DIFC Academy in association with Pinsent Masons proudly presents Digital Payments Regulation across the Middle East, with a spotlight on the UAE. This webinar will cover the following topics:
- UAE digital payments strategy – the move to a cashless economy
- Licensing framework in the UAE
- Middle East Payments Landscape
- Development of New Technologies – the rise of Open Banking
- Considerations for Future Growth
Speakers:
TOM BICKNELL
Partner – Lot Leader for Fintech and Mobile Money
Pinsent Masons
Tom heads up the firm's financial services practice in the Middle East. He is a member of the firm's global fintech and blockchain teams.
He advises insurers, banks, intermediaries, asset managers, fintech start-ups and regulators on all aspects of their business throughout the region. Tom has a keen interest in the disruptive nature of new technologies to traditional businesses in the financial sector and how both market participants and regulators work together to foster innovation in a compliant manner. He works with a number of international and regional businesses focussed on the transformative effects of financial technology and including having advised local government authorities on the application of blockchain to their service offerings.
Clients describe Tom as being 'highly responsive', a lawyer who provides 'practical, commercial advice with unsurpassed industry and sector knowledge' and a 'superstar'.
Tom regularly speaks at events and writes on innovation in the financial sector across the Middle East and is a member of several working groups tasked with reviewing and commenting on new regulation in the market.
MARIE CHOWDHRY
Senior Associate – Finance & Projects
Pinsent Masons
Marie is a Senior Associate in the Financial Services practice in the Middle East. She is a versatile financial regulatory and payments lawyer with extensive experience advising banking and insurance clients, payment service providers, fintech start-ups and regulators on all aspects of their business throughout the region. She is a member of the firm's global Fintech and Blockchain teams.
Marie regularly speaks at events and writes on digitisation topics impacting the financial services sector in the Middle East. Recently Marie spoke at the 2020 Dubai Step Conference – the leading Tech Festival for emerging markets – on the topic of AI in Financial Services. She also recently hosted an intimate roundtable in conjunction with a consent-management fintech looking to expand into the region on digital technology.
Clients describe Marie as 'exceptional in her field of expertise and passionate about financial technology'.
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