DIFC Open Finance Week

The Open Finance Week will focus on a series of events, exploring the impact and potential of open banking and open finance. The two-day event will bring together experts from the regional and global open finance community who will share their learnings and challenges through panel discussions, roundtables and live demos.

The DIFC Open Finance Week will educate, stimulate and engage banks, regulators and the industry and will be a live testbed to showcase positive impact on businesses, customers, and the economy.

Themes in Focus

• BNPL
• Insurance
• Data Protection
• Cyber Security
• Digital Assets
• Payments
• Financial Inclusion
• Financial Literacy
• Embedded Finance
• Talent And Community

Speakers

• Arif Amiri, Chief Executive Officer, DIFC Authority
• Christian Kunz, Senior Vice President Strategy, DIFC Authority
• Peter Smith, Managing Director, Policy and Strategy, DFSA
• Abdulla Almoayed, Founder & CEO, Tarabut Gateway
• Nameer Khan, Chairman & Founding Board Member, MENA FinTech Association (MFTA)
• Patricia Keating, Scale Lead Middle East PWC
• Dana EL Zein, Financial Services Partner META
• Hakan Eroglu, Global Open Banking & MEA Innovation Lead (DS), Mastercard
• Zuhursho Rahmatulloev, Co-Founder Alif Bank
• Ratul Roshan, Senior Associate KARM Legal UAE
• Nino Ocampo, Chief Product Officer Tarabut Gateway
• Dmitrii Barbasura, Cheif Operations Officer Fintech Galaxy
• Akshata Namjoshi, Associate Partner KARM Legal UAE
• Abe Krar, Chief Product & Innovation Officer Fintech Galaxy
• Andrei Afanasiev, Regional Director-Middle East Paysend PLC (UK)
• Ben Robinson, CEO Aperture
• Khalil Alami, CEO & Founder Telr UAE
• Muhammed Yesilhark, Advisory Council Member Of Dubai Chamber Of Commerce & Industry
• Musfique Ahmad, Co-Founder Smartcrowd
• Walid Daniel Dib, CEO and Co-Founder Hala Insurance
• Tola Oshin, Product Manager Mamo Pay
• Shrijith Nair, Director of Data Protection and Privacy Engineering Careem
• Saad Ansari, Co-Founder & CEO Xpence
• Mo Aziz, Co Founder & CEO Pluto Card
• Joseph EL AM, General Manager Stashaway
• Ayham Gorani, CEO & Co-Founder Pemo
• Alexey Partasov, Director of Customer Success Pemo
• Alessio Botta, Senior Partner Milan McKinsey & Company
• Arshad Khan, Founder & CEO Yoshi Markets Limited
• Niki Mukhi, UX Designer/Artist CBD
• Andrei Paysend, Regional Director Middle East Paysend PLC(UK)
• Serena Sebastiani, Director - Finincial Services Advisory PWC

Partners

• Dubai Financial Services Authority
• Tarabut Gateway
• Mashreq we make possible
• RAKBANK
• Mena Fintech Association
• Commercial Bank of Dubai
• Xpence
• McKinsey & Company
• Cashew
• Fintech Galaxy
• European Women's Association
• Pluto Cards
• Careem
• SmartCrowd
• Meta
• Karm
• Hala
• Mamo Pay
• PWC
• Lean
• Yoshi Markets