FinTech Forward 2025 (FF25), the region’s premier strategic financial technology event, today announced that seven firms have joined as Silver Sponsors. The diverse line-up underscores the event’s broad appeal, bringing together regional leaders and global innovators committed to shaping the future of financial services across the Middle East.

The sponsors include:

• Ajyad Capital, a CBB-licensed Islamic Investment Business Firm offering global Sharia-compliant investment management, alternative investments, and brokerage services.
• Bede is a dynamic FinTech app transforming Bahrain’s lending landscape with easy and instant personal Islamic microfinance solutions delivered through its mobile application.
• Citibank Bahrain, a regional pillar of Citigroup’s global network, focusing on Corporate & Investment Banking and Islamic Banking, and operates the Citi Global Technology Hub for developing digital solutions and creating high-value tech jobs.
• Flooss, a CBB-licensed FinTech platform specialising in instant, digital, and Sharia-compliant personal financing via its app, also featuring popular Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions.
• Global Processing Services (GPS), a Mastercard and Visa-certified payments processor supporting over 180 clients globally with a flexible, scalable transaction management platform.
• STC Pay Bahrain, a CBB-licensed digital wallet and fintech platform providing secure on-the-go payment solutions and money management services, including local and international money transfers and bill payments.
• Tanami Capital, a CBB licensed Bahrain-based global private market investment platform.

Now in its third edition, FinTech Forward, hosted by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), will take place on October 8th and 9th, 2025, at Exhibition World Bahrain (EWB). The two-day event is expected to draw over 1,500 attendees and feature 40 prominent speakers from 30 nations, including top global regulators, financial strategists, and FinTech pioneers. Serving as the Gulf region’s defining FinTech gathering, FF25 is positioned as a vital forum for sharing industry insights, cultivating powerful strategic alliances, and accelerating the digital integration that is rapidly reshaping the future of global finance.

This year’s theme, “The Era of Integration: The Maturing Age of FinTech” highlights the industry’s shift from early-stage disruption to deep synergy and sustained cooperation. FF25 will spotlight how startups and veteran financial players can integrate their strengths to ensure lasting prosperity, advance financial inclusion, and collaboratively chart the next course for regional finance.  Discussions will cover embedded finance, evolving regulatory frameworks, and strategies for advancing regional economic diversification.