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Agenda
The Asian Banker Transaction Banking Dialogue, Middle East, is designed in a roundtable format, featuring decision makers discussing key topics.
The Asian Banker Transaction Banking Dialogue,Middle East – Agenda
10th December 2014 |
| 8:00 – 9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00 – 10:30 |
Welcome note
Opening Remarks and contributions from:
Emmanuel Daniel, Chairman, The Asian Banker
Opening Keynote Speakers:
Representative from the World Trade Organization
Tod R. Burwell, President & Chief Executive Officer at The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade
The Asian Banker
Presenting our latest research on trends in Transaction Banking
The Discussion Agenda:
- Key global and regional themes in transaction banking
- Transaction banking infrastructure priorities of regional and middle eastern banks
- Supporting the middle eastern small medium enterprises
- Collaboration with the international FIs and competition among the regional FIs The state of middle eastern corporates and their supply chains, and capturing cross border trades
- Striking a balance between increasing technology costs and profitability
- Tackling the regulations affecting the region
Meeting chaired by Mr. Foo Boon Ping, managing editor, The Asian Banker and co-chaired by FaridKarkaby, international resource director, The Asian Banker
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
Leveraging on Technology to enhance efficiency and create strong online platforms
- Integration of online platforms in transaction banking
- Large investments in cash management
- Automation to create paperless environment utilizing direct debit, iban scanner
- Moving clients to full automation of payments
- Right time to move to SWIFT and BPO
- Building strong online treasury platform for Supply Chain Finance
Leading the discussion with comments from:
James Cullen,former Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo
MuraliSubramanian, EVP & Head of Transaction Banking, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Shafqat Anwar, Group Deputy CEO for operations and I.T.,Ahli United Bank
Omar Yassine, Head of Cash Management, National Commercial Bank
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| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Luncheon |
| 13:30 – 14:30 |
Creating a framework for end to end Supply Chain Finance
- Letters of credit as a way of increasing payment certainty? What other alternatives are available?
- Improving supply chain finance experience through BPO
- What’s that exporter and importer would want: speed, visibility of transaction, security and exceptions processing
- Reducing risk and transaction cost with supply chain finance
- Better systems and automation to improve end to end supply chain financing.
Leading the discussion with comments from:
Bob Blower, Head of Supply Chain Trade Finance, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Mohamed Ihab, Operations Group Head, National Bank of Egypt
Hicham El-Khaoudy, Senior Advisor to Transaction Banking Group, Commercial Bank of Qatar
Harsha Arukgoda, Head of Trade Finance, Commercial Bank International
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 16:00 |
Building the Infrastructure Platform to Expand in the Middle East
- Platforms that support regional and global expansion
- Custody Banking and the way forward
- Growing use of renminbi for trade and investment
- What a regional treasury centre will mean for the region
Leading the discussion with comments from:
Arup Roy, Head of Transaction Banking, Saudi British Bank
Julio Armando De Quesada,Group Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Mashreq Bank
Tod R. Burwell, President and CEO of BAFT
James Cullen, former Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo
Chairman’s conclusions and closing
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| 16:00-17:00 |
Cocktail Hour |
*Please note that the speakers and panelists are in various stages of confirmation and will be updated accordingly
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