Serena Sebastiani

Dubai as a Fintech Hub: A Rising Star: The MENA region opens huge opportunities for fintechs thanks to the scale of the market attracting notice as a leading crypto hub in the making. Government support and fintech-friendly regulations are also fostering homegrown entrepreneurship in the region and attracting global players. At the same time open banking creates an opportunity, for either traditional financial institutions or fintechs, to build applications ranging from payments to lending on top of its API infrastructure. This panel will discuss about: - The main pillars for fintech growth in the region - Free zones as fundamental tool to foster the ecosystem - The unsurprisingly booming local Startup Scene

All Digital Assets Roundtable

Bridging Traditions to Tomorrow: revolutionizing Banking with Web3 innovation - Firechat between Serena Sebastiani (Virtual Assets Leader @ PwC ME) and Mo Ali Yusuf (Founder and CEO @ Fuze Finance)