BAHRAIN: Batelco Financial Services, a subsidiary of Batelco, has been granted a full operating license by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). Batelco is the first telecom company in the GCC to have received licenses for open banking (Account Information Service Provider, Payment Information Service Provider), as well as payment service provider and card processor,…
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Bahrain Telecom repays its $650 million bond due on 1st May 2020 and $450 million term loan
MANAMA, BAHRAIN: Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) has repaid in full US$ 473 million of the outstanding senior unsecured bond issued by a subsidiary company and due on 1st May 2020. The US$ 650 million bond was issued in 2013, with US$ 177 million subsequently repurchased and redeemed. The US$ 473 million repayment was mainly funded…