Amman, Jordan – Aug 28: The MENA Fintech Association (MFTA) has concluded a high-level strategic meeting with the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan, H.E. Ziad Ghanma, alongside senior CBJ leadership, the Securities Commission of Jordan, and GIZ.
The meeting, convened in Amman by MFTA Chairman Nameer Khan, underscored Jordan’s growing importance within the broader MENA fintech landscape. Jordan has steadily built a reputation as one of the region’s most credible and proactive regulatory environments, anchored by the Central Bank of Jordan’s early commitment to fintech innovation through its regulatory sandbox framework, a mechanism that has enabled a growing number of licensed entities to test, refine, and graduate into fully regulated operation within the Kingdom.
Discussions in Amman covered a comprehensive fintech agenda, reflecting the depth and maturity of the relationship between MFTA and Jordan’s financial regulatory leadership. Particular emphasis was placed on Jordan’s potential to attract greater foreign direct investment into its fintech and financial services sector, building on the strong regulatory foundation the Central Bank of Jordan has established in recent years.
Speaking following the meeting, MFTA Chairman Nameer Khan said:
“Jordan’s regulatory leadership has done something genuinely rare in this region. They have built a sandbox environment that does not just test ideas, but graduates them into real, licensed, operating businesses. That is the mark of a regulator that understands innovation is not a risk to be managed, but an opportunity to be enabled. Jordan’s role in the growth story of MENA’s fintech sector is significant, and it is only growing from here. We are proud to stand alongside the Central Bank of Jordan in this journey.”
Further details will be announced in due course.