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巴林Mumtalakat控股公司(巴林王国主权财富基金Mumtalakat)和ARP Group 宣布于2026年11月1日合作成立AI-native和区块链带动的总部位于巴林的批发银行。 该企业得到巴林中央银行的原则批准，只有在获得最后授权后才能开始管制活动。
该公告是在Gateway Gulf 2026的外围发布。 拟议的银行旨在支持其银行业务需要为区域和国际范围的机构客户，Mumtalakat 称风险投资公司将其长期投资办法与退休协会在机构融资和数字金融基础设施方面的经验结合起来。
目标客户端和操作设计
银行的客户范围包括受监管的金融机构、支付公司和跨国界经营的企业。 合作伙伴称的目标是为需求跨越多种市场和货币的客户提供更简单的银行服务，同时降低为客户服务的复杂性和成本。
根据公告，该银行的设计将人工智能置于其整个业务中，通过API直接连接客户系统的可编程服务。 人类监督、治理和风险控制将支持这些服务，产品将通过与潜在客户的接触分阶段推出。
风险背后的合作伙伴
Muntalakat是根据2006年第64号皇家法令于2006年6月29日成立的，根据基金的公司治理网页，巴林工商部注册为一家关闭的巴林股份公司。 其成员由巴林经济发展委员会主席任命。
ARP集团是ARP Global Capital和ARP Digital的控股公司。 根据公告，ARP Digital由Yusuf Alireza与Abdulla和Abdulaziz Kanoo共同创立；ARP Digital在其网站上将兄弟们描述为来自海合会135岁的Kanoo集团的第五代双胞胎。
根据ARP Digital的网站，ARP Digital公司被巴林中央银行授予资本市场-晶体资产服务提供商(Cat3)的执照，该网站上显示加拿大金融交易和报告分析中心(FINTRAC)与该执照。 其产品线包括：转换，一个全天候运作的机构性场外数字资产流动服务台，其双边结算方式为无纸币或稳定币；发送，涵盖汇款、走廊结算以及有纸币和无纸币流动；接收，一个将数字资产转换成无纸币的收款和付款产品，以结算客户的银行账户。 公司称每名客户除了API和仪表板工具外，还被指派一个有直通电话和WhatsApp访问的命名关系管理器。
公司报告处理量超过35亿美元，客户基础超过450个，4个或更多延长许可证，2025年4x量增长，99.99%的平台运行时间，支持10多种货币。 它描述转换是海合会中唯一有CBB许可证的此类办公桌。
Alireza是ARP全球资本公司的创始人、首席投资官和首席执行官。 在成立ARP之前，他于2012年至2016年担任亚洲商品交易公司Noble Group的首席执行官，此前他在纽约，伦敦和香港的高盛公司工作了20年，在那里他最终管理了该公司的亚太销售，贸易和投资企业，之后他成为了该地区的联席主席并成为其全球管理委员会的成员，根据ARP全球资本的领导页面。 该公司表示，他于2004年成为高盛历史上的第一个阿拉伯合作伙伴，也是他于2011年加入的全球管理委员会中唯一一个获得晋升的阿拉伯合作伙伴。
根据阿里雷扎的ARP数字传记，他担任ARP Digital的非执行主席，并担任巴林经济发展委员会的董事会成员，该传记将ARP全球资本描述为全球排名最高的多资产对冲基金，并以2025年欧洲赫奇奖授予Discretary Macro类别。
执行声明
称金融服务公司首席执行官Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa长期以来一直是巴林经济的基石，而该基金作为王国主权财富基金的作用是投资于加强该部门竞争力和支持其持续发展的机会。 称伙伴关系带来是一个经验丰富的机构团队，与巴林完备的监管和商业环境并存，投资体现了通过支持战略部门、为巴林人才创造高质量机会以及与巴林王国经济增长相关的可持续回报对巴林的长期价值的承诺。
具有复杂跨界需求的Alireza 称机构客户仍然面临分散的银行服务。 称先生说，“我们看到有机会将受监管的银行资产负债表和机构关系与区块链技术以及设计成其运作模式相结合，从而使这些客户更有效地服务。 他补充说，巴林既有的金融部门和管理经验为这一投资提供了坚实的基础，而且与Mumtalakat一起，退休协会的目标是在海湾和国际市场建立一个支持客户的银行。
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Partnerships
Bahrain’s Mumtalakat, ARP Group Unveil AI-Driven Wholesale Bank Venture
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Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat), the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and ARP Group announced on November 1, 2026, a partnership to establish an AI-native and blockchain-enabled wholesale bank headquartered in Bahrain. The venture holds in-principle approval from the Central Bank of Bahrain and will begin regulated activities only after securing final authorisation.
