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Banking Frontier 2026 is a premier global platform dedicated to shaping the future of financial services. Bringing together visionary leaders, innovators, policymakers, and technology pioneers, the summit explores cutting-edge trends transforming the digital banking landscape.
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Like last year, we are once again hosting Banking Frontier 2026, bringing together top banking leaders, fintech innovators, and global digital transformation experts.
Nov 23, 2026
AI governance & model risk
Define what trusted AI-driven finance means for banks in 2027–2030.
Rita Gnutti
Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area · Intesa Sanpaolo · Italy
Nov 23, 2026
Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations
Link data enablement, intelligent automation and system integration to operational performance.
Gladson Baby
Vice President & Director of Data & AI Enablement · Fifth Third Bank · United States
Nov 23, 2026
Scaling AI responsibly: leadership playbook for AI risk & compliance
AI is rapidly moving from pilot phase into broad deployment within banks.
Frans Vanbruggen
Werkgebied Lead — Waarden, normen en regelgeving · AI Coalitie 4 Nederland (AIC4NL) · Netherlands
Nov 23, 2026
AI Governance: mitigating the risks of AI to unlock its true value
Turn AI governance from policy documentation into daily operating practice.
Dr. Paul Dongha
Head of Responsible AI and AI Strategy · NatWest Group · United Kingdom
Nov 23, 2026
AI-driven banking by 2030: from transformation ambition to measurable execution
Translate AI, data and digital transformation strategy into bank-wide execution.
Alina Timofeeva
Strategic Advisor in Data & Technology · Pandoras Analytics / BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT · Saudi Arabia
Nov 23, 2026
From Process Scans to Scalable Execution: Building Human & Machine Operating Models
Re-imagine key processes according to future needs.
Zsofia Kovacs
Efficiency Advisor, Group Organisation & Operations · KBC Bank & Verzekering · Belgium
Nov 23, 2026
Case study: AI & machine learning in operations and fraud detection
Explain where AI and machine learning create value across operations and fraud detection.
Hassan Omidi Firouzi
VP, Applied AI ML Lead · JPMorgan Chase & Co. · United States
Nov 23, 2026
Human resilience in AI-driven banking
Explore why human resilience becomes critical as banks adopt AI-driven operating models.
Dilek Süzal
Licensed Self-Mastery, Career, Leadership & Business Coach · Dilek Süzal Coaching & Training · Austria
Nov 23, 2026
Credit risk management, related modelling and stress testing in an era of trade wars: the AI solution
Convert fragmented data into reusable business data products.
Ramesh Gopal
Chief Risk Officer, UAE & Saudi; Head of Credit, CIB CEEMEA · Deutsche Bank · United Arab Emirates
Nov 24, 2026
Corporate digital identity management
Position digital identity as core banking infrastructure, not a back-office utility.
Stephan Wolf
Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide · LEI Worldwide / Verifiable Trade Foundation · Germany
Nov 24, 2026
Digital trust in AI-led banking · risk, audit and cyber oversight at board level
Link AI-led banking with board-level risk, audit, compliance and cyber oversight.
Dr. Björn Lenzmann
Chief Risk Officer; Member of the Board of Directors · DenizBank · Turkey
Nov 24, 2026
User centricity in cybersecurity · UX research and behavioural science
Examine deepfakes, synthetic identities and evolving scam typologies.
Nazima Kadir
Global Head of UX: Cybersecurity · JPMorgan Chase & Co. · United Kingdom
Nov 24, 2026
Custody, governance and operational controls for digital assets
Define the custody and control requirements for regulated digital-asset operations.
Lubin Reyes
Founder and CEO · Custodial Management Solutions Ltd · United Kingdom
Nov 24, 2026
Continuous identity assurance
Scale passkeys and phishing-resistant authentication across channels.
Zafer Ergezen
Head of Business Support Services · GarantiBank International NV · Netherlands
Nov 24, 2026
Cloud resilience and concentration risk in regulated banking
Assess cloud resilience as a board-level operational-risk priority.
Eran Goldman Malka
Cloud Security Manager · European Depositary Bank SA · Luxembourg
Nov 24, 2026
Navigating AI, Operational Resilience and Regulatory Evolution (DORA)
Address DORA-driven resilience challenges, third-party dependencies and concentration risk.
Ricardo Galvao
ICT Risk, Processes & Quality — Head of Unit · NOVO BANCO · Portugal
Nov 24, 2026
Fraud accountability: governance, liability and customer-protection controls
Clarify fraud accountability across business, operations, compliance and technology.
Ezra Dulberg
Senior Manager, Tax Dispute Resolution · BDO · United Kingdom
Nov 24, 2026
From compliance cost to competitive advantage: trusted organisational identity
Move from periodic checks to persistent identity confidence.
Alexandre Kech
Executive · Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) · Germany
Nov 24, 2026
From compliance cost to competitive advantage · in practice
Show how organisational identity can become a business enabler.
