry knowledge closer to the people who can put it into practice.

Piotr Kurzepa, Head of CFTE Middle East, and Vaani Kaushik, Programme Manager for AI and Digital Transformation Corporate Training, joined Bahrain FinTech Bay to mark the partnership.

CFTE stated that it looks forward to building on this collaboration and supporting the people driving Bahrain’s next chapter of financial innovation.