October 5, Manama (BNA): SINNAD, a BENEFIT Company subsidiary and a CBB-licensed ancillary service provider for card processing and payment, and SICO BSC (c), a prominent regional asset manager, broker, and investment bank with operations in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, have announced their involvement as gold sponsors of FinTech Forward 2025 (FF 25), the region’s premier strategic financial technology event.
SICO, SINNAD join FinTech Forward 2025 as gold sponsors
The forum, organized by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), will be held at Exhibition World Bahrain (EWB) on October 8 and 9, 2025. More than 1,500 delegates and 40 well-known speakers from 30 countries, including international financial experts, regulators, and business executives, will be present at the event. Being the premier FinTech forum in the area, FF25 offers a crucial forum for knowledge sharing, establishing business alliances, and quickening the technological revolution that is revolutionizing the global financial industry.
SICO BSC (c) keeps pushing for the digitalization of capital markets and growing its clientele in the Middle East and North Africa. SICO recently included national eKYC services into its SICO LIVE brokerage platform, providing smooth digital client onboarding as part of its ongoing efforts to improve its whole array of services. For the sixth year in a row, the company was voted the Best Investment Bank in Bahrain at the Global Finance World’s Best Investment Banks 2025 Awards, demonstrating its leadership in promoting regional market development.
Leading Middle Eastern and African provider of digital payments and card processing, SINNAD is renowned for providing reliable, superior, and moral financial technology solutions. By outsourcing card issuance, ATM, and merchant acquisition services, SINNAD’s best-in-class systems and expertise allow banks to expand profitably and efficiently while lowering operating risks and expenses and guaranteeing scalability and flexibility.
A topic for this year’s event is “The Era of Integration: The Maturing Age of FinTech.” This topic captures the pivotal shift in the sector from early disruption to close cooperation. In order to promote sustainable growth, attain financial inclusion, and shape the future of finance in the region, FF25 will concentrate on the ways in which creative entrepreneurs and well-established financial institutions may collaborate.
