Demystify Podcast: Demystifying Saudi fintech with Naif AbuSaida, founder & CEO of Hakbah
In this episode of Demystify Podcast – the last edition of 2023 – co-hosts Dave and Dharm welcome Naif AbuSaida, CEO and founder of Hakbah, a Saudi Arabian fintech focused on group savings.
Naif talks us through his fascinating background, from being a media personality to working in utilities before moving into banking.
He tells us about how it was whilst undergoing chemotherapy for stage three colon cancer that he re-assessed his life and decided he wanted to have an impact on society, which led him to found Hakbah.
He talks us through the start-up’s proposition and why he decided to focus on a savings product rather than payments or lending, and also helps us demystify the Saudi approach to fintech and how the regulator is helping to drive innovation.
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