AAU FinTech Lab - Partnerships
National and International Partnership Ecosystem
Partnerships that Move Research into Practice
The Lab’s partnership architecture spans regulators, payment infrastructure, banking education,
commercial banking, FinTech firms, industry, and international universities.
PartnershipsMoUsInternational
Formal Partnership Architecture
Central Bank of Jordan
National regulator
Adopted Lab findings on the impact of FinTech on financial-sector performance.
JoPACC
Payments infrastructure
Adopted recommendations and hosts Lab student teams at the Join Center.
Institute of Banking Studies
Banking workforce
Joint training programmes and benchmarking studies for the Jordanian banking
workforce.
Al-Ahli Bank
Commercial banking
Empirical partner on digital-transformation case studies in Jordanian banking.
Al-Mada Financial Technology Solutions
FinTech industry
Collaborator on FinTech product development and emerging-market deployment.
Al-Maha Dairy Products
Industrial sector
Collaborated with the Lab in exploring digital transformation, technology adoption, and innovation-driven business practices within the industrial sector.
International Academic Partnerships
Bangor University, UK
Visiting professorship
Seven-month Visiting Research Professorship by Dr. Shehadeh, producing five joint
research papers.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
International Matching Grant Partner
Partner institution in a jointly funded international matching grant (2025–2027) focused on FinTech, Islamic finance, digital banking, and innovation.
Prof. Khaled Hussainey, UK
International Research Advisor
Professor of Accounting at Bangor University, Stanford Top 2% Scientist, and internationally recognized scholar in corporate reporting, disclosure, and financial reporting research.