26 - 28 November, 2019
| Gulf Hotel Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain
Post-Conference Workshop Day: Thursday, 28 November 2019
8:30 am - 8:50 am
Registration, welcome refreshments and networking
8:50 am - 9:00 am
Opening remarks from IQPC
Workshop A
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Converting a mere regulatory compliance into opportunities to innovate, compete and generate additional revenue streams
Hetal Popat -
Programme Director and Head of Open Banking,
HSBC UK
In the Middle Eastern landscape the conversation is revolving around how the latest open banking regulatory compliance can be turned into an opportunity to generate additional revenue streams. Most institutions are looking to work with third parties but are also deeply concerned about how this will affect their internal strategies and objectives.
Benefits of attending this workshop:
- Learn how to develop an internal open baking strategy across department to develop a sustainable open banking strategy
- Understand how to identify and develop partnerships/collaborations eventually leading to increased ROI and better customer offerings
- Overcome the potential roadblocks that you may encounter when broadening the scope for customer propositions
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Networking refreshments break
Workshop B
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Upgrading existing IT infrastructure to support open baking operations to become the industry pioneer in open banking operations
While open banking is a step towards the bank of the future, it brings along certain challenges when it comes to data and it’s management. The challenges with regards to data are twofold, data privacy and security and analysing terabytes of data. However, these challenges can be mitigated through strategically planned data infrastructure and architecture.
Benefits of attending this workshop:
- Learn how to construct a robust data infrastructure that will accelerate your open banking journey
- Successfully develop data privacy and security strategies to successfully comply with regulations and protect reputation
- Train your internal teams to adopt to collaborative operations with partners and other third party providers
