(GCC Day)
Open Banking has the potential to significantly reshape the financial services landscape and Is making considerable inroads in the GCC region lately with governments and regulatory authorities embracing the journey to shape the future of financial markets, increase collaboration between banks and fintech and drive innovation.
Specifically, within GCC, Bahrain is leading the way for Open Banking, with the country being the first to draft regulations around the platform two years ago. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia closely follows Bahrain, in terms of acceptance towards the platform and is currently aiming to reach overall market implementation by the first half of 2022.
With Open Banking carrying the potential for enabling banking-as-a-service and move out of its traditional role of a lender, the need of the hour is to use technology mindfully and understand the benefits and challenges towards its implementation.
As the region is still exploring the potential of open banking, there is a dire need to educate, discuss and bring together all the key stakeholders in the open banking ecosystem in a focused platform to deliberate upon the opportunities and risks.
Keeping this in mind, Series A of the Open banking Summit will be hosted on 21 June 2021 with the spotlight on the opportunities and threats it holds for the GCC countries. Series B of the Summit casts the focus on the Saudi Arabian market as SAMA plans to go live with the open banking initiative in the first half of 2022, bringing important discussions to the fore from local stakeholders and enabling the path for disruption across its banking & financial sector.
Listen to the banking regulators from the various GCC countries under one roof to hear first-hand about upcoming regulations and mandates for open banking
Hear from the banking leadership of GCC’s largest & most digitally optimized banks on being technologically ready to embrace & leverage the trend, and gain first-mover advanatge
Meet best-in-class international and regional solution providers including consultancies, cloud providers, API providers, payment service providers among others
Learn from case-studies of open banking implementation in the UK, rest of Europe & Singapore – trends observed, what worked and did not and key learnings
An interactive virtual event focusing on GCC’s path to open banking revolution
Chief Executive Officer,
Commercial Bank of Dubai
Chief Executive Officer - Middle East
Standard Chartered Bank
Chief Executive Officer,
Zand
Ecosystem Development Director,
Open Data Implementation Entity
Chief Information Officer,
Emirates NBD
Senior Executive Vice President, Group Head of Technology, Transformation & Information,
Mashreq Bank
Chairman,
Bahrain Association of Banks
Chief Executive Officer,
Oman Banks Association
Executive Director – Investment Origination,
Bahrain Economic Development Board
Founder & Secretary General,
Egyptian Fintech Association;
Vice President,
Africa Fintech Network
Senior Vice President & Head of Multi-channel Banking,
Emirates NBD
Economic Development Advisor, Head of MEA,
The Fintech Times & Fintech Power 50
Director – Open Banking,
HSBC Group
Head of Digital.
Banque Saudi Fransi
Correspondent,
CNBC
An interactive virtual event focusing on GCC’s path to open banking revolution
Welcome Address by the Organiser
Keynote Address
Ecosystem Development Director,
Open Banking Implementation Entity
Critical Discussion
Founder & Secretary General, Egyptian Fintech Association;
Vice President, Africa Fintech Network
Chairman,
Bahrain Association of Banks
Chief Executive Officer,
Oman Banks Association
Executive Director – Investment Origination,
Bahrain Economic Development Board
Exclusive CEOs Panel
Correspondent,
CNBC
Chief Executive Officer,
Commercial Bank of Dubai
Chief Executive Officer,
Zand
Chief Executive Officer – Middle East (x-UAE), Standard Chartered Bank;
Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Capital Saudi Arabia
Exclusive Interview
Economic Development Advisor, Head of MEA,
The Fintech Times & Fintech Power 50
Chief Information Officer,
Emirates NBD
Panel
Founder & Secretary General, Egyptian Fintech Association;
Vice President, Africa Fintech Network
Senior Executive Vice President, Group Head of Transformations, Technology & Information,
Mashreq Bank
Director – Open Banking,
HSBC Group
Head of Group Digital,
Banque Saudi Fransi
Senior Vice President, Head of Multi-channel Banking,
Emirates NBD
Closing remarks by Conference Chairman
EMEA Director FS Industry and Strategy Transformation,
Oracle
The shift to open banking in Saudi Arabia could open the market to many fintech services, fierce competition among financial institutions and increased user choices. Some of the key discussions for the day include:
Welcome Address by the Organiser
C-level Panel
Correspondent,
CNBC
Managing Director & Group General Manager,
The Saudi British Bank
Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director,
Standard Chartered Bank Saudi Arabia
Ecosystem Development Director,
Open Data Implementation Entity
Exclusive Interview with a Global bank
Former Vice President – Marketing & Communications,
Noor Bank
Global Head – Cloud & DevOps,
Standard Chartered Bank
Panel
Chief Retail Banking Officer,
Al Masraf Bank
Chief Digital Officer,
Riyad Bank
Chief Strategy & Digital Officer,
Banque Saudi Fransi
Global Head -Banks Research, Co-Head, FinTech Theme Group, Head – MENA Research,
Citi
Fireside Chat
Economic Development Advisor, Head of MEA,
The Fintech Times & Fintech Power 50
Senior Vice President & Head of Innovation Centre,
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Closing remarks & Close of Open Banking Revolution KSA Summit
EMEA Director FS Industry and Strategy Transformation,
Oracle
A highly interactive virtual event focusing on GCC’s path to open banking revolution
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David Johns has worked for 10 years in line roles to Procurement Director and 20 years in Management Consulting with KPMG and PwC. Working as a Consultant David has delivered a number of major technology enabled transformation programs in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia with a focus on Procurement, SCM and Finance. David joined Oracle in 2019 where he supports customers to design and implement Procurement and ERP Solutions.
David Johns has worked for 10 years in line roles to Procurement Director and 20 years in Management Consulting with KPMG and PwC. Working as a Consultant David has delivered a number of major technology enabled transformation programs in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia with a focus on Procurement, SCM and Finance. David joined Oracle in 2019 where he supports customers to design and implement Procurement and ERP Solutions.