12th edition of MEBIS opened yesterday

12th edition of MEBIS opened yesterday

The 12th Annual Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS) opened yesterday at the Le Méridien Dubai Hotel and Conference Centre and brought together some of the biggest and most influential figures in the banking and fintech industry from across the Middle East to share their expertise.

Day 1 of the Summit opened with a fascinating fireside chat with Shu-Pui Li, Advisor from the Central Bank of the UAE on the future scope of CBDC’s and how banks are preparing for this transformation in the region. Following this was a chat with the Head of Data Science and Advanced Analytics Hub from the Central Bank of Egypt - Basma Rady and the morderator Ilker Tasdemir, Director - Intelligent Enterprise, MDSap as they discussed on leveraging analytical capabilities. Next we had an enlightening keynote from our Platinum Sponsor, Nucleus Software. Group Product Manager Ankur Aggarwal spoke about lending resiliency and diversification. This was followed by a presentation from our Titanium Sponsor SAP. Ernesto Schmitz discussed how banks could offer better financial services, new channels and improved experiences. A fireside chat was next featuring Dinesh Sharma from Citi, Peter Vickery from First Abu Dhabi Bank and Ramkumar Venkatraman from Cedar Management Consulting. The panelists