Banking Frontier 2026International Banking Summit

23–27 November 2026 · Amsterdam

Banking Frontier 2026

International Banking Summit

5 days, two rooms, 89 sessions and 65 speakers from 31 countries.

Scene from a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23–27 November 2026.
Dates
23–27 November 2026
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue
Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers
Format
5 days, two rooms
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A five-day working programme

Banking Frontier 2026 brings banking leaders to Amsterdam for five days of verified sessions on AI and trusted finance, identity and cybersecurity, payments and digital assets, customer and platform banking, and future banking priorities.

  1. 01AI & Trusted FinanceAI-native banking, governance, model risk, data foundations, and the path from pilots to enterprise value.
  2. 02Identity & Cyber ResilienceDigital identity, fraud prevention, authentication, cyber resilience, and real-time trust across banking journeys.
  3. 03Payments & Digital AssetsInstant payments, wallets, tokenization, Open Finance, digital assets, and the future of money movement.
  4. 04Customer Growth & Platform BankingOmnichannel journeys, AI-assisted service, smart branches, SME banking, and platform-based growth.
  5. 05Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030Post-quantum readiness, sovereign AI, and the technologies shaping banking to 2030.

Programme register

Five days, 89 sessions, two rooms. Times are Central European Time (CET).

Day 1

23 November 2026

14 sessions

  • 08:30–09:00

    Registration, welcome coffee & executive networking

    Both rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    AI governance & model risk

    Room A · Main Stage

    Rita Gnutti · Head of Internal Validation and Controls · Intesa Sanpaolo · Italy

  • 09:30–10:00

    Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Gladson Baby · VP & Director of Data & AI Enablement · Fifth Third Bank · US

Day 2

24 November 2026

16 sessions

  • 08:45–09:00

    Chairperson opening

    Both rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Corporate digital identity management

    Room A · Main Stage

    Stephan Wolf · Chair of the Board · Verifiable.Trade Foundation · Germany

  • 09:30–10:00

    Digital trust in AI-led banking · risk, audit and cyber oversight at board level

    Room A · Main Stage

    Dr. Björn Lenzmann · Member of The Supervisory Board · DenizBank · Turkey

Day 3

25 November 2026

20 sessions

  • 08:45–09:00

    Chairperson opening

    Both rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Instant payments and interoperability

    Room A · Main Stage

    Domenico Scaffidi · CEO & Founder · DS Payments Ltd · UK

  • 09:00–09:30

    The new payments landscape · instant, interoperable, invisible and built on trust

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Paul Walvik-Joynt · VP Commercialization Real-Time Payments · Mastercard · Norway

Day 4

26 November 2026

23 sessions

  • 08:45–09:00

    Chairperson opening

    Both rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Human-AI banking experience

    Room A · Main Stage

    Rudolf Stefanich · Lead UX Researcher · Bitpanda · Austria

  • 09:00–09:30

    AI-augmented service and product-led banking at scale

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Speaker TBC

Day 5

27 November 2026

16 sessions

  • 08:45–09:00

    Chairperson opening

    Both rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Systemic Risk in European Banking 2027–2030: Geopolitics, AI and Structural Vulnerabilities

    Room A · Main Stage

    Ulf Holmberg · Functional Lead and Senior Analyst · Swedbank · Sweden

  • 09:00–09:30

    Preparing banks for systemic threats: cyber, geopolitical disruption and operational concentration risk

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Naji Freiha · Risk Appetite, Strategy and Governance · Konsilium · France

See the complete agenda on the official site

Speaker contributions

View all 65 speakers

Attendance

In-person and online participation are both available. Current passes, terms and any group conditions are shown on the official registration page.

Registration and current passes

Venue and previous events

Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Scene from a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23-27 November 2026.
Scene from a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23-27 November 2026.
Scene from a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23-27 November 2026.

Venue and travel details

Practical questions

Who should attend?

Banking, payments, risk, identity and technology leaders. The programme spans five themes across five days in two rooms.

Is online participation available?

In-person and online participation are both available. Current passes, terms and any group conditions are shown on the official registration page.

Where is it held?

Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Travel guidance is published on the official site.

How do I see the full programme?

The complete 89-session agenda and the full 65-speaker roster are published on the official site.