On the 23rd of November 2022, MEA Finance Magazine partnered with Swift and UAE Banks Federation to host a powerful panel of industry leaders at our roundtable -The Journey Towards Frictionless Cross-Border Payments.
Held at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Dubai, a highly insightful, lively and enjoyable debate ensued with all participants adding valuable contributions.
Our panelists include:
- Hafid Oubrik, Director Payment Systems Operations and Development, Central Bank of The UAE
- Jamal Saleh, Managing Director, UAE Banks Federation
- Bhupesh Sharma, Head of Transaction Banking, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
- Ana Rita Sa, Lead – Product Management, ADCB
- Afzal Khanani, Head of Retail Operations, ADIB – Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
- Jayesh Patel, CEO, Wio Bank
- Kapil A., Head – Correspondents & Banking Relations, Al Ansari Exchange
- Faisal Alhijawi, Chief Strategy & Development Officer, Buna (The Arab Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement Organization)
- Stuart Keenan, Vice President, Receivables Product Head for MENA, Citi
- Hamayoun Khan, Head of Transaction Banking, Commercial Bank of Dubai
- Faisal Saeed, Head Retail Liabilities & Transaction Banking, Emirates NBD
- Finali Fernando, Regional Head of Product – Global Payments Solutions, HSBC Bank Middle East
- Viplav Rathore, Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank
- Sanjay Rakesh, Head – Corporate Banking and Shared Services Operations, Zand
- Osama Al Rahma, Head of Business Development, Emirates Investment Bank pjsc
- Maha Salem, Senior Vice President, Head of Payment Sales, Middle East and Africa, Wells Fargo
- Rajiv Raipancholia, CEO, Orient Exchange Co. (L.L.C)
- Sanjay Sethi, Senior Managing Director, Head of GTB, First Abu Dhabi Bank
- Jacob Pinto, Cross border Payments and Currency Clearing Lead, HSBC Bank
- Gautam Dutta, MD & Head – Cash Product Management & Innovation, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
- Zameer A. Punjabi, Vice President, Product Owner – Payments & Remittance, Mashreq Bank
