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Dalbir Sahota has over 15 years’ experience working in investment banking operations transformation covering the domains of client data, foreign exchange services, derivatives middle office and KYC/CLM. Dalbir is currently Senior Director of Product Management - Bankers Almanac Payments & FC KYC at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Instrumental in the delivery of new and existing products that help organizations detect and understand the regulatory and reputational risk of doing business with customers and counterparties.1 Articles

Sarah is Product Marketing Manager at OneSpan and responsible for OneSpan’s FIDO, hardware and server solutions. She has over 15 years of experience in ICT and Communications and held previous positions within OneSpan’s Corporate Communications department.1 Articles

Ismail Chaib is the Chief Operating Officer at TESOBE / Open Bank Project. Passionate about the role FinTech can play in society, he is a vocal advocate of Open Banking. He appeared on the Bank Innovation list of 44 Innovators to watch in Fintech.1 Articles

Veejay Jadhaw is the Chief Technology Officer at Provenir, a global leader in risk decisioning and data analytics software.  Mr. Jadhaw has more than 15 years of experience working in the technology, fintech, and financial services industries. Prior to joining Provenir, Jadhaw was the Chief Technology Officer at Finastra. He also served as the Global Head, Core in Cloud at SAP, and held various technical and leadership roles at Microsoft Corporation.  Jadhaw holds seven US Patents, is a published author, and has spoken at various technology conferences around the world. 1 Articles

Dr. Ashish Kakar is Research Director for IDC Financial Insights in Asia/Pacific, where he is the lead analyst responsible for all aspects of banking and insurance research. Dr. Ashish’s own interest is in fraud and risk, resilience, customer centricity, AI/ML, retail banking, insurance, alternative investment management, cloud and infrastructure, and credit risk management. Before IDC, Dr. Ashish had over 16 years' experience in Citibank, 5 years’ experience with insurance companies, and has run his own asset management start-up for 2 years. In his last role in Citibank, Dr. Ashish managed processes across banking technology, servicing operations, and product.1 Articles

microLEAP is an Islamic fintech company with a strong focus on delivering measurable impact. Through its Peer-to-Peer (P2P)Financing platform, microLEAP has expanded its product suite to include micro-financing, term financing, purchase order (pre-sales)financing, and invoice (post-sales) financing — designed to address the diverse funding needs of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Mid-Tier Companies (MTCs).1 Articles

Satoko is a perpetually curious journalist who currently focusses on the crossroads where business and technology meet. Since stumbling into journalism in 2011, she has yet to find a dull day at work. It's a bit hard to track her down as she tends to travel where the story is, but come say hi if you see this rogue journo in the wild.1 Articles

Izwan Zakaria is a lawyer at Izwan & Partners1 Articles

Mobilewalla is a global leader in consumer intelligence solutions leveraging the industry’s most robust data set and deep artificial intelligence expertise to better understand, model and predict consumer behavior.1 Articles

David Vergara is Senior Director of Security Product Marketing at OneSpan and has over 15 years of experience in cloud platforms/SaaS, predictive analytics, and advanced MFA technologies. His current role is focused on GTM strategy and execution across all authentication and risk analytics product   lines. Prior to OneSpan, he led product and GTM strategy for both early stage and blue chip tech companies; Including VP Marketing for Accertify (An American Express Company) leading marketing for their online fraud detection solutions and as Sr. Director Product Marketing at IBM championing development of their predictive analytics industry solutions portfolio.1 Articles