Ines Gensinger
Head of Global Corporate Communications · Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) · Germany
Nov 24, 2026
Case study: DLT and its influence on payments and bank operating models
Assess how DLT can change settlement, reconciliation and payment operating models.
Ishtiaq Ahmed
Senior Manager, Strategic Revenue Development, Chief Commercial Office · HSBC · United Kingdom
Nov 25, 2026
Instant payments and interoperability
Frame the payments, wallets and digital-assets agenda.
Domenico Scaffidi
CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice · DS Payments Ltd · United Kingdom
Nov 25, 2026
The new payments landscape · instant, interoperable, invisible and built on trust
Assess instant payments, ISO 20022 richness and real-time expectations.
Paul Walvik-Joynt
Vice President, Commercialization Real-Time Payments · Mastercard · Norway
Nov 25, 2026
Digital wallets and biometric payments · customer experience and secure authentication
Evaluate wallet orchestration and acceptance strategies.
Mihai Draghici
Founder/CEO · PayByFace · Romania
Nov 25, 2026
Moving Money — how banks think · the new role of the Chief Payment Officer
Move beyond compliance APIs toward commercial Open Finance value.
Viktoria Soltesz
Founder & CEO · PSP Angels · Cyprus
Nov 25, 2026
Open Finance and financial-institution growth · emerging markets, innovation and scale
Explore how Open Finance can support growth for banks and financial institutions.
Ara Sargsyan
Director of Digital Banking · Ameriabank CJSC · Armenia
Nov 25, 2026
Case study: Open Finance · practical lessons and implementation insights
Move beyond Open Banking APIs toward broader Open Finance value creation.
Kazim Oguz
Senior Vice President, Digital Channels and Open Banking · DenizBank · Turkey
Nov 25, 2026
Open Finance strategy · data access and commercial ecosystem design
Position Open Finance as a growth strategy rather than a compliance project.
JP Fabri
Founding Partner · Seed · Malta
Nov 25, 2026
Corporate payment business: PSD3 · instant payments and fraud accountability
Translate PSD3 and PSR developments into bank priorities.
Ulrich Loof
Senior Expert, Transaction Management · DZ BANK AG · Germany
Nov 25, 2026
A2A payments and European scale · growth, adoption and cross-border reach
Explain how Wero and A2A payments reshape European scale.
Arash Marandi
Business and Operations Analyst · Zaver · Sweden
Nov 25, 2026
Future of digital wallets · bank readiness and customer expectations
Assess how digital wallets are changing product strategy and customer engagement.
Sadik Bas
Deputy General Manager, Marketing Portfolio Management · Garanti BBVA · Turkey
Nov 25, 2026
Digital wallets · product design, use cases and ecosystem integration
Assess where digital wallets can support inclusion and everyday payment adoption.
Yodaly Sierra
Founder · Eco2wallet · United Kingdom
Nov 25, 2026
Wallet risk, payment controls and customer trust at scale
Map wallet risk across onboarding, authentication and transaction flows.
Vaida Saltenyte
Founder · CXM / ifindbanks.com · Cyprus
Nov 25, 2026
Future payments landscape · European finance — market outlook and ecosystem implications
Frame the payment trends shaping European finance through 2030.
Victor Rivera
Partner · Aluna Partners Ltd · United Kingdom
Nov 25, 2026
Tokenization infrastructure · architecture, rails and future payments landscape
Explain the infrastructure layer required for tokenized finance.
Thomas Langbein
Chief Commercial Officer · Trever · Germany
Nov 25, 2026
Tokenized market infrastructure · regulated FMI and operating models
Move from tokenization pilots to business-grade infrastructure.
Kathrin Fortmann
Strategic Partnerships Management · BX Digital · Switzerland
Nov 26, 2026
Human-AI banking experience
Show how AI changes service, sales, operations and advice journeys.
Rudolf Stefanich
Senior Manager - Product Insights · Bitpanda / New Design University · Austria
Nov 26, 2026
Present and Future of Digital Transformation in Islamic Banking
Link digital transformation with customer experience and trust.
Wan Halim
Head of Global Shariah Governance · Crédit Agricole CIB · United Arab Emirates
Nov 26, 2026
Omnichannel banking leadership and customer growth in Czech and regional banking
Define the role of omnichannel leadership in customer acquisition and retention.
Tomas Reytt
Chief Sales Officer CZ & SK · mBank CZ · Czech Republic
Nov 26, 2026
Lithuanian credit union model: data analysis plus human touch in lending
Reassess the role of physical presence in digital-first banking.
Mantas Janavicius
Board Member · Investuotoju asociacija · Lithuania
Nov 26, 2026
No-touch banking and mesh-up finance for non-financial customer pools
Shift from reactive support to proactive customer care.
Wolfgang Strobel
Chief Transformation Officer · Anadi Bank / Independent digital banking advisor · Germany
Nov 26, 2026
Micro-SME growth, digital SME banking and financial inclusion
Treat Micro-SME banking as a growth and inclusion opportunity.
