MEA Finance Banking Technology Summit 2024 | MEA Finance | 8 May 2024 | TBA, Dubai, UAE

Keeping Pace with Innovation in Banking and Finance. The pinnacle annual forum featuring trailblazing financial technology innovators engaging in lively debate with senior banking and finance leaders, all focused on the latest developments in AI, digitisation and the emerging technology powered trends in the region’s financial markets.

The success creating partnership of Technology and Finance keeps our region buoyant in the face of the wider world challenges.

Though the rises in inflation and interest rates are easing, they are still higher than for a generation, but our region remains hopeful and largely resilient to the challenges the world will continue to face in 2024. The regional banking and finance sectors perform healthily, even robustly in places. Much of this strength and growth can be credited to the incredible innovations that are adding services, broadening markets, creating efficiencies and new revenue opportunities, all brought into daily life by technology.

The vital role that technology has in the regional financial markets is now a given, but the questions that now need to be answered are yet to be addressed:
• What roles will AI serve and what effects might it have on the banking and finance sectors, its customers and personnel?
• How can payments, domestic and cross-border be further enhanced or tailored by the application of technology?
• How will the imperatives of CX drive innovation in banking?
These are just a sample of the questions and challenges set to be tackled and assisted by financial technology.

This Summit will once again gather regional leaders in Banking, Finance and Technology will apply their unique knowledge and foresight in a series of lively and highly topical panel debates. The Summit discussions will focus upon the changes technology will bring, the trends that are leading them and the shape of the tasks ahead, needed to establish future-proofed banks.

Following the summit, we will then present our 2024 Annual Banking Technology Awards, recognising the commendable achievements of banks and technology businesses for their delivery of smarter banking solutions and for their ability to drive real growth in an increasingly competitive regional market.

What to expect:
• Up to 500 regional banking and technology leaders and an event format attracting the entire spectrum of interested professionals including regulators, technology companies, start-ups, fintechs, innovators and other stakeholders from the value chains
• Solid networking and engagement opportunities for your company with key decision makers to directly tell them about your company’s solutions to today’s most pressing industry issues
• Exposure to the regional banking fraternity with your brand visibility in the exhibition area during networking breaks and via participation in panel discussions and keynote presentations
• Opportunity to be recognised and acknowledged by the market as a bank, a technology business or fintech company at the forefront of digital transformation and AI at the MEA Finance Banking Technology Awards.

Categories:

Financial Institutions:
• Digital Banking Innovation of the Year
• Best Digital Innovation in Islamic Banking of the Year
• Best Neobank
• Best Cybersecurity and Risk Management Implementation
• Best Core Banking Technology Implementation
• Best Islamic Banking System Implementation
• Best Data Management
• Best Analytics System
• Best Mobile Banking Services
• Most Innovative Emerging Technology Implementation
• Best Cloud Implementation
• Best Innovation in User Experience
• Best Innovation in Retail Banking
• Best Innovation in Corporate Banking and Finance
• Best Innovation in Investment Banking
• Best Innovation in Trade Finance
• Best Regulation Technology Solution
• Most Innovative Trading Platform
• Best AML/KYC Solution
• Best FinTech Solutions Implementation
• Best Islamic Fintech Solutions Implementation
• Best AI Technology Implementation
• Best Open Banking & API Implementation
• Best Branch Digitisation Implementation
• Best Corporate Payment Service
• Best Risk & Compliance Implementation
• Best Retail Payment Implementation
• Best Treasury Management Implementation
• Tech Leadership Awards

Technology Vendors:
• Digital Banking Provider of the Year
• Islamic Digital Banking Provider of the Year
• Best Cybersecurity Provider
• Best Core Banking Solutions Provider
• Best User Experience Solution Provider
• Best Data Management Solution Provider
• Best Risk Management Solutions Provider
• Best Analytics Solution Provider
• Most Innovative Cloud Services Provider
• Most Innovative Mobile Banking App
• Best RegTech Solutions Provider
• Best Trading Infrastructure Provider
• Best AML/KYC Solution Provider
• Best Communications Infrastructure Provider
• Best Open Banking & API Solutions Provider
• Most Innovative Payment Solutions Provider
• Best Wealth and Investment Technology Provider
• Most Innovative Digital Wallet Deployment
• Best Digital Transformation Consultancy Firm
• Tech CEO of the Year

2023 Past Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Jamal Saleh
Director General, UAE Banks Federation

SPEAKERS:

Abhijeet Singh Hazare
Director - Banking & Capital Markets, Azentio

Adam Woolford
CTO, Zand

Ali Imran
COO, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Amith Rajan
Executive Vice President, Head, Advance Analytics (CIBG & IBG) & Data, Mashreq

Anand Krishnan
Director, Head of Technology, Emirates Investment Bank

2024 Sponsors and Partners

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Global Software Solutions
• Swift

SILVER SPONSORS:
• DiXiO
• Mastercard

LUNCH SPONSOR:
• Adria

AWARDS RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Backbase

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Finesse
• NBF
• Virtuzone