The first day of the 16th Annual Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS 2025) concluded today at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, bringing together over 400 senior bankers, technology experts, and innovators to explore how artificial intelligence, digital trust, and customer-first strategies are transforming financial services across the region.

The curtains have just come down on another remarkable edition of Finnovex Saudi Arabia 2025, and the energy from Riyadh is still reverberating. Over the course of two dynamic days, industry leaders, innovators, regulators, and disruptors came together to chart the future of banking and financial services in the Kingdom.

Day two of Money20/20 Middle East in Riyadh brought together global leaders in fintech, banking, and financial services to discuss the future of money and finance in the region.

United Gulf Financial Services (UGFS North Africa), a leading venture capital firm offering innovative companies and startups with financial support and mentoring services, has announced a partnership with The Hashgraph Association, a Swiss non-profit organization driving global adoption of Hedera-powered solutions by funding innovation, training, certification, and venture building programs, and Exponential Science Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation accelerating responsible tech adoption, via research, education, and innovation activities, for Hedera Africa Hackathon 2025, the biggest hackathon in Africa aimed at enabling the next generation of Web developers and empower economic inclusion in Africa with a digital future for all.

AI in Finance 2025, will take place at the iconic Kimpton Fitzroy London on Wednesday 26th November, and will provide a roadmap for 150+ senior technology leaders from financial services to move beyond the well-established use cases and implement next-generation AI at scale.

The 4th Financial Innovation Forum – Payments & RegTech is one of the best Payments, RegTech and compliance events in the UK, bringing together leading experts in payments, compliance, and financial services innovation.

NetNex Global is set to host the 25th edition of CFO StraTech 2025 in Dubai, bringing together the region’s most influential finance leaders, strategists, and innovators. This milestone edition will convene under the theme:

Winners of the 10th Call for Speakers competition will get the chance to take the stage at the E-commerce Berlin Expo on February 17–18th, 2026, and showcase their expertise to thousands of online retail professionals from Germany and beyond. Contestants can apply in 9 different categories, which include:

Open Banking Expo has unveiled the organisations, individuals, teams, initiatives and partnerships shortlisted in the Open Banking Expo Awards 2025, which celebrate excellence and innovation.

FinTech Global, a specialist research firm, is thrilled to host the Global InsurTech Summit USA on 18 September 2025, bringing together the most influential minds and innovators in Insurance.

The countdown is on. In just two weeks, the region’s most influential banking and financial leaders will gather at the 16th Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS 2025), taking place on 17–18 September 2025 at Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai.

From 1–3 October 2025, the Amsterdam Fintech Event (AFE25) will take over the Amsterdam WTC, uniting innovators, investors, entrepreneurs, and financial professionals from around the world.

The future of banking is taking center stage. Banking Transformation Summit is set to return to the Charlotte Convention Center on November 17-18, 2025, bringing together over 800 banking and fintech leaders to explore the cutting-edge of AI, data, automation, and digital transformation. If you can’t wait that long, there’s good news. MoneyNext have announced a Live Session series leading up to the Summit.

Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show and the place where money does business, returns to Las Vegas on Oct 26-29 for Money20/20 USA bringing together the word’s leaders in banking, AI, payments, and global policymaking.