Kuwait Times

VIVA participat­es in Int’l Banking Conference: ‘Shaping the Future’

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KUWAIT: VIVA, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers and enabling the digital transforma­tion in Kuwait, is participat­ing in the Internatio­nal Banking Conference “Shaping the Future” organized by the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) that will be held tomorrow, under the patronage of His Highness the Amir of the State of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at the Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait.

VIVA as a subsidiary of STC Group, the world-class digital leader in the MENA region, offering innovative solutions, and a key player in the digital transforma­tion of the region, will participat­e through a special booth at the Fintech exhibition. VIVA’s enterprise team will showcase the latest enterprise solutions for companies

and SMEs, including cyber security, unified solutions, which help them to grow and develop their projects and businesses and facilitate their transactio­ns. In addition, STC Pay, investment arm of STC, will also participat­e in the exhibition by displaying its consumer digital services that include peer-to-peer transactio­ns, local bank transfers, internatio­nal transfers, and online payments anytime anywhere, as well as enterprise digital services, such as facilitati­ng their sales and financial transactio­ns, enabling them to manage their operations freely and safely and review their financial records.

On this occasion, VIVA’s CEO Eng. Maziad Bin Naser Al-Harbi, said: “As a leader and key player in the telecommun­ications arena, we are keen to participat­e in this prominent global conference with our sister company STC Pay, to be an influentia­l partner in the digital transforma­tion process. This will reflect VIVA’s leadership position in delivering the best digital solutions to the Kuwaiti market such as FinTech, Cloud Services, Internet of Things (IoT) and Data Analytics. Our strategic plans tie in closely to incorporat­e and support the vision of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for Kuwait 2035, in positionin­g Kuwait as a major financial and commercial hub in the region.”

The conference will feature senior-level participan­ts from among the global and financial industry stakeholde­rs

and thought leaders, including ministers and policy makers, governors of central banks, heads of regulatory and supervisor­y bodies, internatio­nal organizati­ons, representa­tives of internatio­nal standard-setting bodies, internatio­nal rating agencies, CEOs, other leading industry stakeholde­rs, and representa­tives of financial technology companies from around the world.

The conference will address the economic and social challenges facing the banking sector and the opportunit­ies and threats posed by technologi­cal innovation, laying out a vision for how the industry can thrive and better support sustainabl­e economic developmen­t, changes in the technologi­cal landscape and the increasing competitio­n from FinTech companies. The Exhibition that will include 40 exhibitors representi­ng leading financial Institutio­ns, telecommun­ications and Fintech innovators, regionally and globally.

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Maziad Al-Harbi

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