Dubai to host the 8th Annual Middle East Retail Banking Forum

The ever increasing disposable incomes and consumerism are posing a challenge for retail banks across the globe. The retail banking sector is looking to move forward on many fronts; from brands to business strategies; and from products to the needs of customers and need more customer driven strategies to meet their deliverables.

Ashraf Bibars, Senior Vice President and Head of Retail Banking Group from Union National Bank will be sharing his views on why retail banks need to increase sales volumes by lowering profit margins. Daniel Melo, Senior Director - Pre Sales Consulting from FICO will deliver a talk on redefining consumer finance offers and matching innovation to change.

Suvo Sarkar, Emirates NBD PJSC -General Manager - Retail Banking. George Beatty, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, General Manager - Consumer & Elite Banking, Ajay Makhija, SAMBA Financial Group, Suresh Bajpai, Doha Bank- Head of Retail Banking, Ashraf Bibars, Union National Bank- Senior Vice President and Head of Retail Banking Group, Sanjay Malhotra, National Bank of Kuwait - Head of Consumer Banking: Middle East & North Africa, Harshdeep Singh Munjal, National Bank of Oman- General Manager - Retail, Private & Overseas Banking Group are some of the prominent speakers who will be sharing their views and opinions at the three day forum.

One of the hotspots of the forum is the panel discussion on leveraging in the online shopping business to boost consumer financial services. Improvising an adequate sales strategy to increase volumes and reduce cost and Embedding a cultural change within your retail banking environment are some of the prime subjects that will be touched upon at the interactive sessions. Hence, the event must be attended by professionals at all levels across Retail Banking, Personal Banking, Consumer Banking, Priority Banking, International Retail Banking and Remote Banking.

The Strategic Partner for the three day forum is Union National Bank. FIS Global and Wipro Limited are the Premium Gold and Gold Sponsors respectively. VERiPARK is the Premium Silver Sponsor while FICO is the Silver Sponsor with SAB as the Associate Sponsor and Bahrain Islamic Bank is the supporting sponsor.