LAHORE ( HAFEEZ REPORT )
National Data Consultant (NDC) and Temenos Group AG jointly hosted NDC & Temenos Fintech Forum 2016 at the Movenpick hotel in Karachi, for the banking community in Pakistan. The event was an open forum for customers, users, partners and industry-peers, to share and discuss best practices in the use of NDC and Temenos’ products and services. The main theme of this User Group was: Digitization and BLOCKCHAIN – The Next Disruptive Innovation.
Banking industry participants had the opportunity to; hear Temenos’ vision of BLOCKCHAIN for the future, exchange product ideas and experiences, debate industry trends and developments, while also hearing the latest on NDC’s service offerings.
The full day annual event was designed to create an engaging dialogue between banking customers and industry professionals. It also served as a platform for initiating, developing and strengthening business relationships among resourceful enterprises and banking institutions. Speakers and expert panel-members engaged the participants throughout the presentations and brought forward the important topics that are top of mind for banking IT.
The Chairman of NDC – Behram Ahmed commented that: “The NDC-Temenos Fintech Forum being held in Pakistan for the 7th year and being so well attended, clearly shows the value that this event brings to the users of banking technology. Both users and non-users of the Temenos products would gain significantly from attending some of the key sessions, especially ‘Blockchain’ which relate to the future of banking and technology and are therefore universal in their value proposition. “
Jean Paul – Managing Director, Temenos Middle East & Africa said that: “I am honored to host our Fintech Forum 2016 with NDC in Karachi. It is indeed a great opportunity to greet Temenos’ existing Pakistani clients and our future prospects. We have been committed to this market with NDC since year 2000 and have continuously invested in certifying T24 expert resources. We are also excited to introduce many new products which will be demonstrated by a team of experts who came to Karachi specifically for this occasion, and it is a privilege to welcome Mr. John Schlesinger, (Temenos Chief Enterprise Architect) to Karachi. I am also very grateful to NDC who helped us introduce our technology to Pakistan and have consistently and successfully delivered value to the growing community of our clients here and across the Middle East.”
The President and CEO of NDC – Ms. Ammara Masood gave an introduction about NDC and the Fintech Forum, and an overview of Temenos and its partnership with NDC. Ms. Ammara stated that; “We are delighted to welcome our customers and prospective clients in Pakistan, at the Fintech Forum 2016. This is the 16th year of NDC’s successful partnership with leading banking software provider, Temenos, Today Banks are in a fight for the customer, not only with other banks but also non-banks. Fintechs like NDC can help incumbents, not just disrupt them.”