Arab Banking Conf. kicks off

CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Annual Arab Banking Conference for 2019 kicked off on Sunday in Cairo under the theme of “Implications of the Political Fluctuations on Banking.”

The two-day conference - organized by the Union of Arab Banks - will tackle a host of topics, including reforms needed to achieve economic and social security, the role of government policies in promoting financial markets, implications of political fluctuations on banking, impact of the international regulations’ pressures traditional banking, and the 4th Industrial Revolution and the changes in banking resulting from financial technology.

Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Tareq Amer is attending the conference along with Finance Minister Mohamed Mait, Tourism Minister Rania el Mashaat and a number of heads of Arab banks and experts.