Raja Al Mazrouei on Dubai’s fintech initiative and why she’s betting on a digital banking future

The Lighthouse Conversations

Jul 15 2020 | 00:32:04

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Show Notes

This week we're talking Fintech with Raja Al Mazrouei, Vice President of the DIFC FinTech Hive, an accelerator program under the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) umbrella. Raja talks to Hashem about how Dubai—through its financial hub, the DIFC—is creating an ecosystem for fintech startups who are challenging the traditional ways of doing finance, what the future might hold for banks and insurance companies in the region as well as some of the covid-related challenges the industry can help overcome.

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