Finance, tech to be showcased at Khaleej Times' Digibank Forum

Dubai - Khaleej Times will present the summit in a hybrid environment, staying true to its commitment of keeping the safety of all its stakeholders as a priority.

After executing back-to-back successful virtual conferences, Khaleej Times is proud to announce a new launch — Digibank Forum 2020 — The banking transformation forum. The upcoming hybrid conference has two editions: The UAE edition on November 23, followed by a Saudi Arabia edition on November 25.

While technology has been discussed a lot of times, its impact on the banking sector has never been discussed on such a massive and widespread platform ever. Bringing the best of global banking experts and regional banking leaders, Khaleej Times will present the summit in a hybrid environment, staying true to its commitment of keeping the safety of all its stakeholders as a priority.

Seventy per cent of banks are looking at spending more on cloud services in the next two years. Saudi Arabia is also investing heavily in digital banking and has led new and innovative banking models in line with its Saudi Vision 2030 goals. The forum will further confirm the GCC’s rise as a technology hotspot and its commitment to provide a better, safe and progressive financial infrastructure to its people.

Nutanix, leaders of enterprise cloud software, have confirmed their participation at the forum as the Strategic Sponsor. Speaking about their participation at the upcoming hybrid event, Nada Khan regional marketing director for METI at Nutanix, said: “Nutanix is happy to be sponsoring and participating in Khaleej Times Digibank Forum 2020. We have always found value in bringing together industry technology leaders to discuss their challenges and what the continued road to success looks like. FSI is at the forefront of digital transformation and perhaps one of the early adopters of technology strategies that service the customers of our new digital economy.”

The forum has confirmed renowned speakers like Stefan Kimmel, chief operating officer of Commercial Bank of Dubai; Subroto Som, senior executive vice-president, of Mashreq; Sanjay Khanna, CIO of RAKBank; Yuri Misnik, CIO of First Abu Dhabi Bank; and Ayman Al Qudsi, CIO of United Arab Bank.

Digibank 2020 will focus on key topics like fintech, providing agility to banks; advanced analytics for a hyper-intelligent bank; 5G and the convergence of physical and digital experience; authentication and behavioural monitoring; digital banking, open banking and third-party applications; API technology and its adoption; and much more.

— business@khaleejtimes.com