FinTech LIVE Dubai: Amnah Ajmal, Mastercard

Amnah Ajmal
Amnah Ajmal, Group Executive President - Merchants & Commerce, Digital Partnerships, Fintechs & Enablers, Strategy, M&A at Mastercard at FinTech LIVE Dubai
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Connecting the world’s fintech leaders, FinTech LIVE will be returning in 2024 to bring together the biggest players in the fintech world to deliver insightful keynotes, fireside chats, and panel discussions sharing valuable knowledge and real-world experiences. 

When: 17 April 2024

Location: Dubai (Virtual)

Website: FinTech LIVE Dubai

Bringing together leading executives from finserv, banking, insurance and more across the Middle East and Africa, FinTech LIVE Dubai will gather leading executives from the Fintech industry to deep dive into the current trends, innovations, movements and more.

Key themes of the event:

  • Payment technology
  • Digital banking and neobanking
  • Open banking
  • Customer experience (CX)

FinTech LIVE Dubai serves as the ultimate virtual platform to network and connect with like-minded peers in the Middle East and Africa.

Amnah Ajmal, Group Executive President - Merchants & Commerce, Digital Partnerships, Fintechs & Enablers, Strategy, M&A, Mastercard

Amnah Ajmal, Group Executive President - Merchants & Commerce, Digital Partnerships, Fintechs & Enablers, Strategy, M&A at Mastercard

For the last 20 years, Ajmal has been an integral leader in some of the world’s top finance and banking organisations. In her current role, she leads the P&L across multiple business verticals including merchants, telcos, governments, fintech’s, digital players across 80 markets. In addition, she also heads the strategy, pricing, analytics and M&A function for the region. Prior to this role Amjal led the North America product & innovation organisation, based out of the US, creating sustainable, competitive differentiation for Mastercard and its customers by delivering digitally integrated consumer experiences across consumer and commercial products. 

Prior to joining Mastercard she was the CEO for Standard Chartered Consumer Bank Malaysia. She was also responsible for retail banking strategy for Indonesia, Malaysia & Taiwan in a global role based out of Singapore. Prior to Standard Chartered, Ajmal worked at Citigroup in UAE, Egypt, UK and Poland. She held a number of leadership positions at Citigroup including Asset Business Head for Poland responsible for full range of consumer asset products, innovation and distribution including credit cards, co brands, personal loans and mortgages. 

She was honored to be listed in Forbes Middle East’s 100 most powerful businesswomen 2024; the top 100 women in fintech for 2021 by IBM & Fintech magazine; the top 25 women leaders in financial technology by the Financial Technology Report US for 2019 & 2020 and the top 100 women in Fintech, across the globe, for 2019 by Lattice80.  She also holds the honor of being in America’s top 10 women in Fintech by the Fintech Magazine for 2020. 

A passionate advocate for women gender equity, Ajmal speaks annually at more than 30 conferences.

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