The consolidated balance sheet of the banking system in Bahrain, comprising full commercial banks (FCBs), offshore banking units (OBUs), and investment banks (IBs), went up by $2.8 billion at the end of last month to hit $165.7 billion compared with $162.9 billion end-June.
The Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) in its monthly statistics said that the assets of OBUs increased to $137 billion at end of July from $134.1 billion at June-end.
