Part of the Banking Transformation Series:
Europe:  London 19-20th May, 2026  |  North America:  Charlotte, NC November 9-10, 2026  |  Asia:  Singapore, Returning 2027

The Agenda

The next step on your transformation journey.

Session Themes

Human + Machine Leadership

How leaders are adapting as humans and machines work side by side. Culture, skills, decision-making, and what it really takes to lead teams in an AI-enabled bank.

The AI Frontier

Where AI is delivering real value today and what comes next. From applied use cases to governance, scale, and the path from pilots to production.

Intelligent Infrastructure

The platforms and architecture powering modern banking. Core modernisation, cloud, data foundations, and building systems designed for speed, resilience, and change.

Money in Motion

How payments, lending, and money movement are evolving. Real-time rails, embedded finance, new business models, and the customer expectations shaping the future of flow.

Trust in the System

Protecting confidence in a digital-first world. Risk, regulation, security, privacy, and how banks are strengthening trust while continuing to innovate.

Power to the People

Putting customers and employees at the centre. Experience design, personalisation, empowerment, and building products and services people actually value.

Day One Morning – 19th May

Vision

See the big picture. Understand the shifts. Spot the real opportunities.

The Early Access Briefing: Three Big Shifts Shaping Banking’s Future

0850 – 0920

Three senior voices outline the shifts that will define banking over the next 12 months, cutting through noise to focus on what banking leaders actually need to act on now.Β 

Key questions covered:

  • Which technology shifts will matter most for banks by 2026
  • Where strategy is running ahead of execution
  • What risks leaders are underestimating today

Building Confidence in Intelligent Banking

0930 – 0950

As banks introduce more automation and intelligence into critical decisions, confidence becomes as important as capability. This session explores how institutions are designing systems that customers, regulators and boards can trust, even as complexity increases.

Key questions covered:

  • What customers and regulators now expect from intelligent systems
  • How banks prove control without slowing innovation
  • Where trust is won or lost in digital journeys

Panel: Where Are We Now? The Great Reinvention of Banking

1000 – 1030

This opening panel takes a hard look at where banking really stands today. Leaders discuss how AI, data and infrastructure are reshaping the industry, what is genuinely changing, and what still needs to catch up across operating models, governance and culture.

Key questions covered:

  • How banks turn AI from hype or fear into real impact
  • What builds lasting digital trust with customers
  • How technology, people and strategy must align to deliver transformation

Redefining Trust In an Era of AI, Fraud & Fragmentation

1040 – 1100

Fraud, automation and fragmented ecosystems are reshaping how trust is built and tested. This session looks at how banks are strengthening assurance, transparency and control as financial services become faster and more complex.

Key questions covered:

  • How trust expectations are changing in AI-driven banking
  • Where fraud and complexity expose new weaknesses
  • How banks embed trust into systems, not just messaging

The Value Shift: How Data Payments & AI Will Redefine The Movement of Money

1040 – 1100

Money is moving faster and becoming more data-rich. This keynote explores how payments, intelligence and real-time decisioning are changing the economics of value creation across banking.

Key questions covered:

  • How data reshapes payments and liquidity strategies
  • Where AI unlocks new revenue opportunities
  • What real-time money means for customers and products

Banking Rewired: What Is Powering the Future of Banking

1040 – 1100

Behind every modern banking experience sits an evolving technology stack. This session explores the platforms, architectures and decisions shaping how banks modernise without losing stability.

Key questions covered:

  • Which infrastructure choices matter most today
  • How banks modernise without major disruption
  • What foundations support long-term resilience

The Customer is The Journey: Why Human Experience Still Beats Pure Technology

1040 – 1100

Digital capability alone is no longer enough. This keynote looks at why human-centred design, clarity and empathy remain critical differentiators as banking becomes more automated.

Key questions covered:

  • What customers really value in digital experiences
  • How trust is built through design and communication
  • Where automation should enhance, not replace, the human touch

Panel: Embedded Finance & the Invisible Bank

1110 – 1140

Banking is increasingly happening in the background. This panel explores how embedded finance is reshaping customer behaviour, business models and where value is ultimately captured.

