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INNOVATION IN BANKING
& FINANCIAL SERVICES
The Game Changers in GCC’s Fintech Space
Virtual Event
Platinum Partner
AI and Analytics Partner
ABOUT THE VIRTUAL EVENT
The banking sector globally has been thoroughly disrupted in the past decade with the pandemic accelerating trends that have already been put into motion. The heightened emphasis on delivering seamless customer experience & efficiency, especially as the world has almost completely switched to digital since the start of Covid-19, has fast tracked innovations in the financial services’ sector, leading to fundamental transformations across the banking business.
The entry and dominance by bigtechs such as Amazon, Google, Alibaba and other fintechs and payment gateways in the financial services’ sector, and their ability to rapidly grab increasing market share in a space predominantly occupied by banks, is a clear depiction of the importance of offering seamless and tailored customer experience.
However, the big banks still hold unique positions of advantage – namely the vast repertoire of customer data they possess and even more importantly, the trust customers’ have placed on these institutions from long-term transactions.
Collaborating and combining the obvious strengths of the incumbents and fintechs is the way forward, if both stakeholders wish to emerge as winners. Not only will the union spur massive innovations, competitive product offerings for customers & new opportunities for the fintechs, but it will unleash untraversed business opportunities for banks as they evolve into digital ecosystems or third-party providers, thereby forcing to re-imagine & revisit the fundamental purpose of being a bank.
Are You Ready For Digitalisation You Can Bank On To Innovate
Key Areas of Discussion
Platformisation of banks to develop into ecosystems / marketplaces
Cybersecurity to counter emerging highly evolved financial threats
AI
in retail banking
in retail banking
Cloud solutions for the banking & fintech sector
Agile digital transformation and delivery via DevOps
Emerging threats from payment platforms and bigtechs
Collaborations between incumbents and fintechs for optimising customer experience
Developments in GCC’s digital payments’ landscape
Open banking – Enabling seamless customer experience while fostering innovation and competition
Listen to global innovation leaders on trends reshaping the finance sector
IBFS 2021 Speakers
Dinesh Sharma
Head of Consumer Bank Middle East,
Citi
Citi
Subroto Som
Senior Executive Vice President - Head of Retail Banking Group,
Mashreq Bank
Mashreq Bank
Maged Fanous
Group Chief Risk Officer,
Boubyan Bank
Boubyan Bank
Burak Kircali
Principal Business Solutions Manager, Business Value Engineering,
SAS, EMEA
SAS, EMEA
Steve Monaghan
General Partner,
Fin.Mirai
Fin.Mirai
Sridhar Iyer
Head of NEO (Digital Bank) and Liability Products,
Mashreq Bank
Mashreq Bank
Ezzeldin Hussein
Manager - Solutions Engineering,
VMware
VMware
Mohamed Roushdy
Founder,
Fintech Bazaar
Fintech Bazaar
Hisham Mohammed
Chief Information Security Officer,
Emirates NBD Egypt
Emirates NBD Egypt
Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Regional Chief Information Security Officer and Managing Director,
Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Nour Al Ali
Breaking News Editor,
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Abdullah Biary
Chief Information Security Officer,
United Cooperative Assurance
United Cooperative Assurance
Dan Murphy
Correspondent & Anchor,
CNBC
CNBC
Taymour Narch
Senior Systems Engineer,
VMware
VMware
Shino Thomas
Senior Vice President – Transformations Group,
National Bank of Oman
National Bank of Oman
Paolo Barbesino
Senior Vice President, Head of Multichannel Banking,
Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD
Andy McKechnie
Chief Retail Banking Officer,
Al Masraf
Al Masraf
Ahmed Al Sayed Al Refaei
Chief Operating Officer,
Al Masraf -Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade
Al Masraf -Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade
Nameer Khan
Chairman,
MENA Fintech Association
MENA Fintech Association
Sudhanshu Sawlani
Head of Robotics & Intelligent Automation,
ING Wholesale Banking
ING Wholesale Banking
WHO ATTENDS OUR ACCELERATE NOW BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES SERIES
Key Stakeholders:
Banks
Financial institutions (FIs)
Non-banking financial companies (NBFC)
Fintechs
Regulators
Regulatory Sandboxes & Fintech Accelerators
API Providers
Cloud providers
Cybersecurity firms
Paytechs
IT Infrastructure, Marketplaces & Platform Providers
AI-based Tech Providers
Blockchain based Tech Providers
Banking as a Platform consultants
Digital Transformation & Agile delivery Consultants
Other Solution Providers
Delegates’ Job titles
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Innovation/ Technology /Digital Officer
- Chief Information/Data Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- Head of Retail Banking
- Head of Strategy
- Head of Digital Transformation
- Head of IT & Infrastructure
- Head of Risk Management
- Head of Customer Experience/Engagement
Why Attend IBFS 2022?
