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Couchonomics with Arjun

Decoding the New World Order of Finance - Unfiltered, global, weeklyAs tectonic shifts reshape the financial world, Couchonomics continues to explore the trends transforming commerce, capital, and culture. This season, we expand our lens - building on our deep focus in the MENA region while bringing in voices, stories, and innovations from around the globe.Why? Because the future of finance is no longer regional - it’s interconnected.Whether it’s AI in Asia, tokenization in Europe, or fintech policy

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EP25 The Future of Fintech | Abdullah Al-Othman,...

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2022/09/14

Abdullah Al-Othman joins us on the couch today to share his views on an ever-evolving fintech landscape. As the founder of Geidea, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading fintech companies, Abdullah’s first order of business is to solve a small mystery for us: what does the name Geidea mean?Once that’s cleared up, Abdullah shares his view on what makes fintech in Saudi Arabia unique from other places in the world. His insightful opinion sheds light on the disappointing scores of copycats currently flooding

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EP24 Exploring Egypt’s Fintech Expansion | Walid...

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2022/09/07

In terms of fintech adoption, Egypt has been a little slow on the take compared to other nations. However, companies like ValU are changing that.As innovative companies and dynamic leaders forge a path to the future, Egypt emerges as one of the most exciting regions on the fintech map. Our guest and guide today is Walid Hassouna, founder and CEO of ValU. He breaks down some of the key factors driving Egypt’s recent fintech growth.As regulations and infrastructure start catching up to technical

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EP23 Unlocking New Revenue Streams with NFTs |...

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2022/08/26

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EP22 The Future of Corporate Spending | with Mohammed...

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2022/08/23

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EP21 Fintech in MENA: A macro perspective | with...

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2022/08/11

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EP20 How to teach teenagers about money? | with...

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2022/08/04

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EP19 MENA Region – A heaven for angel investors? |...

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2022/07/29

In 2021, emerging venture markets in the Middle East, Africa, Pakistan and Turkey saw record-breaking activity levels in the investment space. As 2022 forges ahead, we can expect to see another year of unprecedented investment activity in these regions despite turbulence in the global markets.Gaurav Dhar is a CEO at Marshal & MENA FinTech Association Board Member and in this, the brand new episode of the Couchonomics with Arjun, he provided an insight into the MENA financial ecosystem,

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EP18 Invest in The Future | with Tammer Qaddumi,...

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2022/07/21

The 2020s have not been an easy time for investors. Although investing seemed to be showing signs of recovery, recent trends have seen investment into some sectors take a nose-dive. Businesses struggle to keep pace with rising interest rates, record levels of inflation, and many other seemingly overwhelming economic macro-forces. A stinging question lurks silently in the background; Will investment companies respond with a bullish approach or a bearish one?Our guest today is Tammer Qaddumi, founding

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EP17 Disruption in the insurance industry | with...

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2022/07/15

MENA has made considerable economic progress over the last decade. Still, a couple of formidable challenges remain, including transforming local economies and inclusive job creation. Insurance has the potential to address these challenges and help countries in the region achieve their growth targets.Despite these potential benefits, the insurance sector is underdeveloped in the MENA region and its growth-enhancing potential has not been sufficiently realized.To discuss the need for disruption in the

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EP16 Introducing Innovation to InsurTech | with Tanja...

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2022/07/07

The FinTech industry is rapidly expanding and evolving. New innovations and inventions spring up every day at every point in the financial world. In all this excitement, some segments become overlooked. Insurance, bogged down by hundreds of years of tradition and legacy, is one of those neglected and forgotten segments. But Tanja Magas, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Democrance, believes otherwise.Democrance, a company initially founded to capitalize on the microinsurance market, has recently

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EP15 The Future of digital payments | with Kartik...

