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EVENT REPORT
DIFC
At a Glance
DIFC FinTech Week, a thought-leadership-driven,
business-focused summit that deep dived into
the latest challenges and technology trends in
the Middle East’s financial services sector.

DIFC Fintech Week set the standard for financial

innovation in the region by connecting global
fintech experts, technology innovators and
startups with pre-qualified CFOs, CEOs, CTOs,
Heads of Business Transformation, Chief Digital
Officers, Heads of Innovation and fintech
investors across the Middle East.

The summit featured exciting keynotes,

enterprise use-case presentations, product
showcase, panel discussions and tech talks
to discuss the latest challenges for the sector
arising from the pandemic situation.

Headline statistics

3000+ 85+ 26+ 35+ 30+ 40+

Attendees Speakers Sessions Sponsors and Media and Journalists
Exhibitors Association Partners
*Total footfall across two days
 Event Insights

Top 10 Sectors Represented

Top Technologies Requested

4% 3%
Customer Experience Biometric Security Systems

5% 15%
Venture Robotics & Robo-advisors Blockchain Technology
Financial Banking Investment
Capital &
Services Management
Private Equity 5%
Cloud Computing
& Security
14%
6% Data &
Digital Only/Neo Banks Analytics

7%
Insurance Accounting FinTech Operational
Excellence

7% 12%
Open API
Digital Payment
Platforms
8%
Education
Risk and Fraud/
8% 8%
Real Estate Blockchain Compliance AI/ML/RPA
Management
management Cyber
Security
 Event Insights
Timeframe to Source Solutions

10% 36% 36% 18%

0 - 3 months 3 - 6 months 6 - 12 months Above 12 months

Budget to Source Solutions

39%
Decision Making Authority

18%
15% 16%
US$ 200K - US$ 500K

35% 43% 22%

US$ 50K - US$ 200K

US$ 500K - US$ 1M

US$ 1M and above

12%
US$ 10K - US$ 50K

I refer and influence One of the final Final

the decision decision makers decision maker
10-50 50-200 200-500 500-1M 1M
 DAY-1

Opening Keynote BY

The conference kickstarted with an opening keynote by H.E. Essa Kazim.

He gave an overview of how financial services are becoming more efficient,
competitive and decentralized and further also spoke on how the next
H.E. Essa phase of fintech and innovation are set to define the financial service
Kazim landscape for decades to come.
Governor,
DIFC

With the support of strong leadership citizens, residents and businesses

operating here difc is embracing innovation and continues creating new
opportunities that will increase the financial sectors contribution to the
economy.”

Keynote Presentation
H.E.
In his keynote address, H.E. Hammad Bu Amim addresses the following topics:
Hammad
the innovators’ dilemma, banks and large organisations adopting incremental
innovation and cosmetic innovation, innovation in culture, big and small
Bu Amim
President & CEO,
players in fintech, digital technologies and innovations, e-commerce, cyber Dubai Chamber
security, and digital companies, as well as waves of start-ups beginning in of Commerce
Dubai that are bringing highly advanced technology and solutions to the
markets in the domains of fintech and artificial intelligence.

Looking at the UAEs federal level, the UAE Digital Economic strategies
aims to double the contribution of digital economy and the GDP from less
than 10% currently to almost 20% in the next 10 years as the government
is coming up with number of initiatives & programmes targeting different
sectors within the economy under the digital economy strategy.”
 Fireside Chat

Technology & ESG

Speaker:

Arshad Ghafur
President – MENA,
Bank of America

MODERATOR:

Salmaan Jaffery
Chief Business
Development, Officer,
DIFC

The talk started with a discussion of the recommendations for digital and innovative
technological aspect of fintech, the role technology projects that BOA makes for its clients. These
plays for Bank of America, the GDP growth that recommendations covered cloud computing,
is driven by innovation, what their clients and which is expanding at previously unheard-of
consumers desire, its technological infrastructure, rates, cloud-based solutions, digital marketing, an
ESG component, and other related topics. increasing number of digital solutions, flexible work
arrangements, and augmented and virtual reality,
In addition, Mr. Arshad discussed the which would be the most basic.
 Panel Discussion

