In this episode, our guest is Naif AbuSaida, the CEO and founder of Hakbah, a Saudi Arabian fintech focused on group savings. Naif talks us through his fascinating background, from being a media personality to working in utilities before moving into banking.

Naif tells us about how it was whilst undergoing chemotherapy for stage 3 colon cancer that he re-assessed his life and decided he wanted to have an impact on society, which led him to found Hakbah.

He talks us through the Hakbah proposition before changing gears and telling us about the Saudi approach to Fintech and how the regulator is helping to drive innovation.