MEA Finance Banking Technology Summit and Awards 2022

Overview

2021 was a special year in the regional banking and technology markets. Digitisation across the range of products and services was no longer an option to be adopted at a sedate pace but became the fully expected industry norm. The region’s banks and financial institutions vied for leadership in banking innovation, financial technology vendors competed vigorously to offer the latest opportunities for banks to take that lead and newer types of financial methods offered by neobanks or tokenisation service providers became part of the regional industry landscape.

In this new regional banking and finance normal, distinguishing your business in innovation and technological development is not only more competitive but also less noticeable. How will financial services providers and banking technology vendors continue to expand their markets and keep innovating as 2022 progresses? What will be the new catalysts for technology and service development in the region’s banking sector and how will the industry change in the coming year?

MEA Finance Banking Technology Summit & Awards 2022 will gather regional leaders in banking and Big Technology in a series of panel debates. The Summit discussions will cover the extent and magnitude of the banking challenges ahead needed to drive the shift toward establishing future-focused banks.

Following on from the summit comes our 2022 Annual Banking Technology Awards, recognising the commendable achievements of banks and technology businesses for their delivery of smarter banking solutions and for their ability to drive real growth in an increasingly competitive regional market.

Speakers

KEYNOTE
Raja Al Mazrouei Executive Vice PresidentDIFC FinTech Hive

Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi CEOEmirates Development Bank
Ahmed Giyab Business Development ManagerLoxon Solutions
Ali Imran Head of Transaction Banking & Digital ServicesCommercial Bank of Dubai
Amit Malhotra General Manager - Personal Banking GroupCommercial Bank of Dubai
Anand Krishnan Director, Head of TechnologyEmirates Investment Bank
Anand Sampath Head of GTB Payments & Receivables & Client ImplementationFirst Abu Dhabi Bank
Anirudha Panse MD & Head of Trade Finance Product InnovationFirst Abu Dhabi Bank
Angela Halawi Strategic Account Lead, Financial ServicesMicrosoft
Anthony Habis Managing Director, Head of Middle East & AfricaBank of New York Mellon
Arjun Vir Singh Head of Financial Services – MENAArthur D. Little
Ayesha Abbas Managing Director - Head of Affluent, Priority & Premium Banking, and Branch NetworkStandard Chartered Bank, UAE
Balaji Muthu Executive DirectorMindgate
Balaji Viswanathan MD & CEOExpleo Solutions Limited
Cem Soydemir Senior Payments Expert | GTM – MENATSWIFT
Damian Grice Chief Operating OfficerGreenstone Equity Partners
Daniel Robinson Head of Wealth & Personal Banking (WPB) UAEHSBC
Devid Jegerson Head of Customer Experience and Platform DevelopmentNational Bank of Fujairah PJSC
Dinesh Sharma Managing Director & Head of Personal Banking & Wealth Management - Middle EastCiti
Domenico Scaffidi Vice President, Global Industry & Regulatory Affairs - Interim EU & Africa Head of SalesVolante
Gautam Dutta MD & Head of Cash Management Product InnovationFirst Abu Dhabi Bank
George Hojeige Chief Executive OfficerVirtugroup
Guhan Muthusamy Co-FounderMindgate
Imane El Majdoubi Director - Financial Services Industry - UAEMicrosoft
Kartik Taneja Kartik Taneja, Executive Vice President, Head of Payments & Consumer Lending | Chairman - NeopayMashreq
Kazim Kirmani Managing Director & Head of Products and DataMagnati
Lakhwinder Singh Pre-Sales Manager, METAThales
Mamoun Alhomssey Chief Information OfficerADIB
Marwan Abouzeid Principal Solutions ConsultantFinastra
Max Di Gregorio Managing Director - Financial Services Middle EastAccenture
Mirna Sleiman Co-Founder & CEOFintech Galaxy
Mohamed Roushdy, MBA Chief Executive OfficerFintech Bazaar
Mohammed Abdel-Razek Chief Tech & OPs Officer - Africa Middle EastStandard Chartered Bank
Mohammed Wassim Khayata Founder & CEOAl Maryah Community Bank
Mohit Aery Regional Director, Payment Gateway Services - EEMEAMastercard
Mohit Gupta Director - Product Management, Middle East & North AfricaMastercard
Naim Alame Senior Executive Financial ServicesAccenture
Naushad Contractor Chief Executive OfficerFable Fintech
Neale Croutear-Foy CTO - Digital BankingApex EDB
Dr. Nouran Youssef Senior Financial Sector SpecialistArab Monetary Fund
Olivier Crespin Co-Founder & CEOZand
Onur Ozan Head of Middle East, North Africa and TurkeySWIFT
Peter Smith Managing Director, Head of Strategy, Policy and RiskDubai Financial Services Authority
Peter Tanny D’souza Regional Sales ManagerThales
Sanjay Malhotra Chief Consumer Banking OfficerDubai Islamic Bank
Saqib Khan Regional Head, Middle EastBackbase
Saud Al Dhawyani Chief Technology OfficerEmirates NBD
Shafique Ibrahim Digital Transformation & Payment LeaderWalvat
Shankar Garg Region Head - Middle East and AfricaXebia
Srinivasan Sampath Acting Group Chief Technology OfficerFirst Abu Dhabi Bank
Sriranga Sampathkumar VP & General Manager - Middle East & AfricaInfosys
Tarek Soubra Chief Technology OfficerAl Maryah Community Bank
Viji Varghese SVP, Head of Global Payments & ClearingMashreq
Vincent Kilcoyne EVP Product ManagementSmartStream Technologies
Vivek Porwal SVP, Consulting and Banking Practice HeadQualityKiosk Technologies
Yasar Yilmaz Director - Head of Financial Services MEAMicrosoft

