Innovations hosted its first Conference for Banks Middle East 2010 in Dubai

Innovations Software Technology, a member of the Bosch Group and a leading provider of software solutions for the banking and financial services industry, hosted the first Innovations Conference for Banks Middle East 2010 on February 2 in Dubai. The conference focused on the banking and financial services industry's growing interest in compliance in general as well as the industry's increasing concern for financial crime and terrorist financing in particular.

High profile speakers such as Bryan Stirewalt, Director Supervision of the DFSA and Matein Khalid, Head of Capital Markets of Bin Zayed Group attracted many attendees. "The diversity of the topics covered by the high caliber speakers, interactive participation of the audience made the conference very interesting and informative", acknowledges Iqbal Maladwala, Head of Internal Audit & AML Compliance at Invest Bank PLC.

Innovations Conference for Banks Middle East offered in-depth insight into customer relationship management and compliance topics, and provided an outlook on the banking and financial services industry for 2010. Marco Knobloch, General Manager Sales & Alliances, Middle East & North Africa of Innovations Software Technology, summarizes: "We received a very positive feedback about the event from the attendees as well as the speakers. I am amazed at how many banks throughout the region were represented at the event. We hosted the conference as the event provided the perfect platform to showcase our extensive range of software solutions and services, particularly our compliance and client management solutions, which are now in great demand in the industry."