Decrypting the crypto regulatory landscape

Panelists:

Henri Arsalanian
Managing Partner,
Nine Blocks, Capital
Management

René Michau
Global Head of
Digital Assets,
Standard Chartered

Peter Smith
Managing Director –
Policy & Strategy, DFSA

Muneer Khan
Partner, Simmons &
Simmons

MODERATOR:

Alexia Hefti
The panel discussed Mapping Global Regulatory reason, official consultations, informal dialogues,
Executive Chairman,
Advances, as well as establishing clear regulatory and striking the proper balance between promoting Abed Ventures
boundaries and identifying potential risks and innovation and ensuring consumer safety. They
challenges. also shed light on topics like how crypto and digital
assets work, consumer protection, use cases for
They talked about the rules governing investment blockchain and crypto, digital banknotes and the
tokens, how Dubai and the UAE have maintained influence that the cryptocurrency industry’s size,
an open door to business throughout the past scalability, and growth would have on us.
challenging years, leading to a non-regulatory
 Tech Talk

Enabling digital payments for customers

In his tech lecture, Mr. Imtiyaz highlighted Amazon payment services,
processing payments, instalments, risk management modules, data
Mohamed reporting, etc. as well as the issues that start-ups face, such as access
Imtiyaz to enterprise-grade technology, establishing trust, a variety of payment
Head of Business options you want to provide clients, and access to industry insights.
Development,
Amazon Payment
Services Looking at the UAEs federal level, the UAE digital economic strategies aims
to double the contribution of digital economy and the gdp from less than
10% currently to almost 20% in the next 10 yrs as the govt is coming up with
no. Of initiatives & progs targetting differrnt sectors within the economy
under the digital economy strategy.”

Keynote Presentation

Views from CZ on crypto market Chanpeng

Mr. Chanpeng Zhao addressed the crowd on the subject of decentralising Zhao
France’s future. He discussed some recent developments in the Defi market and CEO, Binance
his predictions for its future market organisation. He also expresses his opinion,
claiming that in order to scale the Defi, there would need to be a combination
of new players, existing players, and fresh capital, and that any institutions who
do not implement cutting-edge technologies will be at a huge disadvantage.

I also think that in the next 5-10 years Defi could be bigger than Cefi
and thats why we are making heavy investments in this area.”
 Panel Discussion

Collaborations for a Greener world Fintech actors taking the lead

Panelists:

Bryan Stirewalt
Sr. Managing Director,
K2Integrity

Nameer Khan
Chairman, MENA Fintech
Association

Sufiyan Al Issa
Regional Head of
Operations International
Finance Corporation (IFC)

Lisa Nyman
Senior Director,
Digital Partnerships,
Fintech & Ventures, Visa

MODERATOR:

The panelists shared their knowledge on how fintechs fintechs, progressive approach towards sustainability,
are positioned to mobilize capital for ESG projects the importance of Fintech CSG credentials, Federica Piazza
Regional Head of
and climate change, how financial services are partnership with fintech partners, financial trainings Regulatory Affairs,
becoming more transparent and integrated into & literacy, and how fintechs are different from larger American Express
everything we do, frameworks of educating the financial institutions in terms of risk and opportunity.
 Fireside Chat

Every company can become a fintech company

Speaker:

Alain Bejjani
CEO,
Majid Al Futtaim

MODERATOR:

Mirna Sleiman
Founder & CEO,
Fintech Galaxy

The conversation began with a discussion on how have changed over time, generating usable
retail business is evolving globally, with people currencies, bringing another dimension to the
demanding less intermediation, businesses banking industry, using the eco system, and
continuing to evolve, and how to serve customers discussing embedded finance and banking
in a more seamless manner. relationships, the challenges of the digital economy,
and concluded by addressing the youth in such a
He also gave his ideas on how financial services competitive market.
 Panel Discussion

