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Fintech experts to take part in WIBC 2015

The World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) 2015 will serve as a platform for groundbreaking discussions on the impact of financial technology (fintech) on Islamic financial services worldwide. The event will be held from December 1-3 at Gulf Hotel in Manama. 

The movers and shakers from the Fintech industry will converge on ways to address how Islamic finance can adapt 

in the Digital Age. Fintech has triggered a shift in technology towards Big Data, spurring a demand for financial intermediation that bypasses banks, which are increasingly seen as acting in their own interest over the interests of their depositors and financing customers.

What started as a small niche business with venture capital investment of less than US$1 billion in the second quarter of 2010 has grown exponentially.