Technology

Dubai, 21 November, 2016: Emirates NBD Group, a top banking Team in the region, marked the 2016 UAE Innovation Week (20 - 26 November) with the 'Emirates NBD Group Innovation Olympics'. The campaign, part of the main assistance activities of the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Federal government Innovation, combined innovators from within Emirates NBD along with external innovation companions as well as participants.

The day-long Emirates NBD Team Innovation Olympics included a competition where finalists offered functioning models of innovative options in banking as well as financial technology based upon the four major themes: 'Enhancing customer experience', 'Powering business objectives', 'Business optimization' and also 'Improving staff interaction'. The affecting modern technology trends presented at the occasion focused on Blockchain, Artificial intelligence as well as IoT (Internet of Things).

The event additionally consisted of an expo-style exhibition showcasing models of numerous other concepts by UAE-based universities and colleges consisting of Middlesex University Dubai, University of Sharjah as well as GEMS as well as suppliers and also fintech start-up, as part of the bank's aim to develop and also nurture a bigger partner ecological community of innovation in the UAE.

Speaking at the event, Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Vice Chairman as well as Handling Director of Emirates NBD claimed, Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. Daily, our team comes up with innovative options to improve and also simplify the banking experience for our consumers. Our annual Innovation Olympics reflects this viewpoint and also combines great concepts so could we chose from the most effective to usher in tomorrow's innovations, today. The immense creative potential of this year's occasion will be harnessed by the Emirates NBD Future Lab to be changed into real products and service offerings that will certainly soon be available to all our clients for an easy as well as convenient financial way of life."

This year, the Emirates NBD Team Innovation Olympics was designed to involve the regional innovation environment with the participation of innovation partners, fintech companies, universities and market thought leaders. Attendees likewise included participants of Emirates NBD Team's board of directors as well as executive monitoring in addition to elderly bank authorities as well as staff members.

Emirates NBD, the largest bank in the UAE and a front-runner in Innovation Olympics has undertaken several campaigns as part of its long-term dedication to cultivate an innovation society. The bank recently released the Emirates NBD Future Lab to team up with existing partners as well as clients in the private and public market as well as determine fintech innovators to produce pioneering concepts for prototyping. Numerous of the bank's most effective banking options can be associated with its ingrained society of innovation.

• Tags
• #Business
• #Magazine
• #Lifestyle