Key questions covered:

  • How embedded finance changes customer relationships
  • Where banks can still own value in invisible journeys
  • What capabilities are needed to scale safely

Panel: Real AI: Operational Use Cases Delivering Impact Today

1110 – 1140

Beyond pilots and prototypes, this session focuses on AI that is live in banking operations today. Leaders share what works, what fails and what it takes to scale responsibly.

Key questions covered:

  • Which AI use cases are delivering measurable results
  • How governance supports operational scaling
  • What separates success from stalled initiatives

Panel: Behind the Screens: How Banks Make Their Digital Backbone Tick

1110 – 1140

This panel lifts the lid on the technology foundations banks rely on every day. From cloud to APIs and data platforms, speakers discuss what really holds modern banking together.

Key questions covered:

  • How systems integrate at scale
  • Where legacy still creates friction
  • What achievable resilience looks like in practice

Panel: People, Purpose & Personalisation: The New CX in Banking

1110 – 1140

Customer experience is no longer about features alone. This session explores how banks balance personalisation, purpose and trust while scaling digital services.

Key questions covered:

  • How far personalisation should go
  • Where transparency builds confidence
  • How CX choices affect long-term loyalty

Coffee Break and Exhibition

1140 – 1200

How will Data and Digital Assets Shape the Blueprint for the Future of Banking?

1200 – 1220

From tokenised assets to data-driven services, this keynote examines how new forms of value are reshaping banking foundations and strategic priorities.

Key questions covered:

  • How digital assets move from pilots to production
  • What data capabilities banks must build
  • Where future value pools will form

Responsible AI: From Policy to Practice

1200 – 1220

Responsible AI is moving from principle to execution. This session focuses on how banks turn ethical frameworks into real controls, processes and accountability.

Key questions covered:

  • How governance supports AI at scale
  • What regulators expect next
  • How teams operationalise responsibility

Banking on the Future: Building the Technology That will Define the Next Decade

1200 – 1220

This keynote looks ahead at the technology decisions that will define banking for years to come, and how leaders avoid short-term fixes that limit long-term options.

Key questions covered:

  • Which platforms will endure
  • How to sequence modernisation
  • What trade-offs leaders must manage

How to Craft Digital Journeys That Truely Serve

1200 – 1220

Great journeys reduce friction and anxiety. This session explores how banks design experiences that genuinely serve customers while meeting regulatory and operational demands.

Key questions covered:

  • What makes journeys feel trustworthy
  • How design influences behaviour
  • How banks measure meaningful CX outcomes

Panel: From Ambition to Architecture: What Vision Really Demands

1230 – 1300

Every bank has ambition. Fewer translate it into architecture that can actually deliver. This panel explores how strategic vision must be reflected in platform choices, governance and sequencing if transformation is to stick.

Key questions covered:

  • Where vision breaks down at architectural level
  • How leaders align strategy and platform decisions
  • What early trade-offs matter most

Panel: The AI Act Reality Check: From Principle to Practice

1230 – 1300

Responsible AI is no longer a future aspiration. This session looks at how banks are translating emerging AI regulation into real operating controls without slowing progress or killing value.

Key questions covered:

  • What β€œhigh-risk AI” means in banking
  • How banks map regulation to use cases
  • Where accountability must sit

Panel: Data You Can Defend: Building Decision-Grade Information

1230 – 1300

AI and automation are only as strong as the data beneath them. This panel focuses on how banks build data foundations that stand up to scrutiny, scale and real-time decisioning.

Key questions covered:

  • What decision-grade data actually looks like
  • How banks fix lineage and ownership gaps
  • Why supervisors now care deeply about data

Panel: Trust by Design: How Confidence Is Built Before Things Go Wrong

1230 – 1300

Trust is rarely lost in big moments. It erodes in small ones. This session explores how banks design journeys, language and controls that reassure customers before problems arise.

Key questions covered:

  • What creates confidence in digital journeys
  • How transparency reduces anxiety
  • Where banks unintentionally lose trust

Lunch Break, Networking & Exhibition

1300 – 1400