OiFF2019 is the first of its kind in Oman to bring the potential of Islamic Fintech under the limelight.
While some neighbouring countries pioneered in adopting Islamic Fintech, Oman Islamic Fintech Forum will set the stage for Islamic Fintech experts to meet and share their expertise in order to assess Oman’s potential in embracing Islamic Fintech to promote economic growth and develop the industry of Islamic Finance.
Oman Islamic FinTech Forum aims to become the exclusive Islamic Fintech reference in Oman. This event will bring industry experts from various fields of expertise – regulators, bankers, entrepreneurs, investors, and IT experts to share their experiences and insights in developing the FinTech ecosystem for Islamic finance in Oman.
OiFF is a gathering of top-notch industry experts coming from different regions to explore potential collaboration opportunities. The event serves as a platform for knowledge transfer and networking between different stakeholders in Islamic Finance and FinTech industries – regulators, banks, start-ups, investors, academics and financial institutions.
We will be covering the different type of technologies used in financial services with a particular focus on the usage of FinTech in banking. Our sessions will combine panel discussions to debate and exchange relevant ideas and keynote speeches to showcase Islamic FinTech success stories in other countries. Our guests are all high-level regulators and industry professionals who will be providing insights about the readiness of Oman’s financial sector to adopt FinTech and potential it has to enhance financial inclusion and develop Islamic Finance industry further.
OiFF will not only be a platform to present and discuss Islamic FinTech but also the stage where new initiatives and collaborations between different stakeholders will be initiated. The event is a venue to discuss the current status-quo with its present challenges, to think out viable solutions and to launch valuable partnerships for the growth of the industry.
Oman is set to be the new emerging FinTech hub in the GCC region as part of its economic diversification plans. While some neighbouring countries were early adopters of fintech, Oman plans to benefit from their experience and tailor-make its own success story to enhance financial inclusion and digitalize its traditional banking services.
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We curate the best high-level industry experts to enrich the event’s sessions by their expertise, their thought-provoking discussions and their astute analysis.
Join our experts to learn more in-depth about Islamic Finance, Fintech, RegTech, Crowdfunding, Sandboxes, Blockchain, Cyber-Security, Entrepreneurship and many more aspects of Islamic Fintech.
OiFF 2019 is the place-to-be to keep up with the latest industry developments in the GCC and beyond.
8:30AM - 9:00AM
9:00AM - 10:15AM
10:15AM - 10:30AM
10:30AM - 10:45AM
10:45AM - 11:30AM
About 40% of Oman’s population remains unbanked according to NCSI’s survey in 2016. The discussion will shed light on how FinTech can help Islamic banks capture the unbanked segment and enable more customers to benefit from financial and banking services.
11:30AM - 12:15PM
It’s hard to picture the healthy development of a financial sector without proper regulation in place to safeguard all stakeholders’ interests. While regulatory changes take time to come into place and technology development runs at full speed, the focus will be on how regulators can provide a flexible margin for FinTech to thrive and how technology can enable better compliance.
12:15PM - 1:30PM
1:30PM - 2:00PM
Blockchain is often associated with Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies but the technology has many more applications beyond digital coins. In this session, we will all discover what Blockchain solutions are there for financial institutions to cut costs and improve compliance.
2:00PM - 2:15PM
FinTech has emerged in the start-up space and is widely used by small companies. Nevertheless, some financial institutions learned how to embrace the technology for their own uses to better serve their customers and streamline their processes. In this session, we will showcase a leading Malaysian success story of how Islamic Banks used Crowdfunding to finance SMEs.
2:15PM - 2:45PM
Where cash remains king, more and more non-cash transactions are burgeoning in GCC, namely with the development of PayTech solutions. With the high smartphone penetration rates and large young population, the GCC region continues to experience strong growth in mobile transactions. The session will focus on the thriving PayTech sector in Oman and GCC, and what are the security challenges when it comes to data protection and fraud prevention.
2:45PM - 3:30PM
The latest tech developments and digital solutions gave Muslim investors access to a wide variety of asset classes at the tips of their fingers and at very low costs. Ranging from Shariah-compliant Equities and Sukuk, to Islamic ETFs and Real Estate, the session will discuss how technology is shaping the future of Islamic investment.
3:30PM - 4:00PM
4:00PM - 4:30PM
Instead of waiting for startups to develop FinTech solutions for Banks, some of these banks went a mile further by establishing special funds to nurture, incubate and grow FinTech ideas for the benefit of the industry. In this session, our guest speakers will present their banks’ active involvement in promoting FinTech.
4:30PM - 5:00PM
Banks, alone, cannot cater to all businesses’ funding requests because of the high risk some of them pose. Here comes the role of other financial parties such as angel investors, VCs and PEs that are ready to absorb higher risks and fill up the funding gap.
5:30PM - 7:00PM
The impact of globalisation and financial innovation has swept through the world in an unprecedented magnitude in recent times, altering the very fabric of financial and economic behaviour.
Both Fintech and Islamic Fintech share similar definition, but the main point of departure is that Shariah (Islamic Law, specifically the branch dealing with transaction in the economy)
OiFF2019 aims at highlighting the potential Islamic FinTech has in order to develop the economy and improve financial inclusion. The forum will provide the platform for global Islamic institutions to showcase their experience and success stories. It will also facilitate business exchange and collaboration opportunities between key stakeholders for the development of the industry in Oman.
Muscat, Oman
Oman | Malaysia | Turkey
