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The International Heads of Technology Annual Dialogue
FIs must accelerate their digital transformation journey. The demand of the tech-savvy generation, the rise of digital banks and the continuous change of the regulatory frameworks are shaping the future of the financial services industry. Hence, incumbents have to heavily invest in advanced technologies to drive more digital services and personalised products to remain competitive and compliant.
This annual dialogue involves CIOs, CISOs and heads of technologies from more than 20 countries from the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The dialogue will cover a comprehensive range of key issues and best practices in the industry:
- The future of e-money with the rise of CBDCs and virtual assets
- Banking as we know it today with the rise of DeFi apps – how banks will react?
- The evolution of blockchain and cutting-edge technologies to transform businesses
- Enhancing collaboration by utilising open APIs to leverage Banking-as-a-Service
- Identifying banks' digital strategies roadmap to thrive in the ever-changing conditions