A regional fintech hub connecting startups with banks, regulators, and investors across the Gulf.
- Location:
- Remote
- Equity:
- Equity-free
Eligibility
- Eligible stages
- All stages
- Countries
- Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval
How to apply
- 1
Watch the acceleration page for the next programme
Bahrain FinTech Bay runs partner-sponsored cohorts and challenges rather than one standing intake. Each is listed on bahrainfintechbay.com/acceleration with its year and status, either Completed or Applications Closed.
- 2
Open that programme's own page
Every programme has its own page, for example bahrainfintechbay.com/nbb-innovation-programme, and that page is where the eligibility rules, the timeline and the application route are published. The acceleration index page itself carries no form.
- 3
Apply inside the published window
Windows are short and dated. The NBB Innovation Programme, the most recent listed, took applications from 8 October to 4 December 2025, ran selection from 7 to 11 December 2025, onboarded from 28 to 31 December 2025 and ran for three weeks in January 2026 with a demo day on 2 February 2026.
- 4
Ask BFB directly when no window is open
The programme pages publish info@bahrainfintechbay.com and bahrainfintechbay.com/contact-us for enquiries, which is the only route while every listed programme shows applications closed.