FiNext Awards and Conference 2023
FiNext Conference provides a platform for the global Banking and FinTech sector, allowing start-ups, SMEs, incumbent tech providers, investors, financial institutions, fintech companies in Dubai (MENA and APAC), and other stakeholders to connect and interact under one roof. The conference is taking in speaker applications, and nominations for FiNext Awards which honors the individuals and companies who are doing groundbreaking work in the Finance and Technology space. They have another event lined up in the US which will cater to FinTech Companies in the US and the North American Region.
When: 26th-27th April 2023
Where: Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, Dubai
Entry Fee: $899
Website: www.finextcon.com/dubai
Register Here: https://finextcon.com/dubai-passes/
*Free for students & exhibition visitors pass
Seamless Middle East 2023
Seamless is the key meeting place for this brave new world of commerce. Built on 23 years of experience – Seamless is a dynamic summit and large-scale exhibition bringing together the converging worlds of e-commerce, retail, and payments.
The Seamless content hub is a dedicated space for the Seamless community to discover the top industry trends, new technologies, and big ideas revolutionizing the payments, fintech, e-commerce, retail, identity, and insurtech industries.
When: 23rd- 24th May 2023
Where: Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai
Entry Fee: 1500$
Website : www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/seamless-middle-east/
Step Conference Dubai 2023
Step started out as a series of workshops and small gatherings, and over 10 years has grown to become the largest tech festival in Dubai. With 4 main tracks, more than 400 global startups showcasing, hundreds of global investors, and 8000+ global attendees over two days, Step brings the world to Dubai. The step is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with the Step Conference 2022 edition back in person!
When: 22nd – 23rd Feb 2023
Where: Dubai
Entry Fee: 899$
Website : www.dubai.stepconference.com/partners/
Outside the Block 2023
Blockchain technology is likely to impact your organization in some way over the next years. It is important to be aware of how it may shape new business models, and affect your industry, your competitors, and your own company. Whether you choose to do nothing or fully incorporate it into your strategy, this should be a conscious decision. And this starts with working from within your business
When: To be announced
Where: To be announced
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.otb.welups.com
Fintech Surge Dubai 2023
Bringing together global Fintech leaders, startups, and Financial Centers, Fintech Surge is set to be the Middle East & North Africa’s most impactful and visionary event for the regional Fintech ecosystem. From Digital Banking to Paytech, Insuretech, Wealth & Asset Management, and Regtech, the event will see the financial industry’s biggest tech revolutions and path-breaking talks.
Fintech Surge serves as the epicenter of the financial industry’s biggest tech revolutions and path-breaking talks to drive an immediate and immense impact. Join us in contributing to the global future of your industry.
When: 16th – 20th Oct 2023
Where: To be announced
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.fintechsurge.com
DIFC FinTech Week 2023
DIFC FinTech Week is a thought-leadership-driven, business-focused summit that deep dives into the latest challenges and technology trends in the Middle East’s financial services sector.
DIFC Fintech Week sets the standard for financial innovation in the region by connective global fintech experts, technology innovators, and startups with pre-qualified CFOs, CEOs, CTOs, Heads of Business Transformation, and Chief Digital Officers, Heads of Innovation, and fintech investors across the Middle East.
When: 8th – 9th May 2023
Where: To be announced
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.difcfintechweek.com
GITEX IMPACT 2023
GITEX IMPACT is a purpose-driven event inspiring responsible government, business, and society strategies through technology. A place for people-powered, tech-enabled ESG realities, with climate tech, green business, and net zero goals.
When: 10th – 12th May 2023
Where: To be announced
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.giteximpact.com
Istanbul Blockchain Week 2023
Istanbul Blockchain Week is one of the most anticipated blockchain events in the region taking place in Istanbul, Turkey. This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever before with high profile speakers, workshops, hackathons, parties, and networking events.
IstanBlock is the flagship event of Istanbul Blockchain Week. Spread over two action-packed days, speakers, and businesses from all over the world will unite to discuss the future of decentralized finance (DeFi), trading, regulation, mining, venture capital (VC), and much more.
Attendees can expect talks, panels, fireside chats, and informative debates with many leaders in the Web3 industry.
When: To be announced
Where: To be announced
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.istanbulblockchainweek.com
ADSFF 2023
The UAE’s financial sector is committed to assisting the country’s delivery on its national climate goals and programmes, notably the Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative, the first-ever net-zero target in the Middle East and North African region.
The fourth edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum (ADSFF) will convene top global institutional investors, selected Heads of State and Ministers of Finance, regulators and financial institutions to discuss areas of collaboration to increase the flow of capital toward sustainable investment. Key cross-cutting areas such as innovation and inclusion will be incorporated throughout.
