An exclusive forum bringing top banking and finance professionals, leaders in technology and fintech innovators together to debate the expansion of Open Banking in the UAE & MENA and the opportunities it will bring for customers and clients, for banks and financial institutions and for widening inclusion and improving economies.

Open Banking – We are living during a time where the day-to-day routines of banking and making payments are changing before our eyes at an increasingly frequent rate. Whereas just a few years back, withdrawing cash, exchanging currency, paying into your accounts or settling your bills were carried out at specific locations and by long-standing, time-consuming processes, such as writing cheques, we now think nothing of making payments, transfers and purchases at any location or time of day using our smartphones.

This great convenience and utility that we now take for granted can only have happened as a result of determined collaboration between key parties including banks, technology companies, fintech businesses and regulators. The moves made to cooperate for the wider good are a commendable show of collective partnership that is equally matched by the imagination, innovation and ambition for improvement in our regional financial services markets.

The GSS and MEA Finance, Open Banking and Beyond Summit 2024, will gather national and regional leaders in Banking, Finance and Technology for lively and highly topical panel debates about what is driving Open Banking, the opportunities it is providing in the UAE and MENA, the advent of Banking As A Service and Embedded Finance, the trends that are forming and the shape of the tasks ahead to future-proof your business.

WHAT TO EXPECT

  • More than 100 banking, technology and fintech leaders in a debating arena format attracting the spectrum of interested professionals.
  • Come to learn the latest developments and innovations and insightful overviews from key leaders in the world of Open Banking.
  • Valuable engagement and networking opportunities for you and your company with the sector’s decision makers.

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST TO ATTEND NOW!

Open Banking Summit 2024 Speakers

 

EVENT AGENDA



  • 3:00pm - 3:30pm Arrivals & Registration
  • 3:30pm - 3:40pm Welcome speech - Jamal Saleh, Director General, UAE Banks Federation
  • 3:40pm - 4:00pm Keynote Thematic Address - Suhail Bin Tarraf, Group COO, FAB
  • 4:00pm - 4:45pm Panel 1: Open banking opportunities in the UAE & MENA
    With parts more economically buoyant than the wider world, a collective “can-do” philosophy, increasing sophistication of financial markets and positive demographics, our region is ripe for the implementation of Open Banking. What opportunities are on the horizon for Open Banking in the region? How will opportunities arise and how can they be worked by banks and financial technology providers to the benefit their businesses and the wider public?
    Moderator: Alaa AlRousan, Senior Account Director, Swift
    Panelists:
    Mahmoud Abu Ebeid, Co-founder & CEO, GSS Group
    Jan Pilbauer, CEO, Al Etihad Payments
    Saud Al Dhawyani, CPO, Emirates NBD
    Anshu Sharma Raja, Chief Transformation Technology Operations Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
    Sandeep Dhawan, Regional Head of Product, JP Morgan


  • 4:45pm - 5:15pm Tea / Coffee Break
  • 5:15pm - 6:00pm Panel 2: Beyond Open Banking: BaaS, Embedded Finance, Fintech Partnerships
    Baas, Embedded Finance and Fintech Partnerships are all well-known, day-to-day services and activities brought to existence Open Banking. How will these services grow and mature? Will “super-apps” become more prevalent in our market? How will AI affect the open bankingecosystem and what is in the future for partnerships between banks, technology providers and fintechs in our region?
    Moderator: Saleem Ahmed, COO, GSS Group
    Panelists:
    Ramana Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Magnati
    Hasan Al Fardan, Chief Executive Officer, Al Fardan Group
    Sampath S., Acting Group CTO, First Abu Dhabi Bank
    Mohammed Wassim Khayata, Chief Executive Officer, Al Maryah Community Bank
    TK Raman, Chief Executive Officer, Finance House
    Hisham Hammoud, Chief Executive Officer, Aafaq Islamic Finance


  • 6:00pm - 6:45pm Panel 3: Open Banking Technology & Customer Experience
    What is the current status of Open Banking in our region? What has Open Banking actually achieved for the UAE and MENA? In terms of usage options and product innovation, has it reached its limits or is there more to come in what it might do for customers, clients banks and economies? Can all concerned sector players - banks, fintechs, regulators etc. keep pace with the quickly evolving landscape as AI becomes a bigger part of the market?
    Moderator: Michael R. Hartmann, Head of Open Banking & Open Finance, ADCB
    Panelists:
    Biju Suresh Babu, Managing Director, Banking & Financial Services, Fiorano
    Gauttam Dutta, MD & Head - Global Cash Product Management & Innovation, First Abu Dhabi Bank
    Abdulla Mashaal, Head of Open Banking, Emirates NBD
    Ayman Al Qudsi, Chief Information Officer, United Arab Bank
    Mike Nagavalli, Managing Director Head of Channels And Innovation, First Abu Dhabi Bank
    Mohamad Najmeddine, Head of Digital Banking and API, Middle East Central, Asia and Africa, Citi
    Thomas Cherian, Chief Information Officer, Commercial Bank of Dubai


  • 6:45pm Networking
  • 7:15pm Dinner

REGISTRATION FORM

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PARTNERS

 

  • Jumeirah Al Salam
  • Emirates