Spearheading Digital Innovation and Cross-border Payments: the Arab CBDC Conference 2021 | Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) | 7 October 2021 | Virtual
Venue
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| Event Date |
Thu Oct 7 BST (about 3 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Thu Oct 7 10:00am - Thu Oct 7 3:00pm |
| Location | Virtual |
| Region | EMEA |
Details
Changes in global trade trends and the decline of cash-dominated economies have bolstered the digitalisation of money and payments across the Arab world. However, payment and market infrastructures remain fragmented, making intraregional integration across wholesale and retail payments vital to supporting innovation and economic growth.
OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute and the Arab Monetary Fund are convening the ‘Spearheading digital innovation and cross-border payments: The Arab CBDC conference’. Key points of discussion will include national retail payment strategies and the unbundling of banking services, CBDC developments in the region, innovations in cross-border interbank payments and the crypto asset landscape.
This regional conference comes after the inaugural DMI symposium in April. The symposium brought together 115 central banks from across the world with over 2,000 attendees. The DMI is now the world’s leading independent platform for convening central banks on CBDCs, digital payments, distributed ledger technology and related digital finance topics.
Speakers
2021 Speakers
KEYNOTE:
Al Hamidy
Director General Chairman of the Board, Arab Monetary Fund
PANELISTS:
Rami Abul Naga
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Egypt
Panelist animation
Alexandre Mouradian Vice Governor, Banque du Liban
Yasmeen Murtadha Al Sharaf
Director of Fintech and Innovation, Central Bank of Bahrain
Bader Al Aghbari
Vice President, Central Bank of Oman
Habib Attia
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Arab Monetary Fund
Bernard Ferran
General Manager, Euroclear
Maha Bahou
Chief Executive Officer, Jordan Payments & Clearing Company
Wolfram Seidemann
Chief Executive Officer, Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Mehdi Manaa
Chief Executive Officer, Buna
Phantom Seokgu Yun
Chief Executive Officer, Sovereign Wallet Network
Naveen Mallela
Global Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by JP Morgan
Koji Fusa
Chief Executive Officer, GVE