The role of VCs in fostering the Fintech and Digital Asset Ecosystem

Panelists:

Rabih Khoury
Managing Partner & Chief
Exit Officer, Middle East
Venture Partners

Sharif Elbadawi
CEO, Dubai Future
District Fund

Faisal Belhoul
Chairman, The Latest
Ventures

Ravishankar G V
Managing Director,
Sequoia Capital

MODERATOR:

The panelists in this session discussed their opinions which industries are booming, what trends should Philip Bahoshy
CEO, MAGNiTT
on how VCs might help the Fintech and Digital Asset entrepreneurs and investors be aware of, how much
Ecosystem grow. money is being used, and where is it going. Fintech
having a higher market investability than other
They shared insights on issues such as Global VC industries due to its allure and easy-to-understand
Trends in 2022 and Investors’ Perspective: How is economics.
the digital world evolving, where is money going,
 Panel Discussion

BNPL Evolution – An Innovation

Panelists:

ABDULMAJEED
ALSUKHAN
CEO, Tamara

Hosam Arab
CEO, Tabby

Srinath Hariharan
Head of Product
Management (Payments),
Amazon Payment
Services

MODERATOR:

Karl Tlais
Strategic Advisor &
Founder, iAdvisory

The panelists began by addressing the future of establishing category-specific value propositions
BNPL globally. The topic of the discussion was “BNPL as the preferred payment option What will the
Evolution - An Innovation.” allowing for constructive acceptance of BNPL be among different industries,
rivalry between closed-loop and open-loop systems businesses, and customers.
 Fireside Chat

Fintech fuel for E-commerce growth

Speaker:

Faraz Khalid
CEO, Noon

MODERATOR:

Rachel Pether
Sr. Advisor, Skybridge
Capital

Mr. Faraz Khalid shed some light on how fintech smart phones, e-commerce, supply-side issues,
drives the expansion of e-commerce during external partnerships, internal innovations, consumer
this fireside talk. He discussed the adoption of acquisition, and a variety of payment methods.
 Panel Discussion

Digital payments are moving fast. What’s now and what’s next?

Panelists:

Olivier Crespin
Co-Founder & CEO,
Zand

Hisham Al Falih
CEO & Co-founder,
Lean Tech

Arshad Khan
CEO, Yoshi Markets
Limited

Anubhav Sharma
Head of Business
Development & Marketing,
NPCI International

MODERATOR:

The experts in this discussion panel expressed their They discussed the importance of service providers Alex Baghdjian
Partner & Co-Founder,
perspectives on how quickly digital payments are managing their balance sheets, cash flows, and Funday
developing. What has happened so far and what consumer expectations as well as how individuals
will happen next. They discussed if a sustainable are trying to make ends meet in nations like the US
business strategy for buy now, pay later could be and the UK and buying food with credit cards there
developed. and how crypto and payments are converging.
 Panel Discussion

The Metaverse, Web3, and the Inevitability of NFTs

Panelists:

Amrita Sethi
First NFT Artist in the
Middle East, Creator of
SoundBYTEs(c)

Dr. Marwan
Al Zarouni
CEO,
Dubai Blockchain Centre

Nadeem Ladki
Executive Director – Business
Development & Strategic
Partnerships, Binance

Basil Al Askari
Co-Founder & CEO,
Midchains

MODERATOR:
The most anticipated panel discussion focused experiences, the current state of the industry,
on The Metaverse, Web3, and the Inevitability of where the metaverse stands today, how Web Jawad Ashraf
NFTs. The speakers discussed what the metaverse 3.0 is emerging as a new participant in the open CEO & Co-Founder,
Virtua
means to them and how it relates to their respective financial environment, and how NFTs are likely to
fields of expertise, the interactive virtual reality alter the fintech landscape.
 DAY-2