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What to expect

More than 200 regional banking and technology leaders with a format attracting the entire spectrum of interested professionals including regulators, technology companies, start-ups, fintechs, innovators and other stakeholders from the value chain

Solid engagement opportunities for your company with decision makers to directly tell them about your company’s solutions to today’s most pressing industry issues

Exposure to the regional banking fraternity with your brand visibility in the exhibition area during networking breaks and via participation in panel discussions and keynote presentations

Opportunity to be recognised and celebrated as a bank or technology business at the forefront of digital transformation at the MEA Finance Banking Technology Awards

About the awards

Conceived and based in our exciting and promising region, MEA Finance was established with the goal of serving the regional banking and financial services sector. We are committed to providing dedicated news, insightful interviews and thought leadership from the region's financial service providers and banking technology leaders. MEA Finance is best placed to cover the full range of the banking and financial sectors, from retail to investment banking; wealth management to Islamic finance, and the fast-developing technology that powers the industry.

As part of our integral role in the region’s banking sector, we benchmark, recognise and actively encourage excellence within institutions.

MEA Finance Banking Technology Awards 2022 will give due recognition and celebrate the achievements of the region’s leading banks, financial institutions and technology providers at the forefront of digital transformation who have worked together to build smarter, more effective and efficient systems for the new age banking customers.
2022 GALLERY

Open for Entries: 24 January 2022
Submission Deadline: 8 April 2022
Judging Process: 11 - 22 April 2022
Awards Ceremony: 19 May 2022
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Submission Process

MEA Finance conducts its own research to ensure that our awards categories accurately reflect the current banking landscape and comprehensively recognise the achievements of the industry.

As a result, we have determined 50 award categories that provide regional recognition to exceptional banks, financial institutions and technology providers who are shaping the new digital financial landscape and have made outstanding contributions to the future of the industry.

Institutions can nominate themselves in all relevant categories as deemed appropriate, provided the submission is sent in before the deadline, and in the required format.

Nominations for the MEA Finance Banking Technology Awards 2022 are now closed. We hope to see you on the Awards Ceremony on 19 May 2022.

HOW TO ENTER

STEP 1: Choose your category.
It is important to review the individual descriptions and criteria before choosing your category.

STEP 2: Upload relevant financial performance documents or other relevant information.

STEP 3: Confirm submission of your entry.

*Submissions deadline 8 April 2022.

Judging Process

The awards will feature a rigorous two-step judging process by a panel of industry experts in collaboration with the MEA Finance editorial team.

All nomination entries will be meticulously evaluated and analysed based on relevant market knowledge, industry research, and accurate company financial statements. The MEA Finance editorial team will then create a shortlist which will be given to the judging panel.
The judging panel will be composed of senior executives from professional services firms working with the banking industry. They will review the shortlist and the submitted materials for each category and place a score from 1 to 5 for each category nominee. All scores will be sent back to the editorial team.
The MEA Finance editorial team will independently score shortlisted institutions per category. Score values will be from 1 to 5. All scores will be kept confidential and will not be released publicly, nor will they be discussed with any individual applicants.
Scores from both the judging panel and the editorial team shall be collected and combined. The editorial team will hold an official tabulation of the scores to determine the highest scoring institution per category which will be declared winner.

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HOW TO ENTER

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