Adapt & innovate to lead in the changing times – Explore new business models, revenue streams and potential collaborations to successfully navigate the dynamic banking & financial sector.
Hear from the regulatory change agents leading the innovation storm, especially in GCC’s payments’ and open banking landscape.
Learn how to revise your business strategy around optimizing customer experience.
Listen to risk consultants discuss about protecting customer data & privacy as its shared between banks and TPPs.
Find out about the technologies & solutions revolutionizing the GCC’s banking & financial sector.
Meet and network with best-in-class international and regional solution providers including consultancies, cloud providers, API providers, payment service providers amongst others.
Agenda
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
10:00 – 10:10: Welcome Address by the Organizer
10:15 – 10:30: Opening Keynote Address:
Advancing GCC’s fintech ecosystem – Becoming hot-beds of innovation
- Progressive & conducive regulations by GCC central banks to drive the development & growth of the region’s fintech sector
- Fostering innovations & rapid adoptions via sandboxes and innovation labs
- Keeping pace with a super-fast world to capitalize on the emerging opportunities
10:35 - 10:50: The race to becoming a digital bank
- A look at the frontrunners in GCC’s digital & open banking landscape, and its impact on the customer journey and business
- A look into how the regulatory mandates are spurring growth and fostering innovation of the sector
- Digital transformation of GCC banks - Open banking, cloud platforms, contactless payments’ and digital retail platforms? Check.
10:55 – 11:10: Keynote Address:
The Game-Changers – Shaping the Future of Finance
- Re-imagining customer experience by viewing customers as strategic stakeholders
- Achieving complete digital transformation, ensuring agile operations and evolving constantly to stay relevant in a dynamic sector prone to constant innovations
- Staying ahead of the game through mutual collaborations between incumbents and challenger banks to deliver competitive offerings
11:15 – 11:50: Exclusive CEO Panel
The banking business model for the new age
11:55 – 12:30: Exclusive Interviews with the New Giants on the Block
Enter the Big-techs – Grabbing an ever-increasing share of the pie
- The vision, strategy & business model
- Addressing customers’ inherent concerns of financial stability and consumer protection when dealing with non-bank financial players
- The way forward: Strategic partnerships and collaborations with the incumbents
Disrupting banking: Yet again, customer is king
- Why neobanks? Benefits and risks for the customer
- Driving profitability while growing customer base
- Has the fully-digital challenger banks boomed during the pandemic which almost entirely switched customers to digital platforms. How has the neo bank business model fared during the pandemic?
12:35 – 13:10: Is the GCC’s payment landscape at an inflection point?
- Barriers to mass adoption of e-payments in the Middle Eastern countries; Role of the regulator in driving penetration
- Is BNPL’s (Buy-Now-Pay Later) disruption of the payments’ business yet another success story of effectively catering to an evolving customer base, keeping convenience, transparency, and easy access to service at the fore?
- A connected cross-border payment ecosystem: Enabling real-time payment settlement across the region via Project Aber, the Buna payment platform and the AFAQ system
13:15 – 13:25: Closing remarks by the Organizer
*please note there is a gap of 5 minutes from one session to the next in the agenda for dedicated Q&A.
**please note this is a working agenda and is subject to change due to last minute cancellations
**please note this is a working agenda and is subject to change due to last minute cancellations
TESTIMONIALS
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Don’t take our word for it… Here’s what our attendees have to say after attending our sessions
It was a fruitful webinar, an amazing inspiring introductory session by Mr
Mattone. Great overview on how public sector finance transformation’s current performing and future planning. Importance of digitalizing finance functions. Case studies/stories from public sector finance leaders adds more value to the discussion.
A valuable session with comprehensive deliverables. and most recent solutions
The webinar was very informative, and speakers have vast exposure, so their explanations are well.
“Excellent”
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