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The Impact of Fintech on the Future of Islamic Finance

SIDC CPE-approved: 10 CPE Points

Date: 11th October 2017
Venue: InterContinental Hotel, KUALA LUMPUR

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COURSE BACKGROUND

The banking and financial landscape in the past 5 years have been inundated with ‘techs’. FinTech, InsurTech and RegTech are just some of the new buzzwords. However, in an environment of thinning margins, low global growth and increasing cost of compliance and doing business, no Islamic financial institution can afford to ignore the march of technology particularly. Cheaper, simpler and more efficient financial solutions which do not necessarily require banks or any forms of intermediation are becoming commonplace.

REDmoney are pleased to bring you a one-day intensive workshop that will examine the most critical issues facing Islamic financial institutions with regards to financial technology. This is not necessarily a technology event. More, it is an event looking to highlight, examine and address key strategic and operational issues about future market positioning, product structure and placement, delivery channels, and customer requirements in a dramatically changing world. Included in this will be an examination of the present and likely future regulatory environment surrounding technology and financial institutions.

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • This one-day seminar is designed to help participants:
    • Gain an understanding of ‘technology disruption’ and its impact on Islamic banking and finance
    • Determine future client needs and requirements, as well as product delivery channels
    • Appreciate the impact of technology disruption and FinTech on your Islamic Financial Institution’s future growth and profitability
    • Assess bank strategy and positioning in the light of the growth of financial technology
    • Understand Shariah and other risk areas associated with technology disruption
    • Gain insights on some of the Islamic FinTechs available and how banks work with FinTechs, locally, regionally and internationally
    • Devise the best mode to deal with technology disruption and FinTech, including possible modes of FinTech collaborations

For enquiries please contact:

Normariya Sariman
Account Manager, REDmoney Seminars
[email protected]
Direct Line: +603 2162 7800 ext 44

Ramesh Kalimuthu
Events Sales Director
[email protected]
Direct Line: +603 2162 7800 ext 65
Fax: +603 2162 7810

For sponsorship & speaking opportunities:

Andrew Tebbutt

Managing Director
[email protected]
Direct Line: +603 2162 7802

For marketing and media enquiries

Govina Selvanthran

Marketing Manager
[email protected]
Direct Line: +603 2162 7800 ext 22

If you are looking for an in-house training program or wish to send a group to an existing public program, kindly please contact Andrew Tebbutt at [email protected] or +603 2162 7802.
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AGENDA

Session 1: Discussing the Evolution of FinTech & Islamic FinTech
  • Identifying the origin, growth and development
  • Highlighting Shariah compliance among Islamic FinTech: the nuts and bolts
  • Identifying and addressing other risk areas
Session 2: Outlining Related Developments of FinTech, InsurTech and RegTech
  • The nexus
  • Discussing relevant and important developments
  • Are these just tech hype?
Session 3: Watching Islamic FinTech in Action
  • Examining some popular types of Islamic FinTech and rationale
  • Learning from others: leading jurisdictions and their initiatives
  • Analyzing Islamic FinTech disruption: a SWOT analysis
Session 4: Assessing Public Sector and Regulatory Perspectives
  • Evaluating regulatory sandboxes: a comparison among jurisdictions 
  • Highlighting and discussing Government initiatives for the development and integration of FinTech
  • No government, no regulator, no go?
Session 5: Looking Ahead: Technology Disruption and FinTech - Banking in 2030
  • Understanding and predicting customers’ expectations
  • Identifying important external factors that are expected to influence the financial landscape
  • Assessing providers, products and services offerings, and delivery channels
  • Preparing for the future: what needs to be done

EXPERT COURSE DIRECTOR


Azleena Idris
Consultant, SHAPE® Knowledge Services

Azleena was a Deputy Director at Central Bank of Malaysia since 2005 until April this year. During her nearly 12 years of service, she was instrumental in several key national and international initiatives including positioning Malaysia as an International Islamic Financial Centre (MIFC) and devising Islamic finance initiatives in the Financial Sector Master Plan 2010-2020. She was also responsible for the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013, development of Islamic finance-related provisions in the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009, liberalization of the Malaysian legal profession, operationalization of International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation including its Sukuk issuance programme and implementation of GST for the financial sector under Central Bank of Malaysia. She was instrumental in the establishment of Islamic Finance Tax Neutrality Committee and Islamic Finance Law Harmonization Committee. Prior to that, she was with the RHB Group for nearly a decade where her last position was Assistant General Manager, Group Legal and Compliance. Apart from her responsibilities in legal and compliance matters of the Group, she was involved in the operations of the group as an Exco and Credit Committee member of several capital markets related subsidiaries and was joint Group Company Secretary. During her tenure, she was instrumental in most of the merger and acquisition exercises involving the RHB Group beginning with the acquisition of Kwong Yik Bank Berhad and restructuring of the Group to create RHB Bank Berhad and ending with the creation of RHB Islamic Bank Berhad. Trained and qualified as a lawyer, she read law at Manchester Law School, United Kingdom and after graduation, obtained Certificate of Legal Practice (Hons) from the Malaysian Legal Profession Qualifying Board, both on federal scholarship. She is also a graduate of the prestigious TRIUM Global Executive MBA from London School of Economics and Political Science, New York University Stern Business School and HEC Business School Paris, ranked 1st Executive MBA in the world by Financial Times in 2014 which enabled her to gain valuable insights on technology disruption, digital economy, entrepreneurship, globalization, sustainability and digital media marketing. Azleena has advised governments on their Islamic banking, Sukuk, Takaful, taxation, legal and regulatory framework as well as strategies and is a regular speaker on Islamic finance developments, new growth areas, strategies, innovation and developmental laws and regulations. She is now a consultant with SHAPE®.

Who Will Benefit?

  • ALCO Members and Support Staf
  • Treasurers and Treasury Managers
  • Financial Controllers and Officers
  • Investment Professionals & Fund Managers
  • Risk Mangers
  • Portfolio Managers
  • Auditors
  • Settlement Managers
  • Operation Managers

For enquiries please contact:

Normariya Sariman
Account Manager, REDmoney Seminars
[email protected]
Direct Line: +603 2162 7800 ext 44

Ramesh Kalimuthu
Events Sales Director
[email protected]
Direct Line: +603 2162 7800 ext 65
Fax: +603 2162 7810

For sponsorship & speaking opportunities:

Andrew Tebbutt

Managing Director
[email protected]
Direct Line: +603 2162 7802

For marketing and media enquiries

Govina Selvanthran

Marketing Manager
[email protected]
Direct Line: +603 2162 7800 ext 22

If you are looking for an in-house training program or wish to send a group to an existing public program, kindly please contact Andrew Tebbutt at [email protected] or +603 2162 7802.
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