Dana Al Khalifa

Bahrain Finance Correspondent, Gulf Business Review

Dana Al Khalifa covers Bahrain's financial-services economy, regulation and fintech, distinguishing the kingdom's domestic market from the regional business booked through Manama.

The beat is reported from official statistics, regulator publications, company filings and named institutional research. Forecasts, commitments and completed outcomes are labelled separately.

Dana's Bahrain coverage keeps domestic financial activity separate from regional business booked through Manama. That distinction matters in banking, payments and fintech, where a company can serve a wide Gulf market while the local employment, licensing or balance-sheet effect remains much narrower.

Her regulation work follows the same principle of precision. Licensing, consultation, rule changes and commercial adoption are treated as different stages, with regulator material used to establish what a financial-services company is actually permitted or required to do.