Opening Keynote

He spoke about how fintech is advancing faster than ever before in this
post pandemic world. He stated that 5 years ago DIFC launched the first
fintech acceleration program and how the development of DIFC innovation
Arif hub is in the top 15 global hubs with a community of more than 500 clients.
Amiri Arif Amlri spoke about the new phase of fintech adoptions, technology
CEO, DIFC such as blockchain, crypto, web3, retech etc are making financial services
more convenient, efficient and inclusive and how DIFC will fund startups
through its new initiative.

The future of finance and the future of fintech is happening right

now here in DIFC Dubai.”

Tech Talk

Why connecting teams to data is so important Emmet

Emmit Kelly is the Chief data officer of YAP.He has 35 years of experience in Kelly
working with Fintech, Fmcg data, loyalty and telecoms. He started the talk
Chief Data Officer,
by giving an introduction video of YAP. He spoke about how YAP is the first YAP
regional digital banking app in middle east, Africa and Southern Asia. He deals
with a lot of data categories, service vendor and software systems. He stated
how data governance is key. He used an analogy if a car to compare a car to
a traditional bank. He ended the talk by talking about the stability of banks
and their importance and how YAP is different from other banks.

By connecting teams with data, we connect our customers

with their money.”
 Fireside Chat

Decentralized Finance

SpeakerS

ARIK SHTILMAN
CEO and Co-Founder,
Rapyd

MODERATOR:

Cal Evans
Founder, Gresham
International

Arik spoke about the fintech platform and how he must not be disrupted but be enabled for business
came to build a unique all in one fintech company, to grow.
what struggles he led to and how he overcame
them. He spoke about how his company (Rapyd) Cal also asked about changes in fintech companies
was built from a consumer company to a b2b in the next 5 to 10 years to which Arik said that all
enterprise. Moderator Cal asked questions about companies will try to be a fintech service to keep
the fintech space and challenges and what DIFC the customers close. The fireside chat ended with
is doing to overcome the challenges. Arik replied Arik saying how to stay protected while doing online
saying that fintech companies face challenges of payments and how Raypd is working in improving
being categorized as a bank and how technologies customer experience and the fintech sector.
 Panel Discussion

Defi and crypto: The bridge to the future of finance

Panelists:

Ronit Ghose
Global Head of Banking,
Fintech & Digital Assets,
Citi Global Insights

Talal Tabbaa
CEO and Co-Founder,
CoinMENA

NAVIN GUPTA
Managing Director,
South Asia & MENA, Ripple

Paul Dawalibi
CEO, Holodeck Ventures

Joseph Dallago
Co-Founder & CEO, Rain

MODERATOR:

The panel discussed about the evolution of firecracker discussion about how blockchain without Gordon Einstein
DeFi and its mechanics, The Key considerations crypto has very limited use cases. The discussion Founding Partner,
CryptoLaw Partners
for policymakers. What Is DeFi 2.0 and how it ended with speaking about Cfi and Defi coexisting
matters, the power of DeFi and cloud. There was a between each other.
 Panel Discussion

How to embed RegTech in your digital transformation strategy?

Panelists:

Sandeep Chouhan
Former Group Chief
Operating Officer, Abu
Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB)

Ken Coghill
Director and Head of IT
Risk Supervision,
Dubai Financial Services
Authority (DFSA)

Yaron Hazan
VP Regulatory Affairs
ThetaRay

MODERATOR:

Bhavin Shah
Partner & Head of MEA,
The panel started by introducing themselves. Regtech solves bias issues. Forensic Risk Alliance
The discussion started by talking about how (FRA)
Regtech is a 15-billion-dollar market and how they The panel then Furter moved on by talking about the
see regtech market and its key trends. Panelists issues faced in the industry in going towards utility
said that they see regtech market as a business as a solution, acceptance and adoption of new
enabler they see regtech as more efficent,effective regtech solutions. The moderator ended the session
and suitable for the financial markets and enable by stating that “technology is coming at us and we
them to grow faster and how multiple regtech cannot stop it and how we must ensure technology
solutions are solving micro problems and how is deployed in the most responsible way.
 Panel Discussion

