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SWIFT Middle East Regional Conference 2012. Transforming challenges into opportunities. Abu Dhabi, 27 March – 28 March 2012. SWIFT Middle East Regional Conference 2012. Closing plenary. Abu Dhabi, 27 March – 28 March 2012. Lena Al Malak , King Hussein Cancer Foundation. € 10,000.
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SWIFT Middle East Regional Conference 2012 Transforming challenges into opportunities Abu Dhabi, 27 March – 28 March 2012
SWIFT Middle East Regional Conference 2012 Closing plenary Abu Dhabi, 27 March – 28 March 2012
€ 10,000 Pay the amount of Ten thousand euro To King Hussein Cancer Foundation, Jordan Lázaro Campos Chief Executive Officer, SWIFT 28 March 2012
Key takeaways… Opening: cautious optimism, new sense of reality, back to basics Corporates: standards, efficiency, full services Op risk: ongoing activity TCO: end to end, lifecycle of systems Securities: challenge to develop regional market, attract investors Innovation: mobile enabling global remittances: regulation is a hurdle Work sessions: Secure access to applications in the cloud
Transforming challenges into opportunities • Rising SWIFT volumes in early 2012 show return to stability • Regulation is a challenge and an opportunity (Basel II, Basel III) • Need to make the economic dividend pay: develop human capital • ISO 20022 is THE standard for corporate to bank communication • Mobile-enabled ATMs are a serious option for global remittances • Cloud is the future… • SWIFT needs to help reduce TCO, enable interoperability and manage operational risk - for customers of all sizes…
Debate - Speakers • Rob Green,Chief Risk Officer, Global Transactional Services, FirstRand Bank and SWIFT Board Member • FahadTaher, Vice President, Treasury Operations, Gulf International Bank • Osama Al Rahma,General Manager, Al Fardan Exchange • Udai Al-Aboudi, Division Chief, SWIFT & Technical Support, Payment Systems Dept, Palestine Monetary Authority
The Rest of Today’s Agenda Closing plenary Osama Al Rahma Rob Green Udai Al-Aboudi FahadTaher Palestine Monetary Authority Al Fardan Exchange Gulf International Bank FirstRand Bank
In conversation • Sido Bestani, Head of Middle East and North Africa, SWIFT • Christian Sarafidis, Head of Western Europe Middle East and Africa, SWIFT
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