Founded in 1971, the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) is owned by the general public and the government of Bahrain. BBK announced profits of BD40m ($106.1m) for H1 2019, an increase of 15 percent over the previous year. The bank’s total assets at the end of June 2019 reached BD3.959bn ($10.5bn) compared to BD3.581bn ($9.5bn) the previous year, registering an increase of 10.5 percent.