Finance Reimagined: Challenging the Old Order 2023 | Economist Impact events | 10 October 2023 | Exhibition World Bahrain, Block 1062، Road 6204، Sakhir, Bahrain

The financial world rarely remains static, but with new technologies leapfrogging traditional Western systems, intensifying global economic pressures and new players attempting to disrupt some long-established markets, keeping pace with evolving changes seems more crucial than ever. It is time to reimagine what the global financial landscape could soon look like.
Throughout the day leaders across finance will gather to gain insights, discuss strategies and debate the challenges—and opportunities—that disruptors could bring to their businesses.
Key topics include:
• The future trajectory for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). What are the opportunities, challenges and potential impact of these transformative (or perhaps not so transformative) forms of digital money?
• The future of finance. What role will central banks play in this and how financial systems are evolving in various forms across global economies.
• Discussions around India’s Unified Payments Interface to Brazil’s instant-payment platforms and the superapps that dominate parts of Asia. Will traditional Western systems be undercut by new providers that have taken hold across the world?
• The landscape across the Middle East and the opportunities and challenges for foreign investment and companies looking to put down roots
• The power of data in the hands of new market entrants and how financial service providers will need to adapt to remain competitive.

2023 Speakers

Joshua Roberts
Capital Markets Correspondent, The Economist

Elemi Atigolo
Co-founder, Finley Al

Naveen Mallela Global
Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by JP Morgan

Zein Malhas
CEO, Blink

Alex Hoffmann
Cofounder and co-ceo, PagBrasil

Tom Greenwood
CEO, Volt

2023 Sponsors

• EDB Bahrain