Tamkeen strategic partner for IFID

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The 3rd Annual Islamic Finance Innovation Day (IFID) Forum yesterday announced Tamkeen as a Strategic Partner of the event which focuses this year on “How Fintech Innovation is Transforming the Investment Industry”. The event, held under the patronage of the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), is taking place in Bahrain on 27 February 2022 at the Gulf Hotel as a hybrid event and expects to host more than 300 attendees.

The Forum will look at how new cutting-edge digital solutions are revolutionizing the investment industry and the resulting challenges and opportunities. Examining the topic will be a group of regional and international financial sector, Fintech, regulatory and legal experts. Rasheed Al Maraj, Governor of the CBB, will kick off the event, with his remarks to be followed by keynote addresses from Hassan Jarrar, CEO of BisB, the Forum’s Exclusive Banking Partner, and Anour Adham, Co-Founder and CEO of CrowdToLive®, a UK FCA regulated Fintech offering real estate equity funding, and a Partner of the IFID 2022 Forum. The remainder of the Forum will comprise two dynamic and interactive panel sessions, with the first looking at the Forum’s theme.

Taking part will be Yasmeen Al-Sharaf, Director, FinTech & Innovation Unit at the CBB, Maisaa Shunnar, Group Chief Digital Transformation, BisB, and Anour Adham, Co-Founder and CEO of CrowdToLive®, The discussion will be moderated by Vineeta Tan, Managing Editor and a Director at REDmoney Group, the Forum’s Media Partner.

The second panel will look at “Fintech Innovation and Ecosystem and Legal Developments,” with participation from Yasmeen Al-Saffar, Head of Financial Services, Bahrain Economic Development Board, Roberto Mancone, CEO and Executive Board Member, BEYON Money and Mohamed Toorani, Partner and Head of Bahrain office, DLA Piper. The discussion will be moderated by Kal Subramanian, Head of Markets, KPMG (Bahrain).

Khalid AlBayat, Executive Director of Business Development at Tamkeen, said, “We look forward to a fruitful event that serves to showcase one of the high potential sectors we are focusing on and highlight the opportunities within this sector to companies in the ecosystem.”

Zahraa Taher, Managing Director of FinMark Communications, the Forum’s organizer, added, “This Forum is a platform to support all of these objectives and we’re grateful for their participation and continued efforts to back innovation including in rapidly developing areas such as Fintech, where exciting opportunities are emerging and in which Bahrain is already serving as an important regional hub.”