Objective:
This webinar session is designed to empower AFCM members with actionable insights into how
Fintech is transforming capital markets and to provide guidance for digital transformation in order to
survive and thrive in a fundamentally changing market landscape. By exploring cutting-edge
technologies such as AI, blockchain, and cloud computing, as well as their applications in payments,
wealth management, green finance, digital assets and tokenization of real world assets, the program
will equip participants with the knowledge needed to drive innovation.
Attendees will gain a strategic understanding of how Fintech is reshaping products, services, and
market dynamics while addressing key challenges like investor protection, issuer expectations, and
regulatory compliance. With a focus on practical frameworks and forward-looking strategies, the
training aims to enable AFCM members to prepare for, innovate and lead the digital transformation,
aligning with the federation’s mission to create a transparent, advanced, and inclusive financial
ecosystem across the Arab capital markets.
Contents:
1. Introduction to Fintech and The Essence of Digital Maturity
• Enabling and Disruptive Financial Technologies
o APIs, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, DLT / Blockchain
• Specialized Use Areas of Fintech
o Payments, Wealth Management, Sustainability & GreenFinance, Digital Assets and
Tokenization
• Digital Maturity for Institutions
2. Fintech Re-Shaping the Financial Markets Landscape
• New Products & Services: Enabled by Fintech
o AI & ML powered functionalities and services
o DLT / Blockchain enabled products and services:
§ CryptoCurrencies, StableCoins, CBDCs
§ Digitally Native Assets
§ Tokenization of RWAs
o Benefits & Challenges
• Investor Demands: Institutional & Retail, Enhanced Yields, Safety & Protection
• Issuer Expectations: Liquidity & Broader Investor Base, Reduced Costs
3. Important Role of the Key Parties to Drive the Digital Transformation
• Financial Service Providers:
o New Intermediaries and Distrupters
o Traditional Financial Intermediaries
• Market Infrastructures:
o Exchanges
o CSDs & Clearing Houses
• Regulators
o Central Banks
o Financial Markets Authorities
o Ministries of Finance
4. Broad RoadMap for Digital Transformation
• Fintech Literacy & Inclusion of Staff
• Strategic Executive Vision for Innovation
• Technology Implemention
o Legacy & New Digital Systems
o Conventional & Digital Assets
o Embedding Articial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Operational Efficiency and Cost
• Data Management and CyberSecurity
• Compliance and Regulatory Aspects
• Risk Management
• Future Trends and Scalability