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Speaker session in progress at the Middle East Banking Innovation Summit 2016

Dubai gears up for Middle East's top banking summit

DUBAI, August 27, 2017

The seventh Annual Middle East Banking Innovation Summit, with Mada by Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority as lead sponsor, is less than a month away.

Organised by global conference producers, Expotrade, the two-day event will be held from  September 18-19 at Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa.

Over the past few years, the role of technology in the banking and financial (BFSI) industry has transformed. This industry has embraced technology such as blockchain, bitcoin, and biometric to build its operations, develop a suite of products and services and enhance its customer experience. The summit will focus on the best practices and emerging trends influencing this industry, with over 40 international and regional banking experts delivering engaging sessions and participating in interactive panel discussions at the summit.

Bruno Ferreira, managing director, Alior Bank S.A., Poland will open the summit with a presentation on Beyond digital: what will convince customers to bank with you in the next few years. Taking the discussion further on customer interactions will be Simon Thompson, global head of Digital Commerce, HSBC and Peter Smith, senior vice president, CEO, Nordea Kredit. While Simon will deliver a presentation on the Emergence of a Data Driven Bank – Reinventing Customer Relationships on day 1 of the summit; Peter’s session will focus on Innovate Your Bank to a Customer-Focused Enterprise.

Across two days, the summit will cover over 15 topics including five panel-led discussions. Topics focusing on the role of the CIO as an innovation driver; innovation in retail banking; importance of blockchain for digital transactions; customer-focused to customer-centric approach in banks and cyber security will be panel discussions led by subject matter experts.

Sanjay Khanna, chief information officer, Rakbank; Sanjeev Mulay, CIO, First Gulf Bank; Nitin Bhargava, CTO - Head of Business Technology, Mashreq; Tariq Alusaimi, CDO/CIO, National Bank of Kuwait; Dr. Joseph George, Head of IT (Information Systems & Technology), National Bank of Fujairah and Bruno Ferreira, Managing Director, Alior Bank S.A., Poland will participate in the panel discussion on the role of the CIO as an innovation driver.

The blockchain panel discussion will witness industry leaders Rashed Al Blooshi, chief executive officer, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX); Brian Meenagh, Partner, Latham & Watkins; Zubair Ahmed, senior vice president, head of IT & Business Innovation, Emirates Islamic Bank and Ramana Kumar, managing director and head of GTB Business and Product Management, NBAD participate in an engaging discussion.

Over 20 companies have already extended support to the summit. Backbase, Nucleus Software, Comarch, Dorsum, MDSap, Appian, Olympic Banking System, intellect, ApPello, Delphix, WaveTech, SoftTech, Xpress Money, CA Technologies, Red Hat, Finesse and Emerico are some of the companies that are participating at the summit. - TradeArabia News Service
 




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