Payments Innovation
Panelists:

Mosam Gadia
Senior Vice President,
Noon Pay

Faisal Al Haroun
Senior Vice President,
Tap Payments

Imane Adel
Executive Vice President-
Strategy, Paymob

Salim Awan
Managing Director -
Institutional Payments,
Magnati

Ibtissam Ouassif
Co-Founder &Chief
Product Officer,
Cashew Payments
The panel discussed the key innovations for digital Saudi and MENA region. The panel also discussed
transactions in the financial sector, change in the the huge change in consumer behavior, revolution
consumer behavior in financial payments,types of in the payment industry, the concept of buy now MODERATOR:
virtual payments, and the booming of business in pay later and how it benefits consumers and
social media due to the pandemic. The panel spoke Merchants. The discussion ended by talking about
Nameer Khan
about their company facing changes in the fintech the importance of fintech infrastructure in MENA
Chairman, MENA
sector. The Panel further discussed penetration of no region along with the business growth of merchants Fintech Association
cash transaction,how the payment sector has grown in digital transactions. and the seamless experience
in the market and the digital growth in payments in in digital transactions.
 Panel Discussion

Studios & Corporate Innovation: The Emergence of Venture Studios in the

MENA Region
Panelists:

Alper Celen
Founding Partner,
Enhance Ventures

Wim Torfs
Founding Partner,
Glowfish Ventures

Akshay Chopra
Vice President, Head of
Innovation & Design, Visa

Sultan Al Mahmoud
CEO, Instant Cash FZE

MODERATOR:

Christian Kunz
SVP - Strategy, DIFC
Authority, DIFC
In the following panel, the discussion was about co-founder studio to cooperate studio. In
Studios and ventures emerging in the Mena region. conclusion, they spoke about the importance
The panelist spoke about how it is helpful for studio of ventures and studio ventures in society and
ventures and ventures if fintech comes to market. how they are helping in the change of financial
They also discussed how glow fish moved from sections.
 Panel Discussion

Crypto-related payments: Transforming the future

Panelists:

Jorge Sebastião
Project Advisor,
Co-Founder,
Global Blockchain
Organization,
Co-Founder EcoX, CISSP

Saqr Ereiqat
Co-Founder & Managing
Partner, Crypto Oasis

Remo Giovanni
Abbondandolo
SVP MENA,
Checkout.com

Hubertus
Thonhauser
Chairman & Partner,
Ghaf Capital

The Final panel discussion of the event was summed about cross-border payments and changes we MODERATOR:
up by the overall topic of defi and crypto and how it have seen due to crypto. Later on, panelists spoke
is helpful for us to build a great future for start-ups about the upcoming future and how the financial
and opening ventures in the region. They also talked sector will be totally changed by these factors. Cal Evans
Founder,
Gresham International
Testimonials

The event has been fantastic, it’s the first DIFC Fintech week
The quality of the event has been really superb, we have been
and if you look around you, you only see people, you only
sponsoring and participating in many events in the last few months
see the right people, you see the right decision makers, you
and going forward also but I think this is one of the best events we
see the right policy makers, so it’s a dream come true for
have been to, especially in the industry that we are, the industry
the Fintech Community went by the right focused event,
of digital assets, finance. I think it’s very well attended the quality
right focus networking, right focus business opportunity that
of the delegates is super notch, and the engagement is really
have been discussed so a more of that is happening today,
good. Even this is the second day of event and this is still so busy,
I mean it’s being almost like 6 hours and in 6 hours I think
all the sessions, they have full house attendees which shows that
I have met the not just the UAE Fintech industry but wide
people are here not just to mingle or network but they are also very
different industry the region and also outside the region as
interested in hearing what the attendees are saying.
well.
– Arshad Khan, The founder and CEO of Yoshi Markets Limited
– Nameer Akhan, Chairman of of Meena Fintech Association

