Experts set to brainstorm on fintech, financial inclusion in Nigeria 

Experts are gearing up to evaluate the growth of fintechs in the Nigerian financial system in the past 10 years, analyse the marriage and dichotomy between banks and fintechs.

They will also explore the convergence of banking, telecom and insurance in terms of financial inclusion, evaluate the challenges of fintechs and financial inclusion in Nigeria and project the future of the two financial concepts going forward.

In a statement, the convener of the Roundtable, Prince Cookey, said the event will be a unique convergence of top executives and stakeholder groups from the banking, fintech, telecom, insurance, media community and the general public.

Cookey, who is also the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Business Journal Media Group, listed the objectives/expectations from the Roundtable to include evaluation of the growth of fintechs in the Nigerian financial system in the past 10 years, analyse the marriage & dichotomy between banks and fintechs, explore the convergence of banking, telecom and insurance in terms of financial inclusion, evaluate the challenges of fintechs and financial inclusion in Nigeria and to project the future of the two financial concepts going forward.

The publisher said the event is free to attend for interested professionals in the banking, fintech, telecom, capital market and insurance space, media as well as members of the general public, and solicited for corporate support from public and private sector institutions in Nigeria for the overall success of the event.

Cookey stated that the Nigeria Fintech & Financial Roundtable would be an annual event going forward.

Alhaji (Dr.) Umaru Kwairanga, Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), and Dr. Apochi Agada, Group Managing Director/CEO, Unified Payment Services Limited would Chair and deliver the keynote address respectively at the Nigeria Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2024 set for next week in Lagos under the theme: “The Role of Fintech & Financial Inclusion in Citizen Empowerment and Economic Growth.”

Other expected speakers at the Roundtable include Mrs. Adekunbi Ademiluyi, Managing Director/CEO, Human Manager Limited; Dr. Stanley Jacob, Vice President, Fintech Association of Nigeria, and Dr. Bode Oguntoke, Group Head of Audit, FBN Holdings Plc.

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