ADSFF is a flagship initiative by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Abu Dhabi’s International Financial Centre. Continuing the momentum generated by last year’s event, which focused on ‘scaling investments for sustainable development’, ADSFF 2022 will reveal further progress towards Abu Dhabi’s Sustainable Finance Agenda and the work of its key partners, highlighting how to finance sustainable economic development.
When: 19th January 2023
Where: Dubai UAE
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.adgm.com/initiatives/sustainable-finance/adsff-2022/event-archive
AIM Summit Dubai 2022
Launched in 2015, AIM Summit is a leading alternative investment management summit gathering, connecting investors and managers in the world of alternatives (hedge funds, private equity, VC, private debt, digital assets and fintech) with global industry leaders.
It’s a platform for discussions on investment developments, global market conditions, latest trends and acts as a networking forum for future business opportunities.
This year’s Dubai edition will focus on the central theme of navigating through the current global economy – inflation, stagflation and recession – and will gather the world’s leading economists, market movers and investment experts to share their insights, opportunities and strategies speculating on the current and future market conditions.
Topics covered will include VC, fintech, emerging markets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and metaverse, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), crypto mining, environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and impact investing, and Web 3.0.
When: 13th – 14th April 2023
Where: London , United Kingdom
Entry Fee: To be announced
World Fintech Show
World Fintech Show is a thought-leadership-driven, business-focused event that deep dives into the latest challenges and technology trends in Saudi Arabia’s financial services sector.
World Fintech Show aims to set the standard for financial innovation in Saudi Arabia by connecting global fintech experts, technology innovators and startups with pre-qualified CFOs, CEOs, CTOs, heads of business transformation, chief digital officers, heads of innovation, government authorities, and fintech investors.
This year’s event will feature exciting keynotes, enterprise use-case presentations, product showcase, panel discussions and tech talks. Attendees will get to witness next-gen fintech solutions from global tech leaders and explore their relevance and impact on organizations.
When: 13th – 14th April 2023
Where: To be announced
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.worldfintechshow.com
Middle East Digital Lending Summit 2023
The Middle East Digital Lending Summit 2022 will provide an opportunity for like-minded professionals to discuss and recognize the latest challenges and technologies changing the age-old task of money lending.
Focused on the Middle East and North African (MENA) region and the UAE’s central location as a financial hub, the year’s summit aims to discuss how banks in the Middle East are incorporating technology into their financial services and adapting to the ever-changing digital landscape.
The Middle East Digital Lending Summit 2022 will feature a line of regional as well as international speakers including leaders in asset management, wealth and risk management, and digital initiatives who will share their insights, wisdom, and knowledge on how the transformation of the lending industry in the region is changing the game.
The event will bring together banking leaders, fintech experts, and over 200 senior financial services and digitization professionals to discuss the future of digital lending.
When: 14th -15th November 2023
Where: Dubai UAE
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.medigitallending.com
Step Saudi 2023
Step Saudi is an annual technology festival bringing together the country’s best entrepreneurs, investors, creatives, and digital enthusiasts. The festival takes place across two days with Step’s renowned program, exhibition, startup activities, and experiences.
This year’s agenda will feature talks, panels, fireside chats, technical workshops and more, covering startups, funding, digital media, fintech, and future tech.
The Fintech Track will shed some light on the current state of Saudi’s financial industry, tackling topics such as open banking, buy now, pay later (BNPL), peer-to-peer (P2P), the institutional adoption of digital assets, and more.
When: To be announced
Where: Dubai UAE
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.saudi.stepconference.com
Metavsummit
Metavsummit is an annual event taking place in Dubai that focuses on Web 3.0 and the metaverse. The event focuses on bringing together Web 3.0 companies and investors to long-term business relationships.
Major strategic partners and Fortune 500 companies attend to gain education about the Web 3.0 industry, and meet the top startups and companies in the space.
The 2023 edition promises more than 50 exhibitors, 300 founders, 500 investors and 3,000 physical attendees. It will focus on educating the public on Web 3.0 and how all the elements that make it up (blockchain, virtual reality, NFTs and artificial intelligence (AI)) will change the way people interact in the coming years, and enabling industry stakeholders to meet and interact to create meaningful business relationships.
When: 12th January 2023
Where: Dubai UAE
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.metavsummit.com
TMRW Dubai 2023
TMRW is a three-day crypto, NFT, and metaverse conference in Dubai that brings together 40,000+ in-person and online attendees and 80+ speakers to focus on the most interesting trends in blockchain and crypto.
The 2023 event promises to bring together 5,000 physical attendees, 35,000 online attendees, 320 media and 80 speakers. Topics covered will include metaverse interoperability, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), crypto regulations, DeFi, and the use of NFTs in industries likes science, music and digital art.
When: 8th -10th February 2023
Where: Festival Arena -Dubai Festival City Dubai UAE.
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.tmrwconf.net/dubai
Future Blockchain Summit 2023
The 6th Future Blockchain Summit, the MENA region’s first and largest blockchain conference and exhibition, will return to Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from May 10 – 12, 2023.
