Kaoutar Abdallah is the Director of Legal, Compliance and Risk at Telr, the UAE based award-winning payment gateway solutions provider.

Kaoutar is a trilingual French, English and Arabic, mainly focusing on Cross-Boarder Payment; Payment Processing/Settlement; E-commerce/Fulfillment; B2B / B2C Fintech & Tech Solution; Digital Banking; PSP regulatory licensing and International Corporate/Business Law (Common & Civil legal systems) in the MENA Region.

Kaoutar is a French qualified lawyer and has a Bachelor & Masters degrees in International Business Law from Paris Sorbonne University (France) and postgraduated from Oxford University (UK) Fintech Executive Program.

Kaoutar is currently a PhD student on Fintech Regulatory and Implementation Aspects.