The ROI will be there, we are open to invest Energetic, incredible,

more in similar events. innovative and insightful
– Mitrijay Johar, Vice President for NeoSoft Dubai – Iman, Community Manager at Barca.
Testimonials

The event is organized In a fantastic way. There It has been wonderful, everyone
is no hustle from registration to carry yourself from the organisers that we have
around the event, it’s pretty amazing! been able to meet tried to enhance
every business present here.
– Apurv Gupta, Zex PR Wir
– Pamela

Trescon team has shown how professionally an I have been to a lot of events across
event can be managed, I mean from the day we the continents, but this was probably
signed up till today the process of information that one of the most educative I have ever
flows is very smooth and I congratulate you and your been to.
entire team on putting such a great performance. – Munachi, CBO at Yellow Cart Finance shop
– Abhishek Jhajoo, Founder and CEO of AJEMS Group

Very informative two days for me, I got to learn a lot and
become aware of all the development happening in the fintech
world, whether it’s Crypto, payment, blockchain, all in all
fantastic, very productive two days.
– Haseem Haroon, Managing Director of Elicium Capital Partner
Startup Pitch Competition
 Speakers

H.E. ESSA KAZIM H.E. HAMMAD BUAMIM ARIF AMIRI CHANGPENG ZHAO ALAIN BEJJANI
Governor of DIFC President & CEO Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer CEO
UAE Dubai Chamber of Commerce DIFC Binance Majid Al Futtaim Holding
UAE UAE Singapore UAE

SALMAAN JAFFERY ARSHAD GHAFUR RENÉ MICHAU SANDEEP CHOUHAN HENRI ARSLANIAN
Chief Business President – MENA Global Head of Digital Assets Former Group Chief Operating Managing Partner
Development Officer Bank of America Standard Chartered Officer Nine Blocks Capital Management
DIFC UAE Singapore Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Hong Kong
UAE UAE
 Speakers

SRINATH HARIHARAN PETER SMITH FAISAL AL HAROUN FARAZ KHALID MOHAMED IMTIYAZ
Head of Product Management Managing Director – Policy Senior Vice President CEO Head Of Business Development
(Payments) – MEA and Strategy Tap Payments Noon Amazon Payment Services
Amazon Payment Services Dubai Financial Services Authority UAE UAE UAE
UAE (DFSA)
UAE

ABDULMAJEED ANDREW MATUSHKIN ARIK SHTILMAN RONIT GHOSE RABIH KHOURY

ALSUKHAN Global Business Development CEO and Co-Founder Global Head of Banking, Managing Partner and
Co-Founder & CEO Manager Rapyd Fintech & Digital Assets Chief Exit Officer
Tamara B2Broker England Citi Global Insights Middle East Venture Partners
KSA UAE UAE UAE
 Speakers

BRYAN STIREWALT SHARIF EL-BADAWI ARSHAD KHAN CHRISTIAN KUNZ MIRNA SLEIMAN
Sr. Managing Director Chief Executive Officer CEO SVP - Strategy, DIFC Authority Founder & CEO
K2 Integrity Dubai Future District Fund Yoshi Markets Limited DIFC Fintech Galaxy
USA UAE UAE UAE UAE

DR MARWAN ALZAROUNI OLIVIER CRESPIN TALAL TABBAA NAMEER KHAN MUNEER KHAN
CEO Co-Founder & Chief Executive CEO and Co-Founder Chairman Partner
Dubai Blockchain Center Officer CoinMENA MENA Fintech Association Simmons & Simmons
UAE Zand UAE UAE UAE
UAE
 Speakers

