About Forum

First central asian financial and bank Forum

«BANKS AND FINTECH-2025»

 

The cost of participation is $ 1200 

Association of banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan (ABRK) reports on holding the first Central Asian Financial and Bank Forum»Banks and Fintech-2025″ (Further– ЦАФБФ-2025),which is planned in June 12-14  2025 in the territory of a unique resort «BOROVOE» in the hotel Rixos Borovoe.

The forum will be held ABRK Together with the Associations of Banks of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan «with the support of the Council of Banking Associations of the Turkic states(СБА ТГ).

The purpose of the forum: Creation of a business platform for participants in the financial and banking market of central and southeastern Asia to discuss the most pressing issues of industry activity, including within the framework of an actively continuing digital transformation of banks, as well as issues of expansion of integration processes between Central Asian countries,CIS, SHOS, BRICS and EU.

Forum participants: State and public structures, international financial institutions and development institutions, banks, commercial and business structures of countries (Central Asian,Southeast Asia,Shanghai Cooperation  Organisation, Euro -Asian Economic Cooperation) Caspian region and ЕС (Tentatively 150-200 people from more than 20 countries).  The upcoming event has a high international status and a representative level. We hope that the forum will become a real platform for the exchange of views on topical issues of the development of the financial and banking industry in modern realities and establishing close business communications between its participants.

The forum work languages ​​are English and Russian with synchronous translation.

1st-section «Banks and Fintech»

(Rixos Borovoe Hotel, Hall «Almaty»)

Topics for discussion:

• Strategic development vectors;
• Fintech and banks — current issues of interaction;
• Fintech as an integral ​​component of the banking industry. Key innovations;
• Digitalization of payment services and advanced banking decisions in the field of financial technologies;
• Further digitalization of financial services — as a driver in the development of the economy;
• Business integration based on digital technologies — as an effective trend of international cooperation;
• Further digitalisation — the global trend of the banking business;
• Digitalisation of banking against the background of market and society transformation;
• Cases of the implementation of the digital platform/marketplace in the financial sector;
• Electronic-optical marks as DATA-amulets to protect against fraudulent actions;
• The role of using Big Data in the fight against fraud and cybercrime
• Actual issues of cybersecurity in banks;
• Modern cyberism and ensuring information security in the banking sector;

2nd-section «MFCA: Opportunities and Prospects»

(Rixos Borovoe Hotel,Hall «Istanbul»)

Topics for discussion:

• The importance of regional financial Centre to ensure investment attractiveness;
• IFCA — opportunities and prospects; International Financial Center «Astana»
• Islamic financing and Islamic banking in the region of the region. Current state and prospects;
• Banking development in Central Asia. Analysis of the best practices for implementing projects;
• ESG: Modern requirements «Industry 4.0»;
• Electronic commerce in Central Asia. Markets.
• The possibilities of new business strategies and technologies.
• Investment opportunities in the banking sector;

3-section «Digitalization of payment services»

(Rixos Borovoe Hotel, Hall «Ankara»)

Topics for discussion:

• New payment instruments — an accelerated growth of the payment market;
• Unification of payment systems for settlements in national currencies;
• The evolution of the world currency system (clearing, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency);
• Digitalization of payment services and advanced banking decisions in the field of financial technologies;
• Regulation in the NPS (National Payment System)
• Mobile contactless payment and quick payments in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Open ARI: theory and practice
• Interoperability and use of the ISO 20022 standard in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Distributed registers and smart-contracts
• Digital currencies of central banks. Kazakhstan start: the first results;
• Development of cross-border payments
• Payments in virtual and supplemented reality

4-section «Artificial intelligence in the financial sector»

(Rixos Borovoe Hotel, Hall «Astana»)

Topics for discussion:

• Artificial intelligence. Current areas of use of AI at the state level, in business, technology and finance;
• Artificial intelligence in the financial sector;
• DIPFEY technology: discussion of ethical and social consequences of synthetic media created by artificial intelligence, and their potential for misinformation and manipulation;
• Cybersecurity: presentation of AI applications to detect and mitigate threats and attacks of cybersecurity; Artificial intelligence for personalised learning: a story about how Artificial intelligence can personalise the educational process, adapt content and provide Intellectual training;
• Analysis of social networks: the use of artificial intelligence methods to analyze moods, recommendations of content and modeling user behavior on social networks platforms.
• Personalised marketing: The idea of ​​how AI -based approaches improve targeted advertising, customer segmentation and campaign optimization.

5-section «Uzbekistan: Investment opportunities in new realities»

(Hall «Uzbekistan», Center for Chinese Culture)

Topics for discussion:

• The dynamics and development trends (transformation) of the financial and banking sector RU;
• The experience of successful investments in the financial system of the RU.
• On the program of further privatization of state banks;
• OTP Bank as an example of successful privatization in the RU financial market
• The National Payment System of the Republic of Uzbekistan: Key players and successful cases;
• Fintech in Uzbekistan. UZUM marketplace as a successful implementation;
• On the trends of the grocery line for retail business in RU banks;
• Digitalisation in the financial and banking industry of the RU.

The cost of participation is $ 1200, which includes participation in the plenary and sectional meetings of the forum, a package of a participant with handout, the transfer of Astana-Borovoye-Astana, accommodation in 5*****hotel (2 nights),

Nutrition for all days is provided, excursion and cultural programs, as well as Gala dinner.

Forum idea: East-West: business without borders