Islamic Market Programme is a yearly event organized by Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC), a learning and development arm of the Securities Commission Malaysia. The theme of this year programme is “Enhancing Sustainbility of Global Businesses: Role of the Islamic Capital Market”. I was given a slot in this 3 day programs. I was invited to talk about Fintech disruptions and opportunities in Islamic Capital Market. I started with introduction of what fintech and is and continued with evolution and revolution of fintech for the past 6 decades. Subsequently, I focused on the following 3 main items:
- Global Fintech Investment in Capital Markets
- Fintech Innovations in the Capital Market Space
- Fintech Influence in Islamic Capital Market (ICM) Development and the Challenges
My key message to the participants was that Fintech brought numerous opportunities but a disruption to the business as usual models
Group photo with other speakers, participants and the organizerGroup photo with other speakers, participants and the organizer. I also took the opportunity to sit through the whole 3 day programme and gained a lot of insights from other speakers.