Скачать или смотреть Episode 5 - Zand CEO Michael Chan on the Future of Digital Banking

In this episode of The Next, host Ahmed Ismail sits down with Michael Chan, CEO of Zand, to unpack how digital banking, tokenization, and virtual assets are reshaping modern finance, and why the UAE has become a global leader in this transformation.

Michael breaks down the real adoption happening across the industry, from corporates and asset managers stepping into crypto to family offices treating BTC and ETH as part of diversified portfolios. He also explains how tokenization lowers barriers to investment, how AI is strengthening fraud detection and compliance, and why fully digital banks are positioned to bridge TradFi and DeFi in the decade ahead.

If you want to understand how regulation, technology, and digital assets are rewriting the future of banking in the UAE and beyond, this episode is a must-listen.