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2022/07/01

Over the past couple of years, digital transformation has continued to accelerate across all sectors, and commerce has been no exception. Even as society is getting back to normal, with restrictions lifting and offices reopening, habits adopted during the pandemic are sustained.Online and offline, spending has been transformed. While uncertainty and unpredictability are now expected, one thing that is clear is that the future of money is digital.Kartik Taneja is the Executive Vice President and Head

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EP14 Work now, get paid now | with Omair Ansari, ABHI

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2022/06/28

It’s an open secret that credit, when leveraged intelligently, has the power to unlock incredible potential in your business. This is the major reason why credit is so easily accessible in many parts of the world. But, Pakistan, a nation with over 50 million active bank accounts, has been relatively slow to conform to the trend, with only 500 thousand credit cards nationwide.Omair Ansari, the founder of ABHI, takes this surprising statistic as a sign of great opportunity in the region. Without

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EP13 Is Buy Now, Pay Later here to stay? | with...

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2022/06/23

BNPL payment industry in Africa & Middle East has seen huge growth over the last four quarters, supported by increased ecommerce penetration along with the impact of economic slowdown due to disruption caused by COVID-19 outbreak.According to the Q4 2021 BNPL Survey, the BNPL payment industry in the region is expected to grow by 99.8% on an annual basis to reach US$ 7187.8 million in 2022!To dig deeper into the BNPL market we invited Ibtissam Ouassif, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at

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EP12 Is the “Fintech Party” over? | with Dr. Saeeda...

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2022/06/16

Visa as the world leader in digital payments has a relentless commitment to innovation. It is widely considered that Visa is actually the first fintech in the world.That is why we're so excited to have on the couch Dr. Saeeda Jaffar, Senior Vice President & Group Country Manager – GCC, Visa.Saeeda is a chemical engineer who shifted into the fintech sector couple of years ago and in this conversation she pointed out some of the key trends in the digital payments space.Tune in and listen Dr

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EP11 Don't build a bank, build a platform | with...

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2022/06/10

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EP10 Driving the Economy Forward with Alternative...

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2022/06/07

Over the past 25 years, Network International has built a business based on long-standing and trusted relationships with many of the leading merchants, financial institutions and payment networks operating in the Middle East and Africa.In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun we are discussing the mission of the Network International, an overview of the MENA’s current state when it comes to the payment solutions and the vision of the future with Nandan Mer, Group Chief Executive Officer for

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EP09 The Future of Banking and Financial Services |...

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2022/06/02

How to navigate and seize the opportunities in disruption that is happening in the banking industry and financial services?To uncover what the future holds for different players that are offering financial services, in this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun we have Philippe De Backer, Managing Partner and Leader of Global Financial Services Practice at Arthur D. Little.Together with Ignacio Garcia Alves and Juan Gonzalez, Philippe just published his fifth book: “Disruption: The future of banking

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EP08 Crypto markets in free fall: What is happening?...

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2022/05/26

Crypto markets are in free fall this month. To understand better what is behind recent events in the Crypto world we invited Anas Bhurtun & Danosch Zahedi, hosts of Crypto Sheikhs podcast, a fantastic show that is tracking and explaining what is going on with cryptocurrencies.For the first time we had two guests on the couch at the same time, which resulted in a super-insightful chat about the tremendous change that is happening right now in the world of finance, and the role of the blockchain

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EP07 Streaming Platforms: The Battle of Content |...

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2022/05/19

The OTT (over-the-top) streaming market in the MENA region has been rapidly increasing in the last couple of years, gaining more than 30% between 2020 and 2021 and reaching over 10 million subscribers in the 18 countries of the Arab MENA region. The trend should sharpen in the next five years, as the subscriber figure is expected to triple by 2026 and reach close to 30 million.In this episode of Couchonomics, the seat on the couch will occupy Maaz Sheikh, CEO of Starz Play, the no. 1 streaming

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EP06 Neobanks and the Future of Digital Banking |...

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2022/05/12

Neobanks are emerging rapidly across the world, all of them trying to solve many challenges that are preventing a seamless and safe digital banking experience. From government regulation to data confidentiality, multiple issues need to be solved so we can enter a new era of fully digital banking.That is why we invited Amir Nooriala on the couch - Chief Commercial Officer at Callsign, the global leading artificial intelligence-based authentication platform for enterprises, financial institutions and

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