This workshop is included in QATAF PASSES ONLY (Certificates of Completion will be provided to the attendees.)

Executive Track 1:

Demystify FinTech Regulations: Navigating the MENA Legal Landscape

Executive Track 2:

Use Cases and Business Models in Fintech

Date: December 5, 2024

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Executive Track 1

GT-RG-101: MENA Digital Asset Regulatory Landscapes          

• Recognize the digital asset regulatory authorities in Qatar and the wider MENA region.
• Learn the regulated activities involving investment tokens and associated generation, custody, exchanges, transfer, and validation regulated services.
• Understand the different rules involving customer and investor protection, token service providers, investment management and advisory, and professional investors funds.
• Grasp the applicability of existing AML, CFT, and KYC regulations on digital asset management.

GT-RG-102: Financial Crime and Cyber Security

• Learn about the various types of financial cyber-enabled crime that the MENA countries exposed to.
• Identify the main drivers of financial cybercrime and the CaaS (Crime as a service) model currently implemented by cybercriminal networks.
• Understand the existing loopholes in KYC and E/CDD activities of the financial ecosystem including internet service and software providers.
• Recognize the various standards and policies such as FATF and PCI DSS standards and technologies such as authentication and encryption mechanisms that help in combatting financial cyber-enable crime.
• Understand the role of Qatar’s National Cyber Security Agency and international agencies such as the Interpol in combatting financial cyber-crime.

GT-RG-201: Digital Identity and Know Your Customer

• Gain comprehensive knowledge of KYC (Know Your Customer) processes and regulatory requirements essential for compliance in financial and business sectors.
• Understand the risk-based approach to KYC, including the identification, assessment, and management of risks associated with customer identities.
• Explore eKYC (electronic Know Your Customer) solutions, their implementation, and benefits in streamlining customer onboarding processes.
• Identify different types of identity fraud and understand the mechanisms and techniques used for fraud detection.
• Identify different types of identity fraud and understand the mechanisms and techniques used for fraud detection.
• Delve into self-sovereign identities and digital identities and discover how blockchain technology plays a crucial role in enhancing identity management and security.

GT-RG-202: New trends in Finance:  Sustainable Finance & SDG, Open banking and finance, BaaS and Neobanks

• Explore opportunities in embedded finance, integrating fintech services into products/services of non-financial businesses such as BNPL, insurance, and loans.
• Understand the role of fintech in advancing sustainable finance and aligning financial decision-making with ESG initiatives.
• Examine the role of fintech in novel open banking and open finance models.
• Discover how BaaS (Banking as a Service) models are reconfiguring the banking value chain and positively impacting fintech service providers.

Executive Track 2

GT-FIN-101: Digital Transformation in Banking

• Explore the trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities of digital transformation in banking.
• Understand the role of leadership and digital culture as key enablers for digital transformation.
• Examine the importance of UX (Customer Experience) in digital banking.
• Learn about core banking system modernization and the critical role of advisory firms in the transformation journey.
• Discover the ABCD (AI, blockchain, cloud, and data) role in digital transformation in banking.
• Understand the importance of partnership and collaboration with fintech to accelerate innovation.

GT-FIN-102: Fintech business Models, Tokenomics and Circular Economies

• Explore the components of fintech business models, including value proposition, revenue streams, customer segmentation, channels, and cost structures.
• Understand the different types of tokens such as security, utility, equity, governance, commodity, stablecoins, asset-backed, exchange, and NFTs.
• Learn about the tokenomics of creating, valuing, and distributing tokens.
• Examine the mechanics of tokenomics, including balancing supply and demand, incentives, staking, and yield farming.
• Discover how to design circular fintech business models for circular economies.

GT-FIN-103: Financial Inclusion: Micro Financing and the Underfinanced

• Examine trends and barriers to financial inclusion, understanding the challenges faced by underserved populations in accessing financial services.
• Explore digital innovations in microfinance that are transforming how financial services are delivered to low-income individuals and small businesses.
• Understand the comprehensive services offered by MFIs (Microfinance Institutions), including microloans, savings accounts, and microinsurance, and their impact on improving financial stability.
• Learn about the importance of financial literacy and capacity building in empowering individuals to make informed financial decisions and effectively utilize financial products.
• Discover how to design inclusive financial products tailored to the needs of the underfinanced, ensuring accessibility, affordability, and sustainability.

GT-FIN-104: DeFi: Crowd funding and Peer-to-Peer Financing

• Introduction to DeFi (Decentralized Finance) and its significance in modern financial ecosystems.
• Understanding the fundamentals of crowdfunding and peer-to-peer financing within the DeFi space.
• Explore different DeFi platforms for crowdfunding, including their features and benefits.
• Examine the mechanics of peer-to-peer lending and borrowing in a decentralized environment.
• Learn about smart contracts and their role in automating and securing DeFi transactions.