Building a ‘made-in-Canada’ Open Banking system
Open Banking Expo’s Ellie Duncan is joined by Saba Shariff, Head of new Product Development & Corporate Strategy at Symcor, to discuss the adoption of Open Banking in Canada, and why trust, security and privacy are so critical to its success. Shariff also reveals some of the risks and opportunities as the country presses ahead with the creation of its ‘made-in-Canada’ Open Banking regime. Can the industry wait for the rules to be written? Or can it help to lead the adoption and facilitation of Open Banking?
Saba Shariff
Saba Shariff
SVP Chief Strategy, Product & Innovation Officer SymcorSaba Shariff is a seasoned and acknowledged leader at Symcor Inc., a Canadian company that enables secure data exchanges, supporting the country’s largest organizations in the financial, insurance, government and telecommunications sectors. As Senior Vice President – Chief Strategy, Product and Innovation Officer, Saba is accountable for Symcor’s existing and emerging product lines, overseeing teams responsible for designing and launching innovative services that address industry-wide challenges. Along with a mandate for charting Symcor’s corporate strategy towards continued growth, Saba and her team are focused on ensuring long-term topline growth for Symcor as it continues to provide critical services to the broader industry.
Ellie Duncan
Ellie Duncan
Head of Content Open Banking ExpoFormer Financial Times Group journalist Ellie Duncan has a decade of experience across financial services. While arguably best-known for her asset management work, she has also covered open banking, credit, private equity and entrepreneurship.
