On 26th November 2024, MEA Finance, in partnership with Swift, held the Leaders in Banking Technology and Payments Summit, Egypt, 2024. Taking place at the Renaissance Cairo Mirage City Hotel, the event, attended by over 250 leader top executives from Egypt’s banking sector, hosted lively and enthusiastic panel discussions covering the key topics in this regionally important financial technology market.
Event Agenda:
| 9:20am – 9:30am Welcome Note: Marianne Demarchi, Chief Executive Europe, Middle East & Africa, Swift | |||
| 09:30am – 10:15am Panel 1: G20 Targets and Industry Tactics: Building a Complete Picture for Cross-Border Payments | |||
| Onur Ozan – moderator | Managing Director / Regional Head – MENAT, Caucasus & Central Asia | Swift | |
| Sherif Zaki | Director, Country Head of Global Payments Solutions | HSBC | |
| Soha Ali | Executive Director & Senior Country Representative – Head of FI Group Egypt & North Africa | JP Morgan | |
| Ossama El Naggar | Group Head – Global Transaction Banking | Banque Du Caire | |
| Marianne Demarchi | Chief Executive Europe, Middle East & Africa | Swift | |
| 10:15am – 11:00am Panel 2: Breaking Barriers: Elevating Customer Experience in Banking and Payments | |||
| Mennat Barakat – moderator | Consulting Director | PwC Middle East | |
| Nisreen Matarweh | Country Director | Swift | |
| Ghadeer Ewaida | Head of Treasury Services | Misr Digital Innovation | |
| Heba Hisham | Global Solutions Sales – Egypt & Jordan | Citi | |
| Samar Galal | Head of Cash Management | Attijariwafa Bank – Egypt | |
| Tushar Gaur | Vice President, MEA Sales & BD | Mindgate Solutions | |
| 11:30am – 12:10pm Reaching Beyond Accounts: In conversation with Thunes | |||
| Cem Soydemir – moderator | Head of Payments Go-To-Market, MEA | Swift | |
| Shaheen Budhrani | Strategy Partnerships Director | Thunes | |
| 12:10pm – 12:55pm Panel 3: New Payments Horizons in Egypt – Empowering Payment Ecosystem with Technology | |||
| Nisreen Matarweh – moderator | Country Director | Swift | |
| Rania Khera | Head of Incoming Transfers | QNB – Egypt | |
| Mohamed Shawky | Deputy GM, Commercial | Egyptian Banks Company | |
| Amr Soliman | Founder & Executive Chairman | eVision 360 | |
| Mohamed Fouad | Head of Centralised Operations | Emirates NBD | |
