AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoFintech: Bahrain’s Fintech Forward forum closed with more than 60 agreements and announcements and over 2,900 participants, highlighting the kingdom’s push to grow its financial technology sector. Regional Trade: Bahrain and Pakistan agreed to deepen trade and investment ties, with a $1 billion bilateral trade target over three years; Bahrain also pledged to speed up work on a Pakistan-GCC free trade pact. Maritime Security: Panama condemned an attack on its-flagged vessel One Peace, which was travelling from Sitrah, Bahrain, to Fujairah. Twelve crew members were injured; the projectile’s origin remains unknown. Human Trafficking: Bahrain retained Tier 1 status in the US State Department’s trafficking report for the ninth consecutive year, the only GCC country at that level. Digital Payments: MPs are urging safeguards against misuse of BenefitPay requests, after complaints that blocked users were sending repeated, sometimes abusive, payment demands.
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