Benefit is the dominant card-based payment method in Bahrain.
Cash has historically been the dominant payment method in Bahrain, followed by cards.
Of the 1.5 million issued cards, 70% are debit. All debit cards are branded with the local scheme BENEFIT, a payment method used for both online and in-store. Recently, BENEFIT added a wallet solution called BenefitPay.
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2,000,000
Bahraini dinar
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