Over four days at the Future Blockchain Summit, industry experts will leverage countless networking opportunities, an expert conference program and transformational workshops to explore distinct themes including blockchain for enterprise, the future of digital assets and into the metaverse.
Participants will get to connect with the blockchain leaders of the Dubai government and cutting edge global and startup tech leaders, and learn more about the latest technologies at the exhibition.
When: 10th -12th May 2023
Where: Dubai World Trade Centre
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.futureblockchainsummit.com
Middle East Banking Innovation Summit 2023
The 14th edition of the Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS), taking place on May 17 and 18, 2023, is set to bring together 400+ senior bankers from across MENA all under one roof to explore advances in banking, fintech, network and drive business conversations.
With the banking and financial services industry in the MENA region serving a population of nearly 450 million people, advancing digital maturity to embrace new technologies and transformations is a strategic imperative to address customer needs and take pole position in an evolving digital landscape.
The summit will cover the biggest and most disruptive trends like banking-as-a-service (BaaS), Islamic finance, digital lending platforms, next-gen core banking, omni-channel customer touchpoints and digital trade finance. It will feature case studies, panel sessions and networking opportunities filled with face-to-face business discussions.
When: May 17 and 18, 2023
Where: Jumeirah Emirates Towers ,Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.bankinnovation-me.com
Finnovex Middle East 2023
The Middle East has experienced consistent growth of digital banks in recent years with incumbent banks grabbing the opportunity and launching their stand-alone digital advancements and central banks rolling up their sleeves and familiarizing themselves with the bits and bytes of digital money to drive sustainable growth.
Finnovex Middle East will be returning on September 05 and 06, 2023 with a fully-hybrid event that’s expected to bring together all experts of the banking and financial services ecosystem. Participants will get to make valuable business connections, watch top-notch panel discussions and listen to insightful presentations.
Attendees will also be able to visit any of the vendor exhibition booths at the event hall or on the AI streaming platform and witness engaging demos about the best tools and technologies in the fintech, insurtech, wealthtech, cybersecurity and banking technology spaces.
When: 05th – 06th September 2023
Where: To be announced
Entry Fee: To be announced
Website : www.me.finnovex.com
Top FinTech events to attend in Dubai 2023
We have curated a list of top FinTech events to attend in Dubai in 2023. This list will be updated often for our readers to have the most recent information about the MENA and APAC FinTech space.
The Fintech Impact on Education
The past decade has witnessed a change in the education sector with the rise of dependency on technology. Education affordability is still a critical issue despite the easy accessibility of educational facilities across the globe. Conventional financial institutions are inflexible to date when it comes to updating the financing procedure of education
How Fintech handles Consumer Finance during Inflation?
When Inflation rises globally, consumers are the worst affected in terms of financial challenges. With Fintech firms being major players in the current financial ecosystem, it is important to understand their role during hard times. It has been witnessed that financial service providers ease the burden of consumers by making them financially stable in times of financial crisis.
APIs and Their Impact on Fintech
The advent of Fintech APIs has dramatically transformed the financial sector which was historically not open to change. The result of the rising adoption and use of APIs throughout the finance industry has led to the innovation of new business models, apps, and services.
Potential Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Fintech
Having good knowledge of the significance of Artificial Intelligence in the Fintech industry is important. Fintech is a rapidly growing sector with a high worldwide adoption rate. Artificial Intelligence, on the other hand, is a buzzword that very few people understand. So we shall begin with understanding the meaning of AI followed by its potential uses in Fintech.
Advantages of Fintech in the Retail Industry
The technological advancements in the 21st century have made our lives easier with almost everything available online. The advent of Fintech has positively changed the world with various products and services available just a click away.
Benefits and Challenges of Fintech
The Fintech industry has taken the banking system to a new level by combining artificial intelligence and data science with conventional financial services. The coming of Fintech has made the operations of traditional banking institutions better by making them quicker and more efficient.The Fintech ecosystem can be categorized into four:Category A constitutes well-established banks and financing institutions.Category B includes major digital businesses such as Apple that are indirectly connected with the finance industry.Category C includes business entities responsible for the
The Functioning of Fintech Companies
Fintech companies utilize the latest technology to automate and improve the flow of financial services across networks. Fintech is, however, not a new invention as it has been a part of the banking sector for quite some time now. Examples of technological inclusion in banking services are credit cards, ATMs, e-trading, and many other financial services.
The Effect of Fintech on the Insurance Industry
The insurance industry’s survival is deep-rooted yet very complex. But the technological advancements that have transformed the whole world have challenged the insurance industry. With the changes in customer needs, the major players introduced mobile solutions ensuring the value of customers.
How is FinTech dominating the Banking Systems?
The Fintech industry’s popularity is due to the demand of customers to get access to their bank accounts without actually going there. In these post-pandemic times, customers prefer financial services that are safe and hassle-free.