Bahrain, as many of you may already know, is best known for its success in banking and finance, an industry whose global reach and, indeed, penetration into every household, would not have been possible without information technology.
In short, information technology has had, and continues to have, a profound impact on the way we, as individuals, live and work, on the economies of countries and on the world. While we all welcome and embrace technological innovation, the acceleration in technology also brings with it newer challenges for financial services regulators, such as the Central Bank of Bahrain.