Fintech Surge - Powering the New Future of Finance
Shining a light on the intersection between technology and finance, Fintech Surge is set to launch on the 17-20 October 2021. With the Fintech sector in the Middle East set to reach USD $2.5 billion by 2022, Fintech Surge is your chance to meet face-to-face with Fintech investors, corporate and government buyers, banks & financial institutions and insurance companies.
Middle East - The new epicenter
Middle East’s FinTech Boom
With the MENA fintech market set to reach a value of $2.5bn by 2022, the GCC is set for a surge in the use of FinTech apps as contactless payments in the MENA region increase by 70%.
In fact the Fintech market in the MENA region expected to account for 8% of the areas’ total financial services revenue by 2022
Areas of Focus
Open Banking; New data sharing requirement among financial service providers in full effect in many jurisdictions
Startup & Corporate collab; 97% of financial institutions either acquire, partner or fund a startup
Islamic Fintech; Islamic Fintech is set to grow to to USD $3.8 Trillion by 2023
Fintech Regulation; Ai, DLT, cryptoassets, payment services, KYC, regulatory sandboxes
UAE – The region’s Fintech leader
Dubai is now a top 10 financial centre in the world, and the only MEASA city in the top 10. It is also the highest-ranked MEASA Fintech hub.
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) aims to support the financial services sector to contribute 18% to Dubai's GDP in the next 10 years.
Startup Revolution
In just less than a decade, the financial technology (FinTech) market in the region will see explosive growth of more than 400 per cent.
In 2020 MENA Startups attracted USD $1 Billion of Venture Capital with an expected growth of 4% in 2021.
In 2020 MENA Startups attracted USD $1 Billion of Venture Capital with an expected growth of 4% in 2021.
Bringing Together the Fintech Ecosystem
The Fintech Surge Advance Team
The Fintech Surge Advance Team is a group of Fintech leaders from around the world engaging in year-round activities from online discussions, closed-door meetings, webinars, interviews, and in-person meetups in Dubai.
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"The Fintech Ecosystem in MENA is set to attract global participants and talent and we believe Fintech Surge is a step ahead in enabling it"
Nameer Khan
Chairman & Founding Board Member, MENA Fintech Association
"We continue to be focused on delivering our 2024 strategy. Fintech will be playing a major role in being the engine of growth going forward.”
His Excellency Essa Kazim
Governer, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
"We are humbled to be leading Israeli FinTech companies towards the exploration of new horizons with our new business partners Fintech Surge"
Nir Netzer
Group Chairman, FinTech-Aviv (The Israeli Fintech Association)
Financial Service leaders speak Fintech
HOW FINTECH SURGE CAN ADD TO YOUR SUCCESS
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Experiential Showcase of Fintech Innovations
EXHIBITION
Shining a light on the intersection between technology and finance, Fintech Surge features the biggest breakthroughs revolutionising Banking, Asset & Wealth Management, Insurance, Regulation and more sectors.
Insight-Packed, Razor-Sharp Conversations
CONFERENCE
The world’s leading Fintech minds reveal a treasure-trove of valuable insights on Deep Tech, Open Banking, Islamic Fintech, Innovation Policies, Risk Management and all the disruptions shaking up the worldwide financial ecosystem.
Hands-On Learning from the Fintech Experts
WORKSHOPS
Keep your skills up-to-date and get to grips with the latest developments in financial technologies via two intensive days of certified training courses and workshops led by a high-profile panel of subject matter experts.
Fintech Leaders Stage
Industry Influencers In Action
Hosting global and regional regulators and investors to drive new Fintech initiatives. From defining the next big opportunities and threats to co-creating an entirely new ecosystem, this is where leaders gather to blaze new trails.
Trending & cutting edge topics will be addressed in Fintech AI disruption, Quantum computing, Fintech collaboration, Challenger Banks, Islamic Fintech, New product R&D, Open Banking, Data protection.
Industry News
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Webinars
Watch our on demand webinar series that brings together industry experts to discuss how prepared are financial services organisations to serve customers in the new reality
Interested in helping us accelerate the next big Fintech movement?
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Announcing new Headlining Speaker at Fintech Surge
Dave Asprey, The Father of Biohacking on Life 3.0 and how Technology will Rewrite Human Life in the Digital Age
Dave spent two decades and over $1 Million to hack his own biology and has developed health methods for life extension, increasing IQ, lowering one’s biological age and learning to sleep more efficiently in less time. Hear Dave reveal his expectations of radical health improvements becoming increasingly available to the public. How will businesses adapt and evolve as new science and technology redefines health and the boundaries of what it means to be human? What are the new opportunities for new services in fintech and Insurtech as work life and retirement is reconsidered?