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Data, Sovereignty, and AI: Rethinking Object Storage in Financial Services

Dia Ali, Global Platforms & Solutions Lead - Data Intelligence at Hitachi Vantara, Omar Iqbal, Global Head of Regulatory Reporting and Recordkeeping at Standard Chartered and Rehman Hameed, Head of AI at UBL

July 13, 2026 | 08.58 PM UTC


What You’ll Hear.


Object storage is rapidly becoming a strategic asset for financial institutions, helping organizations meet growing demands for data governance, compliance, sovereignty, resilience, analytics, and AI. As its role expands, firms are rethinking how they manage and extract value from their data at scale. In this FStech webinar, sponsored by Hitachi Vantara, industry experts will discuss key findings from the latest FStech research and explore how financial institutions can transform object storage from a passive archive into a modern data platform that supports innovation, analytics, and AI. Key discussion topics: - The evolving role of object storage in financial services - Data governance, compliance, and sovereignty considerations - Managing object storage across hybrid and multi-cloud environments - Unlocking more value from data with modern storage strategies - Building the foundations for AI and analytics with metadata, automation, and integration - Insights and lessons from leading financial services organizations