Doha: The Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has awarded a team of international researchers drawn from Qatar University, the University of Hong Kong, the University or New South Wales and Curtin University with over QR2m over three years to help develop Qatar’s FinTech capacity.
The project will support efforts to diversify the Qatari economy and build a future-ready financial sector that will elevate Qatar to the position of a regional FinTech and RegTech hub.
The award was made within the 11th cycle of the QNRF’s flagship grant scheme, the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP). The project is entitled: ‘FinTech and RegTech: Building a resilient, inclusive and competitive legal and regulatory framework for 21st-century finance in Qatar’
The grant is also supported by the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA), a key stakeholder in building Qatar’s future as an important regional FinTech player. The project is to run from June 1, 2019, to June 1, 2022.