The announcement was made on the sidelines of Gateway Gulf 2026. The proposed bank is meant to support institutional clients whose banking needs are regional and international in scope, and Mumtalakat said the venture pairs its long-term investment approach with ARP’s experience in institutional finance and digital financial infrastructure.
Target Clients and Operating Design
The bank’s intended clientele spans regulated financial institutions, payment companies, and businesses operating across borders. The partners said the goal is to make banking simpler for clients whose needs extend across multiple markets and currencies, with technology lowering the complexity and cost of serving them.
According to the announcement, the bank’s design places artificial intelligence across its operations, with programmable services that connect directly into clients’ systems through APIs. Human oversight, governance, and risk controls would support those services, and products would be rolled out in phases shaped by engagement with prospective clients.
The Partners Behind the Venture
Mumtalakat was established on June 29, 2006, under Royal Decree No. 64 of 2006, and is registered with Bahrain’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce as a closed Bahrain Shareholding Company, according to the fund’s corporate governance page. Its board members are appointed by the chairman of the Bahrain Economic Development Board.
ARP Group is the holding company of ARP Global Capital and ARP Digital. According to the announcement, ARP Digital was co-founded by Yusuf Alireza alongside Abdulla and Abdulaziz Kanoo; ARP Digital describes the brothers on its website as fifth-generation twins from the GCC’s 135-year-old Kanoo Group.
ARP Digital is licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain as a Capital Market-Crypto Assets Service Provider (Cat3), according to ARP Digital’s website, which displays the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) alongside that license. Its product line includes Convert, an institutional over-the-counter digital asset liquidity desk operating around the clock with bilateral settlement in fiat or stablecoin; Send, covering remittance, corridor settlement, and on-ramp and off-ramp flows; and Receive, a collections and payouts product that converts digital assets to fiat for settlement to a client’s bank account. The company says every client is assigned a named relationship manager with direct phone and WhatsApp access, in addition to API and dashboard tools.
The company reports more than $3.5 billion in volume processed, a client base above 450, four or more extended licenses, 4x volume growth in 2025, 99.99% platform uptime, and support for more than 10 currencies. It describes Convert as the only CBB-licensed desk of its kind in the GCC.
Alireza is founder, chief investment officer, and chief executive officer of ARP Global Capital. Before establishing ARP, he was chief executive of Asian commodity trading firm Noble Group from 2012 to 2016, after 20 years at Goldman Sachs in New York, London, and Hong Kong, where he ultimately managed the firm’s Asia Pacific sales, trading, and investing businesses before becoming co-president for the region and a member of its Global Management Committee, according to ARP Global Capital’s leadership page. The firm states that he became the first Arab partner in Goldman Sachs’ history in 2004 and the only Arab promoted to its Global Management Committee, which he joined in 2011.
He serves as non-executive chairman of ARP Digital and as a board member at Bahrain’s Economic Development Board, according to Alireza’s ARP Digital biography, which describes ARP Global Capital as a multi-asset hedge fund ranked in the top quartile globally and recognized with a EuroHedge Awards 2025 award in the Discretionary Macro category.
Executive Statements
Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, chief executive officer of Mumtalakat, said financial services have long been a cornerstone of Bahrain’s economy and that the fund’s role, as the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, is to invest in opportunities that strengthen the sector’s competitiveness and support its continued evolution. He said the partnership brings together an experienced institutional team with Bahrain’s well-established regulatory and business environment, and that the investment reflects a commitment to long-term value for Bahrain through support for strategic sectors, the creation of high-quality opportunities for Bahraini talent, and sustainable returns tied to the Kingdom’s economic growth.
Alireza said institutional clients with complex cross-border needs still face fragmented banking services. “We see an opportunity to combine a regulated bank’s balance sheet and institutional relationships with blockchain enabled technology and AI designed into its operating model from the outset, making these clients more efficient to serve,” he said. He added that Bahrain’s established financial sector and regulatory experience provide a strong foundation for the venture and that, together with Mumtalakat, ARP aims to build a bank supporting clients across the Gulf and international markets.
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