Events

Buna conducted it's 25th Workshop

Buna’s 25th online workshop took place on September 2, 2021. The workshop involved high-level speakers to elaborate on the multi-currency cross-border bridge that Buna is building between Asia and the Arab region, and explore the recent trends related to cross-border instant payment services.

The workshop agenda included:

1. Welcome note:
   Mr. Mehdi Manaa, Chief Executive Officer, Buna
2. Session 1:
   Connecting the Arab region with Asian markets Speakers
   
   1. Mr. Zaiyue XU, President, Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), China – CIPS is supervised and administered by the People’s Bank of China
   2. Mr. Ritesh Shukla, CEO – NPCI International Payments Limited, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) – NPCI is initiated by the Reserve Bank of India
   3. Mr. Sohail Javaad, Director Payment Systems Department, State Bank of Pakistan
3. Session 2:
   Trends and innovation in cross-border instant payment
   Speakers
   
   1. Mr. Ben Dyson, Adviser, BIS Innovation Hub- Singapore, Bank for International Settlements
   2. Mr. Francesco Di Salvo, Senior Payment Systems Specialist, World Bank Group