2026's Key themes
Our agenda covers the most critical themes impacting the banking and payments industry today. From technological advancements to regulatory changes, we provide a platform for in-depth exploration and discussion.
Experience-led banking
- Agentic conversational intelligence
- Supporting financial wellbeing
- Reimagining self-service journeys
Smart operations: AI in action
- AI-powered software development
- Engineering control into AI agents
- AI and the future workforce
The new payments landscape
- Agentic commerce innovation
- The commercial opportunities of RTP
- Streamlining corporate payments
- Innovation-ready architectures
Open data and the API economy
- Open payments propositions
- Making open data work for customers
- BaaS and embedded finance business models
Marketing and engagement
- Harnessing GenAI for acquisition
- Understanding the customer: next phase of predictive AI
- Rethinking marketing in the age of AI
Stablecoins and tokenized money
- The latest stablecoin pilots
- Streamlining cross-border with DLT
- The new tokenized money business models
Fraud, financial crime and risk
- Navigating vendor concentration risk
- Keeping pace with payment fraud
- Harnessing AI Intelligence in cybersecurity and counter fraud
Next-gen credit strategies
- Embedded SME lending
- Next-gen cash flow lending
- AI-powered underwriting