Mohammad Jakirul Islam
EVP, Head of Strategy, Innovation and New Business, SME Banking Division · BRAC Bank PLC · Bangladesh
Nov 26, 2026
Micro-SME banking growth and digital onboarding for entrepreneurs
Show how banks can scale small-business portfolios without losing service quality.
Istvan Fetter
Head of Small Business Segment Management, Retail Division · CIB Bank · Hungary
Nov 26, 2026
Impact investing, sustainable finance and customer value in the next banking cycle
Link impact investing with customer value, trust and long-term relationship growth.
Caroline Philippe
Senior Investment Manager — Stellar Impact · BNP Paribas · Belgium
Nov 26, 2026
The AI-Native Bank: Building Intelligent Financial Ecosystems for the Age of AI Agents
Explain how banks are evolving toward platform-scale business models.
Itir Aydogan
Strategic Business Development and Innovation Director · Yapı Kredi · Turkey
Nov 26, 2026
Case study: Open Banking 2.0 and SME digital transformation through Z-Transformation
Use Open Banking 2.0 to improve SME access, service and embedded finance.
Ender Aydin
Digital Solutions Manager · Ziraat Bankası · Turkey
Nov 26, 2026
How European banks are retooling for platform scale
Link modular architecture, core modernization and ecosystem design.
Margus Simson
Member of the Board of Directors · Komerční banka · Czechia
Nov 26, 2026
Stress-aware banking journeys
Apply behavioural insight to debt, savings and financial wellbeing.
Justin Pesch
Senior Sales Manager · PAIR Finance · Netherlands
Nov 26, 2026
Credit risk management and stress testing in an era of trade wars · the AI solution
Strengthen credit-risk management with AI-enabled modelling.
Ramesh Gopal
Chief Risk Officer, UAE & Saudi; Head of Credit, CIB CEEMEA · Deutsche Bank · United Arab Emirates
Nov 26, 2026
Case study: AI in compliance, AI governance and Digital Fraud
Explore how AI can support compliance and what are the limitations.
Stefan Moser
Head Group Investment Compliance; Deputy Head Group Compliance · VP Bank AG · Austria
Nov 26, 2026
Case study: Agile banking transformation
Explain how agile delivery changes bank transformation execution.
Davor Gašparac
Senior Program Manager & BA Chapter Lead · Erste Digital · Austria
Nov 26, 2026
Case study: Platform-scale banking
Define what platform-scale banking means for incumbents and financial groups.
Fabio Turel
Information Technology Strategy Manager · Generali · Switzerland
Nov 27, 2026
Systemic Risk in European Banking 2027–2030: Geopolitics, AI and Structural Vulnerabilities
Assess geopolitical fragmentation and structural vulnerabilities in banking.
Ulf Holmberg
Functional Lead and Senior Analyst · Swedbank · Sweden
Nov 27, 2026
Preparing banks for systemic threats: cyber, geopolitical disruption and operational concentration risk
Bring a supervisory-facing perspective on geopolitical disruption and cyber-attack overlays.
Naji Freiha
Managing Partner / Gérant · Konsilium · France
Nov 27, 2026
Systemic threats and stress testing · post-quantum readiness
Translate post-quantum awareness into migration planning.
Christoffer Kok
Head of Division, Stress Test Experts — Horizontal Line Supervision · European Central Bank · Germany
Nov 27, 2026
Payment systems regulation, consumer protection and future payment rails
Frame the regulatory priorities shaping payment systems and customer protection.
Jayne Godfrey
Payment Systems Regulator · Payment Systems Regulator · United Kingdom
Nov 27, 2026
2027 regulatory radar: AML, supervisory readiness, governance and EU regulatory developments
Prepare for AMLA ramp-up, AMLR and crypto compliance developments.
Xenia Neofytou
Founder & Managing Director · CX Financia · Cyprus
Nov 27, 2026
Moving Money · payment education and market adoption in the next payments cycle
Use education and market communication to support payment innovation adoption.
Manuela Zuluaga
Marketing & Digital Specialist · The Soltesz Institute · Italy
Nov 27, 2026
Evolution of regulatory framework in the digital asset industry: VASPs, crypto AML and cross-border risk
Navigate digital-asset regulation, VASP obligations and crypto AML.
Jese Medina Gutierrez
CDD Onboarding Lead · Tether.to · Spain
Nov 27, 2026
Open finance, AI transformation and digital assets · tech radar
Explore the technologies shaping banking through 2030.
Tanja Imamovic
Digital Transformation & Technology Strategist · Raiffeisen Bank International AG · Austria
Nov 27, 2026
Future payments and cards: real-time access, transaction handling and service design
Explore how payment and card services are being redesigned around real-time access.
Michał Niwiński
Co-founder and Head of Technology · Computershare · PolandBusiness Conference
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Werkgebied Lead — Waarden, normen en regelgeving · AI Coalitie 4 Nederland (AIC4NL) · Netherlands
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