Objective:

To provide executives and participants specifically from the Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) with in-depth insights into the relevant use cases of new technologies reshaping financial services.

Through exploration of fintech's core concepts, enabling technologies such as APIs, cloud computing, blockchain, and AI, and its specialized areas like Paytech, Wealthtech, Cryptotech, and SustainTech, participants will get to know use cases that illustrate how these innovations are driving transformation.

We will then focus on the relevance of these technologies to CSDs, examining how CSDs can integrate digital asset services, adapt their services facing the rise of private CSDs, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

The webinar provides both theoretical knowledge and information on practical real-world applications, equipping current executives and future leaders of the CSDs with the tools and strategies necessary todrive innovation, solve real-world challenges, and shape the future of the global financial industry.

Webinar Outline:

Part A: Overview of Fintech and the Fintech Ecosystem

1. Introduction to Fintech: An overview of fintech, its integration into and impact on financial services.
2. Evolution of Fintech: A historical perspective on fintech, highlighting key milestones.
3. Global and Regional Trends: Regulatory developments and fintech ecosystem in various regions.
4. Future of Fintech: Exploration of future trends such as embedded finance, AI-driven automation, and tokenization, along with regulatory and scalability challenges.

Part B: Enabling and Disruptive Technologies in Fintech

1. APIs: The role of APIs in innovation and collaboration between fintech and traditional institutions.
2. Cloud Computing: How cloud computing enables scalable, flexible, and secure fintech solutions.
3. AI: AI’s role in automation, data-driven decision-making, fraud detection and risk management.
4. Blockchain: A detailed look with consensus mechanisms, digital assets, and regulatory challenges.

Part C: Specialized Areas of Fintech

1. Paytech: Innovations in payments i.e. contactless,, cross-border and mobile payments and platforms.
2. Wealthtech: Robo-advisors, AI-driven portfolio management, democratizing access to investments.
3. SustainTech & ClimateTech: The integration of sustainable finance into fintech, focusing on green finance, carbon trading, and impact investing.
4. Cryptotech / Digital Assets: A breakdown of digital assets, tokenization of real-world assets, and the regulatory landscape in various including EU, Middle East and Africa, and in particular the UAE.

Part D: Relevance to CSDs

1. New Custodians for Digital Assets: The rise of digital custodians and their competitive impact.
2. Private CSDs: The emergence of private CSDs, their impact on the traditional market infrastructure and conventional local CSDs.
3. Staying Competitive: Strategies for CSDs to leverage and adopt fintech for a competitive edge.
4. Bridging the Old and New Worlds: How CSDs can connect conventional systems with the digital, leading transformation through serving both traditional and digital assets.