Qatar Fintech Summit - Banking on the Future Fintech 2021 | White Paper Summits LLC | 24 August 2021 | Virtual Event

Qatar Fintech Summit is the definitive meeting place facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue with power packed networking opportunities among C-Level executives, leading industry experts, decision makers, policy makers and government officials from across the value chain to foster collaboration, discuss current challenges, business opportunities, develop market strategies, share knowledge and identify solutions aimed at shaping the future of Fintech.

The financial industry with its banking activities, is one of the key sectors of Qatar's Economy. Fintech holds considerable opportunities for economic diversification and is one of the four pillars of Qatar’s National Vision 2030. The Islamic Fintech sector in Qatar is on track to grow at a CAGR of 19.6% and is expected to be worth billions by 2025.

Ongoing social distancing and other precautionary requirements have forced traditional financial institutions, especially in the MENA region, to hasten the implementation of their digital transformation plans, with customers and businesses demonstrating a heightened level of engagement with Fintech.

Accelerated digitization, with banks embracing new Fintech strategies have enabled them to develop products and services that meet existing and ever-changing customer and regulatory requirements, overcome current market challenges, while building resilient systems and enhancing operational efficiencies. Fintech solutions will have to play an ongoing role in the economic recovery, while accelerating the emergence of an inclusive, robust and innovative financial services industry.

Stay up to date with the latest topics shaping the Fintech landscape. The cutting-edge agenda at Qatar Fintech Summit will explore trends driving innovation, optimization and improvement across the industry from financial inclusion, digital transformation, retail banking, customer experience, Islamic banking, insuretech, blockchain, cyber security, regtech and more.

2021 Speakers

Waleed Ali
Digital Government Specialist, Ministry of Transport and Communications

Sholthana Begum
Special Adviser - Innovation and RegTech, Bank of England

Alan Ainsworth
Head of Policy, Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE)

Herve Tourpe
Chief Digital Advisor, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Jeremy K. Balkin
Managing Director, Global Head of FinTech and Innovation for Wholesale Payments, JP Morgan

Ronit Ghose
Global Sector Head for Banks Research, Co-Head of the FinTech Group and Head of MENA Research, Citi

Suleiman Barada
Senior Advisor & Head of UABdigital, Union of Arab Banks

Hamid Rashid
Founder, FINTERRA

Imran Chowdhury
Global Data Protection Officer, Al Jazeera Media Network

Dr. R. Seetharaman
Chief Executive Officer, Doha Bank

Shyam Mohan
Vice President, Fintechs and Enablers, Mastercard

Helie D’Hautefort
CEO, FOOTPAY by RCS

Linoy Kidd
CIO Markets Security Services, HSBC

Safarudheen Farook
Co-Founder and CEO, Spendwisor

Alex Mashinsky
Founder and CEO, Celsius

Najma Sultana
Chief Information and Security Officer, Veem Inc.