National e-Identification System (NIS)

Governing entity

NA

Status of implementation

Pilot

Legally binding redress mechanism

NA

URL

NA

Last Updated

01/10/24

Claim digital ID

YES

ID or Civil Registry Act

NA

Regulation for digital ID

NO

Identity act codifies legal status

NO

Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management

NO

Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents

NO

Terms of data storage and sharing available

NO

National Data Protection Act exists

NO

Data leak disclosure process exists

NO

Data handling terms exist

NO

Uses biometrics

NA

Enables authentication

NA

Enables KYC

NA

Enables authentication via government portal

NA

Two or more sectoral use cases enabled

NA

Sand Dollar (CBDC)

Payment system type

CBDC

Status of implementation

Pilot

Operator

Central bank

National or Regional

National

Annual value of transactions (USD)

2023- almost 0.2% of BHD in circulation

Annual volume of transactions

2023- >100 K wallets

Cost of transactions

NA

Participants

NA

Types of transactions supported

P2P P2M

Type of settlement system

NA

URL

https://www.sanddollar.bs

Last Updated

26/06/25

Active real-time payment system

YES

Cross-border payments

NA

QR code transactions

NA

Bank participation

NA

Non-bank participation

NA

Interoperability policy

NA

Participation rules

NA

Data-handling rules

NA

Reporting forum

NA

AML Law

NA

Base technical architecture

NA

Status of implementation

Pilot

Governing Entity

NA

Coordination unit

Department of Transformation and Digitization

National or Regional

NA

Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral

NA

Permitted participants

NA

Ownership

Public

URL

https://www.iadb.org

Last Updated

01/10/24

Semantic interoperability

NA

Real-time sharing

NA

Scalable architecture

NA

Auditable

NA

Procedural rules for data mgmt

NA

Enrolment and participation information

NA

Used by more than one public entity

NA

Impact metrics

NA