Muscat: The sixth edition of New Age Banking Summit will take place on September 22, at Al Bustan Palace – A Ritz Carlton Hotel. His Excellency Tahir Al Amri, Executive President, Central Bank of Oman will be the Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker at the event hosted by His Excellency Shaikh Salim Bin Mustahail Al Mashani.

The Summit will showcase the ever-evolving financial eco system in this digital age and how the banks can be future-ready by adopting new strategies, innovating products and services, and reaching out to customers on digital channels, while proactively combating cyber risks and situations such as the pandemic. It will serve as an engaging platform to focus on new business models to make the banks relevant for next generation customers, and empower them to devise new growth paths and build operation efficiencies. 

It will include presentations and discussions involving a cross-section of industry experts from Oman, rest of the GCC and international markets on subjects including digital transformation, fintech, AI, intelligent automation, digital payments, crypto eco-system, cybersecurity, digital customer experience and financial inclusion. 

Supported by Oman Banks Association and attended by industry thought leaders, fintech specialists, finance, insurance and investment experts, and mid-to-senior level consultants and bankers, the Summit is organized by UMS Events, the event specialist division of United Media Services. Managed under strict social distancing norms with select industry leaders attending in person, the event will cater to a virtual audience of over 200 industry professionals on Zoom and additional viewers watching the live proceedings on YouTube.  

The Oman Banking & Finance Awards, powered by Oman Economic Review (OER), will be co-located with the Summit. The awards will felicitate the key industry leaders, organisations and products/solutions that are at the forefront of new-age financial services in the Sultanate. 

The New Age Banking Summit is supported by leading banking, finance, insurance, payments and fintech companies. This year the Digital Banking Partner for the event is Bank Dhofar, Strategic Partners for the event are Bank Nizwa and GBM, Innovation Partner is NBO, Digital Transformation Partner is Sohar International, Associate Partners are ahlibank, ahli islamic and Oman Arab Bank, Digital Payments Partner is Khedmah, Finance Partner is Taageer Finance, Cloud Service Partner is Oman Data Park, Composite Insurance Partner is National Life & General Insurance, Islamic Insurance Partner is Takaful Oman and Insurance Partner is Dhofar Insurance, Support Partners are PayMate, United Securities and United GCC Fund, Knowledge Partner for the event is Ubhar Capital.

For more information on New Age Banking Summit 2021, reach out to Shaikh Ahmed on +968 98049369 or send an email on shaikh.ahmed@umsoman.com