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If change is the only constant, we need to understand how our industries are evolving, and how we can be a part of the transformation that is taking place. In this series, we deep-dive into some of the hottest and most pivotal topics in the financial services industry right now, including personalisation in financial services, embedded financial services and the mobile payment revolution. To gain an informed and accurate perspective, we speak to innovative individuals from banking institutio ...
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EP 14, Part 2: Writing The Next Chapter Of Financial Services | J.K. Khalil, Mastercard
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HolyWally 👉 https://bit.ly/3h2hkWl In part 2 of our episode with J.K. Khalil of Mastercard, the conversation shifted to the topic of AI and its impact on society. Vuk and J.K. discussed the rise of AI and its accessibility, as well as the potential positive and negative implications for society. Key findings from the episode: AI has been in develop…
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EP 14, Part 1: Writing The Next Chapter Of Financial Services | J.K. Khalil, Mastercard
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HolyWally 👉 https://bit.ly/3h2hkWl In this episode of The Future of Financial Services Podcast, host Vuk is joined by J.K. Khalil, General Manager, MENA East at Mastercard. J.K. brings a wealth of experience in technology, FinTech, and strategy consulting to the show, along with a deep understanding of the MEA markets. The discussion centres around…
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EP13 Using Tech to Redefine Banking with the Renowned Steve Monaghan
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HolyWally 👉 https://bit.ly/3h2hkWl For decades, there has been talk of technology taking over the world in the next 5 or 10 years. However, one industry that has managed to defy that convention has been banking. While many other industries have embraced technology and efficiency, banking remains steeped in tradition and heritage. To find out why, t…
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EP12 FinTechs Solving Problems in The Real World | Oliver Rajic, Chief Growth Officer at PPRO
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HolyWally 👉 https://bit.ly/3h2hkWl Oliver Rajic led the pioneering technology firm Alpha FinTech in a wave of innovation that saw the company develop an industry-leading super app. As the Chief Growth Officer at PPRO now, Oliver shares his insights into how the intersection of Web 3.0 and our financial system may create unique synergies that result…
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EP11 Unlocking Opportunity in Emerging Markets Through Digitization | Dave Wallace, Founder of NMD+
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HolyWally 👉 https://bit.ly/3h2hkWl Dave Wallace is the founder of NMD+, an author, a podcaster in his own right, and the guest of our next episode. He joins us to share his rich experience with integrating digital technologies into emerging markets such as Hong Kong and Australia. Dave discusses how some of the essential changes that banks need to …
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EP10 How Tech Is Transforming Financial Services | Omar Halabieh, Head of Technology at Amazon Payments Services
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HolyWally 👉 https://bit.ly/3h2hkWl Omar Halabieh, Head of Technology at Amazon Payment Services joins us as our 10th guest. By now, our panel of guests have managed to sketch an overarching theme of the vast and diverse financial landscape. If financial services are to achieve financial inclusion and answer for the 1.6 billion people unbanked, tech…
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EP9 Fintech Inspires The Banking Industry To Transform | Tristan Brandt, Director of Design & Innovation, RAKBANK
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HolyWally 👉 https://bit.ly/3h2hkWl The payments revolution of the past few years shows no sign of slowing. In fact, propped up by the dizzying speed of eCommerce growth since the pandemic, fintech companies around the world have long prepared for a scenario referred to as the death of cash: the accomplishment of a completely cashless society. Howev…
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EP8 Saving Time & Money With Fintech Payment Solutions | Imad Gharazeddine, Co-Founder & CEO of Mamo
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A report by the MENA Fintech Association found that the region has historically been inclined to cling to cash payments, and the banking sector has been slower to adapt. Despite this, the report also concluded that 7 out of 10 payment transactions in the Middle East will be non-cash in 2023, with the UAE more specifically likely to account for 73 p…
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EP7 The Importance Of Open Banking | Mirna Sleiman, Founder & CEO of Fintech Galaxy
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Open banking describes the process of banks and other traditional financial institutions opening up data for regulated providers to access, use and share with their customers' permission. In an age where most of us are concerned about our data privacy, this might sound unsafe, but putting these infrastructures in place allows banks to ultimately im…
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EP6 The Frictionless Future of Contactless Payments | Hiren Raghuvanshi, Head of Cards, Payments and Direct Banking at the Commercial Bank of Dubai
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Contactless payments soared during the height of the pandemic and with customers everywhere demanding greater convenience and a more frictionless payment experience, industry experts believe we are not far away from witnessing the introduction of biometric payments and other methods that negate the need for a physical device entirely. Today we are …
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EP5 "Decentralised Finance & Financial Inclusion" | Devid Jegerson, Executive VP At The National Bank of Fujairah
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1.7 billion people globally are underbanked. In the MENA region more specifically, one in five adults do not have a bank account. The impact? In the words of one of our former guests, Andrew Gold, "If you don't have a bank account, you are now cut off from so many of those financial services that are really critical to establishing wealth, building…
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EP4 "How Fintech Empowers The Unbanked" | Ziina Co-Founder Andrew Gold On Simplifying Finance For Everyone
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One of the financial services spaces that fintech is most effectively disrupting is payments. Fintech innovation is making it easier than ever to make payments and get paid, eliminating the need for the clumsy and outdated systems involving IBANs and SWIFT codes that have dominated these processes for far too long. In this episode, we are unpacking…
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EP3 "The Future of B2B Payments" | Pluto Card Co-Founder Mo Aziz On Fintech Disruption In The SME Sector
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What do you think is the most pressing pain point for SMEs in the MENA region? Pluto Card Co-Founder and CEO Mo Aziz believes it is the inefficiency of B2B payments and how they limit small businesses' ability to pay and get paid safely and seamlessly. Pluto Card is on a mission to revolutionise this process. Mo stepped up to the mic on The Future …
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EP2 "The Enabler Is Fintech Wallet Services" | Pierre-Marie Desbazeille On Digital Wallets & Retailer-Fintech Collaboration
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Within the next two years, 4 billion people will be using digital wallets and the global mobile payments market size is expected to hit US$5.5 billion by 2024. EP2 of The Future of Financial Services explores how increasing mobile penetration, the notoriously high numbers of under- and unbanked individuals, and rapid development in the fintech spac…
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EP1 "Winter Is Coming" | Arjun Singh On The Must-Know Trends Shaping The Fintech & Financial Services Sectors
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The financial services sector is one of the most rapidly evolving spaces in the financial world right now. As global business leader Arvind Sankaran said, "We are witnessing the creative destruction of financial services, rearranging itself around the consumer. Whoever does this in the most relevant, exciting way using data and digital wins." In th…
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The Change Officer: Future of Financial Services | Trailer
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Welcome to The Change Officer Podcast’s Future of Financial Services Series. If change is the only constant, we need to understand how our industries are evolving, and how we can be a part of the transformation that is taking place. In this series, we are deep-diving into some of the hottest and most pivotal topics in the financial services industr…
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