---
title: "Open Banking in MENA: Lessons from Production"
description: "What it actually takes to ship open-banking integrations across MENA regulators — consent, security, and reliability in practice."
url: https://akemara.com/en/talks/open-banking-mena/
lang: en
author: "Ahmed K Emara"
date: 2026-03-15
lastmod: 2026-03-15
section: talks
tags: ["Open Banking","Fintech","Security"]
translations:
  ar: https://akemara.com/ar/talks/open-banking-mena/
---

# Open Banking in MENA: Lessons from Production

> What it actually takes to ship open-banking integrations across MENA regulators — consent, security, and reliability in practice.

A practical look at building open-banking integrations against real MENA
regulatory regimes: consent flows, strong customer authentication, API
reliability, and the operational realities of running them in production.