841. Focus: Is the UAE the best place in the world for fintech?

04/03/24 • 50 min

In season two of Fintech Insider Focus, in collaboration with Visa, our expert hosts, 11:FS' Benjamin Ensor alongside Visa's Hasan Kazmi, shine a light on fintech in different parts of the world. In the first part of this season we hone in on the Middle East’s booming financial sector, and speak to the people right at the heart of it.

In this episode we discuss the UAE, looking specifically at creating financial hubs in the region and the roles the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) & Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) are playing in the country and the wider region and how they are helping the growth of fintech.

This week's guests include

Hasan Kazmi, Head of Digital Partnerships for CEMEA at Visa
Nick Philpott, Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships, Zodia Markets by Standard Chartered & OSL
Uneesa Zaman, Founder of Uneesa Finance and fintech comms specialist

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This episode is sponsored by Visa

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This week's guests include

Hasan Kazmi, Head of Digital Partnerships for CEMEA at Visa
Nick Philpott, Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships, Zodia Markets by Standard Chartered & OSL
Uneesa Zaman, Founder of Uneesa Finance and fintech comms specialist

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This episode is sponsored by Visa

Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.

Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.

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Previous Episode

840. News: Visa and Mastercard agree the largest antitrust settlement in US history

Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Rachel Pandyan, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including the $30 billion settlement with Visa and Mastercard that has been nearly 20 years in the making.

This week's guests include:

Jason Mikula, Founder of Fintech Business Weekly
Doug Mackenzie, Journalist and Presenter, formerly Head of Content at FF News

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

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Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.

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842. Insights: How will digital identities shape the payments landscape? - Live from J.P. Morgan Payments

Our expert host, 11:FS CEO David Brear, is joined by some great guests, live from J. P. Morgan Payments' e-commerce and fintech forum in London, to talk about digital identities, regulation and innovation.

The EU have announced plans to launch an e-Identity, which would make a digital wallet available to all citizens and businesses in the EU.

But how will this work?

How will PSD3 and other major regulations support or hinder the potential of digital IDs?

And what does this mean for the merchants, the shops and small businesses on the front lines, adapting to the evolving digital needs of their customers?

We get into all this and more in today's episode.

This week's guests include:

Sara Castelhano, EMEA Payments & Commerce Solutions Product, JP Morgan
John Miller, Chairman at Cali Group and CEO of PopID
Aled Lloyd Owen, Global Policy Director at Onfido

Highlights from this episode:

What's happening in payments? (04:30)
What are the limitations of PSD2? (07:57)
The value for merchants in the US (12:20)
The use case for biometrics (14:45)
Finding the balancing line (20:50)
Taking a leadership position or waiting for Europe? (27:57)
Audience Q&A (29:55)

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This episode is sponsored by J.P. Morgan Payments

J.P. Morgan believes payments are more than transactions. Behind every payment there’s a message that tells the world the direction your business is heading—and the impact it’s going to have when it gets there. J.P. Morgan invest billions into technology every year1, and process nearly $10T in global payments every day2. As a result, they understand and speak the language of payments better than anyone. Every payment speaks volumes. Let’s say more with your payments.

Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.

Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.

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