KEN COGHILL ANUBHAV SHARMA AMRITA SETHI CAL EVANS NADEEM LADKI
Director and Head of IT Risk Head of Business Development & First NFT Artist in the Middle East Founder Executive Director – Business
Supervision Marketing Creator of SoundBYTEs(c) Gresham International Development & Strategic
Dubai Financial Services Authority NPCI International Payments UAE UK Partnerships
(DFSA) Limited Binance
UAE India UAE

DEEPAK MEHRA FERAS JALBOUT TALAL BAYAA BASIL AL ASKARI RAVISHANKAR GV

Head of Investments CEO & Founder CEO and Co-founder Co-Founder & CEO Managing Director
Commercial Bank of Dubai Baraka Bayzat MidChains Sequoia Capital
UAE UAE UAE UAE India
 Speakers

AMBAREEN MUSA MOSAM GADIA PHILIP BAHOSHY KARL TLAIS PETER ENGLUND
Chief Executive Officer Senior Vice President CEO Strategic Advisor & Founder Senior Executive Officer
Souqalmal Noon Payments MAGNiTT iAdvisory Head of Commercial Insurance
UAE India UAE UAE Middle East
Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
UAE

RACHEL PETHER NADINE MEZHER JORGE SEBASTIÃO KEVIN SOLTANI DANIELLE SZETHO
Senior Advisor CMO, Co-Founder Project Advisor, Co-Founder Global Founder & Managing Partner Global Head of FinTech Client
Skybridge Capital Sarwa Blockchain Organization, GIMA Group Inc. Advisory
UAE UAE Co-Founder EcoX USA Standard Chartered
CISSP Singapore
UAE
 Speakers

HISHAM AL-FALIH WIM TORFS SAQR EREIQAT EMMET KELLY AKSHAY CHOPRA
CEO & Co-founder Founding Partner Co-Founder & Managing Partner Chief Data Officer Vice President, Head of Innovation
Lean Technologies Glowfish Ventures Crypto Oasis YAP & Design
KSA UAE UAE UAE Visa
UAE

JOSEPH DALLAGO HOSAM ARAB SALIM AWAN SUFIYAN AL ISSA MELLISA GUZY
Co-Founder & CEO Co-Founder & CEO Managing Director - Institutional Regional Head of Operations Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Rain Tabby Payments International Finance Corporation Arbor Ventures
UAE UAE Magnati (IFC) UAE
UAE UAE
 Speakers

BHAVIN SHAH SAMEER YOGISHWAR ALEX BAGHDJIAN PAUL DAWALIBI KHURRAM JAFREE
Partner & Head of MEA CEO Partner & Co-Founder CEO Head of Products & Services
Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) HDFC International Life & Re Funday Holodeck Ventures BNP Paribas Wealth Management
UAE India USA UAE Middle East & Africa

GORDON EINSTEIN LISA NYMAN SARA HAMDAN FEDERICA PIAZZA SULTAN AL MAHMOUD
Founding Partner Senior Director, Digital Partnerships, Editor Regional Head of Regulatory Affairs CEO
CryptoLaw Partners Fintech & Ventures UAE American Express Middle East Instant Cash FZE
UAE Visa Bahrain UAE
UAE
 Speakers

ALPER CELEN ALEXIA HEFTI IMANE ADEL REMO GIOVANNI- YARON HAZAN
Founding Partner Executive Chairman Executive Vice President – Strategy ABBONDANDOLOI VP Regulatory Affairs
Enhance Ventures Abed Ventures Paymob SVP MENA ThetaRay
UAE UAE UAE Checkout.com UAE
UAE

FAISAL BELHOUL HUBERTOS THONGAUSER IBTISSAM OUASSIF ALEXANDRA TOPALIAN

Chairman Chairman and Partner Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer Emcee, Presenter, Moderator,
The Latest Venture Ghaf Capital Cashew Payments Interviewer
UAE UAE UAE UAE
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