KFH backs Fraud ‘Be Alert’ campaign

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Kuwait Finance House – Bahrain announced its silver sponsorship of the national fraud awareness campaign launched by the Bahrain Association of Banks.

The campaign aims to spread awareness on combating fraudulent activities and containing their spread amongst members of the community and financial services users, by communicating messages under the #Be_Alert hashtag across social media platforms. The national fraud awareness campaign will shed light on electronic fraud operations by broadcasting awareness messages such as videos, photos, text messages through various channels, including radio and television, to all banking services users in Bahrain.

Commenting, Abdulhakeem AlKhayyat, the Managing Director and CEO at KFH - Bahrain, said: “The national campaign aims to provide a detailed explanation of the latest methods of financial fraud and piracy, as well as a guide including all the measures to be followed to avoid being a victim of such operations, and how to act when suspecting an exposure to the fraud case, in several languages such as English, Arabic and more.”

“This campaign will contribute towards placing the Kingdom of Bahrain at a leading position in the financial sector among other countries in the region, which goes in line with the Economic Vision 2030” he added.

Dr Waheed Al Qassim, the CEO of the Bahrain Association of Banks, explained that the campaign is directed primarily towards bank customers, citizens and residents, and even institutions, to promote their awareness on how to protect their financial accounts and privacy, and to prevent fraudsters from stealing their data and money. This campaign is in partnership with the Central Bank of Bahrain, General Directorate of Anti-corruption and Economic and Electric Security at the Ministry of Interior, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Bahrain bourse, Albilad newspaper and some members of the Association from financial and banking institutions.