Omar Mansur, Global Enterprise Lead and Managing Director APAC at Codebase Technologies and MFTA corporate member, joins FinTech TV’s Raghda Ibraheem for an interview nominated by MENA Fintech Association, covering digital bank launches, embedded finance and AI’s role in lending decisions.
Mansur has helped launch 65 digital banks across multiple markets, and Codebase Technologies has formalised a strategic partnership with Ovanti Limited (ASX: OVT) to build an agentic digital asset bank on its Digibanc platform, targeting banking propositions across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
The conversation covers what actually makes or breaks a bank launch (focus, not technology), why being digital stopped being a differentiator five years ago, the line between building proprietary technology in-house and embedding commoditised services, how far banks currently trust AI in lending decisions, and why APAC is currently iterating faster than the Gulf on new technology, with Latin America closing the gap on both.
His sharpest framing: treat AI as a capable, competent child. Check its work before you act on it.
Topics discussed: digital bank launch strategy, embedded finance, AI in lending and credit decisions, build versus buy technology strategy, APAC and Gulf digital banking pace, Codebase Technologies and Ovanti digital asset bank partnership.
Guest: Omar Mansur, Global Enterprise Lead and Managing Director APAC, Codebase Technologies; MFTA corporate member
Interviewer: Raghda Ibraheem, FinTech TV Nominated by: MENA Fintech Association