Benefit, a fintech innovator and electronic financial transaction services provider, has confirmed its participation as a gold sponsor, and ATME, the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB)-licensed digital assets exchange has joined as a silver sponsor for the upcoming edition of Fintech Forward 2025 (FF25).
The third edition of Fintech Forward will take place next week at Exhibition World Bahrain (EWB).
Hosted by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (Bahrain EDB), this year’s forum will offer a dynamic platform to showcase innovation, foster collaboration, and explore emerging opportunities across the regional and global fintech landscape.
As a gold sponsor, Benefit continues to demonstrate its leadership in shaping Bahrain’s digital economy.
Over the years, Benefit has played a pivotal role in modernising the kingdom’s payments infrastructure, driving financial inclusion, and introducing innovative solutions that make transactions more secure, seamless, and accessible.
Its achievements include pioneering Bahrain’s National Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS), advancing open banking services, and developing digital products that strengthen the country’s competitive edge as a fintech hub.
Most recently, Benefit announced that the company recorded a total volume of around 242.7 million transactions, representing a value of BD18.2 billion in electronic financial transactions in the first half of 2025, an 11 per cent increase when compared to the same period in the previous year.
ATME has been at the forefront of digital asset development in Bahrain and launched the kingdom’s first tokenised real-world assets (RWAs) with gold-backed tokens.
ATME was officially launched at Fintech Forward 2024 intending to democratise access to previously illiquid assets through ownership fractionalisation, while creating new financing channels for businesses by reducing barriers to entry and streamlining the capital-raising process.
Bahrain’s financial services sector continues to be a cornerstone of its diversified economy, serving as the largest contributor to GDP and benefiting from an agile regulatory environment alongside a fintech-ready ecosystem with a future-proofed workforce that enables growth and innovation.
Fintech Forward 2025 will build on this foundation by convening fintech experts, financial firms, governments, and regulators from around the world to share insights and explore the future of financial innovation, policy and infrastructure.
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