---
title: "Speaking"
url: https://akemara.com/en/talks/
lang: en
author: "Ahmed K Emara"
date: 2026-03-15
lastmod: 2026-03-15
section: talks
translations:
  ar: https://akemara.com/ar/talks/
---

# Speaking

- [Open Banking in MENA: Lessons from Production](https://akemara.com/en/talks/open-banking-mena/index.md): What it actually takes to ship open-banking integrations across MENA regulators — consent, security, and reliability in practice.
- [Scaling Payments Without Losing a Cent](https://akemara.com/en/talks/scaling-payments/index.md): Idempotency, ledgers, and exactly-once semantics — the patterns that keep money correct as throughput grows.
- [Money20/20 Riyadh 2025: Fintech’s Global Stage Comes to Saudi Arabia](https://akemara.com/en/talks/money2020-riyadh-2025/index.md): Money20/20 makes its Middle East debut in Riyadh: 45,000 attendees, 350+ speakers, and Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 fintech ambitions on the world stage. Why it matters and the themes to watch.
- [Open Banking in Saudi: A Practical Startup Playbook](https://akemara.com/en/talks/open-banking-saudi-playbook/index.md): Open banking is live in Saudi Arabia — and the winners will be the startups that treat SAMA compliance as a feature. A founder's playbook: the framework, spec-first architecture, consent UX, credit modeling, and the sandbox-to-production checklist.