Ooredoo participates in Kuwait Fintech Conference for second year in a row

Participation in line with its digital transformation strategy

KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait participated for the second year in a row, as the Strategic Partner in the Kuwait Fintech Conference and Exhibition. Which took place at the Four Seasons Hotel, with endorsement by the Ministerial Council’s Central Agency of Information Technology. Participants in the event included a number of experts and professionals in the field of financial technology in the region. Ooredoo’s participation in this event comes to reiterate its commitment to digitalization and enriching people’s daily experiences, and as part of its commitment to keeping up with the latest trends in the tech world, especially as telecommunications plays a vital role in making Fintech (or Financial Technology) more efficient and accessible to a larger segment of people. The conference covered a number of subjects relevant to this developing field including block chain, financial innovation, electronic finance, risk management, data protection, bitcoin and cryptocurrency, seamless payment, cyber security, and cloud banking solutions, among other topics.

During his speech, Ooredoo Kuwait’s Chief Business Officer Abdulaziz Al-Babtain said that, “I am pleased to be with you today at the Fintech Conference and Exhibition - where the financial technology sector is witnessing remarkable development, especially as a large number of start-ups are moving to adopt this technology globally, private sector institutions have a great role in supporting this economic revolution as an important element in the vision Kuwait 2035. We are proud to say that Ooredoo is a pioneer supporter for the financial an investment sectors, specially in the field of cyber security. Also specilaizing in providing digital B2B services with Ooredoo Kuwait’s state of the art Data Center. It also pleases us to be the first company in Kuwait to launch the eSIM service to all of our dear customers.”

Al-Babtain added: “our sponsorship of this conference confirms our commitment to provide full support to all organizations and sectors related to the development of new systems that helps to all of our success, to drive a new generation of entrepreneurs and support young people to grow towards more success in their innovative journey in this sector.” Ooredoo Business gives the ideal solutions and plans to all businesses by providing them with the latest technologies in telecommunications.