RegFact 2019 was held yesterday at the Diplomat Radisson Blu under the patronage of the Central Bank of Bahrain. The event brought together local and global regulators, policy makers and policy advocates in the regulatory technology industry, and 250 delegates from various financial and governmental sectors in Bahrain, and the MENA region. The one day event included insightful sessions on Bahrain’s Regulatory Landscape, Streamlining the compliance process, open banking and technology, The Way Banks Work with FinTechs, The Importance of Data Protection, Cybercrime and Identity Theft, and the growing role of Fintech.

RegFact kicked off by an introduction from Jonathan Dunsmoor, Founder, Dunsmoor Law, P.C.  with welcoming remarks by Khalid Saad, CEO, Bahrain FinTech Bay, and David Parker, Executive Director, Financial Services, Bahrain Economic Development Board.

The event featured interactive panels, with a focus on the Way Banks Work with FinTechs with speakers Yasmeen Al-Sharaf, Head of FinTech & Innovation, Central Bank of Bahrain, and Steve Kirsch, CEO, Token, which was moderated by Abdulla Almoayed, CEO, Almoayed Technologies.  In addition, the second panel  focused on governance, and the Growing Role of RegTech with Jehanzeb Awan, Founder & CEO, Azakaw Chia Tek Yew, Partner, Financial Services Consulting, KPMG Singapore, Henri-Christian Hartloff, VP Sales, TAIGER, and Shaikh Salman Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Deputy CE, Operations & Governance, IGA. The Panel was moderated by Karan Ponnudurai, Group Chief Digital Officer, Batelco Group.

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