Within the framework of one’s of its strategy axes “digital financial inclusion” The Arab ICT Organization presented by its Director-General HE. Eng. Mohamed Ben Amor signed a memorandum of understanding with “STB” BANK presented by its Director-General Mr. Mohamed Chouikha in order to set up a strategy for financial digital inclusion and for a rapprochement between the banking sector and the technology sector to further developing their services and providing innovative digital financial services to citizens.
It is worthy to mention that this cooperation agreement is a concretization of a long-term collaboration between AICTO and STB mainly within the scope of the initiative launched by AICTO in 2018 : Excellence Awards for the Best Arab Digital Financial Institutions” with the aim to showcase the efforts of financial institutions in the field of digital transformation and the adoption of digital solutions to improve the quality of their financial services provided to clients. STB is one of the outstanding banks in digital transformation in the Arab region and this was the reason to be a double award winning : Best Digital Bank in North Africa and Tunisia during the Ceremony of the second edition of the “Excellence Awards For the Best Arab Digital Financial Institutions for the year 2020-2021” held on May 28, 2021, in Beirut – the Republic of Lebanon.