Building Sav, the first savings focused fintech for the GCC. Talk to me about D2C products, building customer experiences and brewing coffee right.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Joined December 2010
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Designing solutions for money require a deeper understanding of human relationships, hopes, fears, tools, and backgrounds. Those are the insights that we really cared about @SavmoneyApp ! Quick wrap-up of our learnings on how personal finance is more personal than we think. (1/6)
The future of financial services in the Gulf, particularly for millennials, is poised for a significant transformation -- moving towards a more bank-agnostic landscape where products and channels are not the primary differentiators. #Savings #savmoney #financialinclusion
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Check out my latest article: Credit and UAE's glamor scene: an impending call for responsible finance? linkedin.com/pulse/credit-ua… via @LinkedIn
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Building a strong community gets a founder more wings than playing on plain merit! Community of users, stakeholders, investors, mentors, industry leaders, other founders, family - in whichever format - each is important.
The @MOFUAE revealed its 4yr plan to support economic growth - focus on financial sustainability, AI and Innovation. @SavmoneyApp is excited to drive the future of sustainable personal finance driving inclusion, savings and prudent spending!
@centralbankuae @HHShkMohd @MBRIFund
We launched The Ministry of Finance strategy 2023 - 2026 in line with the UAE’s vision and with its leadership’s aspirations. In accordance with this national strategy, the Ministry will adopt international best practices and solidify its pioneership and excellence. It will work to empower national talents and organizations, and create a government environment that fosters innovation and enhances confidence and transparency in our financial system. Through the efforts of @mofuae team, we seek to achieve a prosperous future for the UAE & its future generations.
You can’t grow, if you don’t know. Awareness and measurement are fundamental to building something truly valuable and scalable. #fintech #savings #growthmindset #foundersmusings #growthhacking
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Tiny observations: What's the one thing that successful founders have in common? A) Superpowers 🦸♂️ B) Endless coffee ☕ C) Being consistent AF! #founders #femalefounders #coffee #startups #justsav
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A successful GTM strategy has 2 pillars. Qualitative: understand your customers well. And, quantitative: reach your customers at scale.
It all boils down to doing 1 right!
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The quest for data and AI led personalisation of financial services requires a delicate balance between innovation, and preserving the personal connections that make finance truly human! Money is personal. It’s driven by trust, empathy, fear and the power of F2F interactions.
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Work-cation in the cozy cafes nestled in the beautiful foothills of Tromso 🏔️☕ ! Business as usual by day, chasing Northern Lights by night! Productivity level = 💯% #tromso #firstbreakin3years
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Founders of popular GenZ Cards App were clueless about how settlements worked for them. "The scheme sent them a file & then operations team manages" -they guessed. Well, they work with a BAAS which manages it all. Can early-stage founders afford to be oblivious of the biz basics?
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Investors:’Let's spend money like it's going out of style! Why organic, let’s acquire full throttle. Add freebies, bounties, more categories, products. Metal card too, maybe?’
Frugal founders: 'Um, sure, we still need to pay the bills..’
#startupthings #investor #fintechfounder
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Inflation: the one constant in life that always goes up, just like the price of salads and açai bowls at Instagramable cafés! #sarcasm #inflation #holidaycheer
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In younger economies: there's an increasing ask for #financialservices & products that are #aspirational and render exclusivity.Earlier these attributes were limited to FS for affluent and HNIs. Who else is building for emerging #affluents & has noticed this?
#MiddleEast #fintech
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State of every #consumptive market? (Low cost, easy loans) + (minimal returns on #savings) + (rising #costs) == more casual (read, problematic) debts.
#CostOfLivingCrisis #savings #bnpl #financialsecurity #savenowbuylater
80% of employees describe their level of debt as a “problem"
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Why have markets bounced? Follow the Fed.
(Backdoor) #QuantitativeEasing has started. The Fed can't truly stop or the fiat system collapses.
Are we allowed to talk about #QE again?
#costoffunds #inflation #CostOfLivingCrisis #interestrates #savings #sav #savenowbuylater
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Most interesting #advertisement that I saw today - get a job loss insurance on BNPL (EMIs).
So, if I lose my job and claim insurance, you expect me to payback my insurance debts with it! Sure, why not.
#BNPL #loans #insurance #savenowbuylater #paylater
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(1/3) @federalreserve paper blows up the theory of high #profits over the past decade.
35%+ of profit increases for US S&P non-financial (so exclude FIs) firms has been due to record low interest rates + reduced company taxes.
Who knew? federalreserve.gov/econres/n…
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(2/3) Was the growth not due to fantastic strategy, innovation, great management, or new technology?
All those shares buy backs, IPOs, SPACs… much of the profit growth was simply handed to companies, it seems.
#Growth #recession #inflation
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Without a doubt!! #GFF2022 is 🚀
You have to be at @GFF_FintechFest in #Mumbai to experience the pace of change in Fintech and startup ecosystem in #India! Reminds me of Money20/20 from #Singapore. It’s rare to have the Central Bank Gov spend hours sitting through product launches.
You can actually forget about saving! @SavmoneyApp’s automated saving functionalities are dope. 💸💸
Save as you spend, save as you earn and save as you want!
#savings #FinancialFreedom #buythedip #savenowbuylater #automatedsavings
Raise your hand if you want to supercharge financial freedom
#FinancialFreedom #DebtFree #fire #fintech #personalfinance #MoneyManagement #UAE
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