Digital Bank & Innovators Conference

Last year's Global Finance Digital Bank & Innovators Conference received praise from delegates and sponsors for a day of uniquely informed presentations on the current state and future of digital banking in the Middle East, while the select gathering provided unique opportunities to share best practise. Building on this success, Global Finance has assembled bellweather banks, flagship fintechs, industry experts, technology titans and leading local corporates to offer the latest status of digital banking in the Middle East. Delegates can expect to leave with the intelligence needed for informed decisions on their digital transformation strategies.

Fintech in the Middle East is a $2 billion market - with dozens of new companies launching each year. While this is an impressive improvement - it is still modest compared to other parts of the world. So what needs to happen to take fintechs beyond the frontier stage?

While Islamic Finance is growing at around twice the pace of its conventional counterparts it has been slower to modernize. Digital banking presents opportunities to provide millennial Muslims with ethical products via cutting edge technologies. It also provides Islamic banks with the tools to increase consumer satisfaction, retain and attract new customers and create new and lucrative revenue streams.

With around 300 million people under 24, the Middle East has a real opportunity to become a digital first region. If traditional banks can’t meet the demands of this tech savvy, younger population there are plenty of newcomers that will provide services to help make and receive payments, take out loans and buy insurance policies faster and with greater convenience.

The Global Finance Digital Banks & Innovators Conference 2019 will look at digital opportunities and how banks can utilize technology to help mitigate many of the region’s biggest challenges and, by doing so, keep pace with the changing finance demands of a youthful population.

Discover how to make the best use of your data and how to develop value-added artificial intelligence services. Learn how the latest payments innovations can help meet customer needs and learn what the regulators are doing to help or hinder by listening to our expert speakers and take the opportunity to network with the region’s leading digital innovators. With 300+ senior level executives from banks, fintechs, technology and business consultancies, government bodies and funding organizations in attendance take the opportunity to connect and be inspired by your peers either during panel discussions, networking breaks or via live demos that will be on show throughout the day.