Hi, I’m Paul — AI-aware Product Designer focused on turning tough timelines into clear steps and achievable goals, prototyping with code and keeping up with the latest design and development trends

Business Banking - Emirates NBD & Central Bank of UAE (Coming soon)

AI Innovation Workshop Awards, October 2025

At the 2025 Central Bank of the UAE Hackathon, held in partnership with KPMG, EFI, and UBF, six leading banks came together for an intensive two-day challenge to push the boundaries of Al in financial services. Among the standout participants was the Emirates NBD team, representing Business Banking, Engineering, and Product Design in a tightly coordinated cross-functional effort.

Business Account Opening - Emirates NBD (Coming soon)

Just upload and let AI do the job

Powering account opening for SMEs with AI to minimize data discrepancies, streamline onboarding, accelerate decision making times and boost overall application success rates .

High Risk Annual Review - Emirates NBD

Company details, always current – with a click

A web portal for high risk SMEs to refresh their business details on a yearly basis. Read more

I worked for

  • Emirates National Bank Dubai Paul Waked
  • Nymcard Paul Waked
  • Nymgo
  • Born Interactive Paul Waked

As a Product Designer, I worked on various retail and internal (staff) projects with Emirates NBD and with Nymcard—a SaaS FinTech solution. Earlier, I worked as a front-end developer with Nymgo (2016) and Born Interactive (2011) building web-application, admin dashboards and e-commerce websites.

Currently at Emirates NBD, I had the chance to lead the design team of the Business Banking tribe for 3 years. I make sure they laugh Monday to Friday.

Words from collaborators

Always happy to chat

wakedpaul@gmail.com

LinkedIn Paul Waked

+971 58 57 70499