AI & Trusted Finance
Day 1 · 23 November 2026 · 14 sessions
AI-native banking, governance, model risk, data foundations, and the path from pilots to enterprise value.
International Banking Summit
23–27 November 2026 · Amsterdam
Banking Frontier 2026
- Dates
- 23–27 November 2026
- City
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Programme
- 89 sessions, 5 days
- AI & Trusted FinanceDay 1
- Identity & Cyber ResilienceDay 2
- Payments & Digital AssetsDay 3
- Customer Growth & Platform BankingDay 4
- Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030Day 5
Five theme chapters
One theme per day, in the programme's own words.
Identity & Cyber Resilience
Day 2 · 24 November 2026 · 16 sessions
Digital identity, fraud prevention, authentication, cyber resilience, and real-time trust across banking journeys.
Payments & Digital Assets
Day 3 · 25 November 2026 · 20 sessions
Instant payments, wallets, tokenization, Open Finance, digital assets, and the future of money movement.
Customer Growth & Platform Banking
Day 4 · 26 November 2026 · 23 sessions
Omnichannel journeys, AI-assisted service, smart branches, SME banking, and platform-based growth.
Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030
Day 5 · 27 November 2026 · 16 sessions
Post-quantum readiness, sovereign AI, and the technologies shaping banking to 2030.
Real sessions
Each day is a readable band marked by as many small squares as its day number. Three published sessions are reproduced per day with their times, rooms and attributions. Times are Central European Time (CET).
AI & Trusted Finance
Day 1 · 23 November 2026
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
10:00–10:30
Scaling AI responsibly: leadership playbook for AI risk & compliance
Room A · Main Stage
Frans Vanbruggen · Werkgebied Lead · AI Coalitie 4 Nederland (AIC4NL) · Netherlands
Identity & Cyber Resilience
Day 2 · 24 November 2026
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
09:30–10:00
User centricity in cybersecurity · UX research and behavioural science
Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Nazima Kadir · Global Head of UX: Cybersecurity · J.P. Morgan · UK
Payments & Digital Assets
Day 3 · 25 November 2026
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
09:30–10:00
Digital wallets and biometric payments · customer experience and secure authentication
Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Mihai Draghici · Founder & CEO · PayByFace · Romania
Customer Growth & Platform Banking
Day 4 · 26 November 2026
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
09:30–10:00
Present and Future of Digital Transformation in Islamic Banking
Room A · Main Stage
Wan Halim · Head of Shariah Governance (Global) · Crédit Agricole CIB · UAE
Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030
Day 5 · 27 November 2026
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
09:30–10:00
Systemic threats and stress testing · post-quantum readiness
Room A · Main Stage
Christoffer Kok · Head of Division, Stress Test Experts · European Central Bank · Germany
Speakers
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Rita Gnutti
Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy
AI governance & model risk
Day 1, 23 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Stephan Wolf
Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide
LEI Worldwide / Verifiable Trade Foundation, Germany
Corporate digital identity management
Day 2, 24 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Domenico Scaffidi
CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice
DS Payments Ltd, United Kingdom
Instant payments and interoperability
Day 3, 25 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Rudolf Stefanich
Senior Manager - Product Insights
Bitpanda / New Design University, Austria
Human-AI banking experience
Day 4, 26 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Ulf Holmberg
Functional Lead and Senior Analyst
Swedbank, Sweden
Systemic Risk in European Banking 2027–2030: Geopolitics, AI and Structural Vulnerabilities
Day 5, 27 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage
Gladson Baby
Vice President & Director of Data & AI Enablement
Fifth Third Bank, United States
Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations
Day 1, 23 November 2026 · 09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation
Attending
In person
Both rooms run at Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam, for all 5 days, 23–27 November 2026.
Online
Online participation runs alongside the in-person summit. Current passes and terms appear only on the official registration page.
What the technology discussions cover
The official roster assigns every speaker one published track. Below is that field tallied across all 65 listed speakers — a count of people, not of sessions.
- AI & Risk10 speakers
- Banking11 speakers
- CX & Culture3 speakers
- Compliance & Risk8 speakers
- Digital Assets3 speakers
- Digital Banking5 speakers
- Identity & Trust2 speakers
- Innovation10 speakers
- Payments6 speakers
- Strategy7 speakers
Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers
- Venue
- Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers
- Address
- Hoogoorddreef 66a, 1101 BE Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nearest station
- Bijlmer ArenA · 4-min walk
- From Schiphol
- Train Schiphol → Bijlmer ArenA, approx. 15 min
- Parking
- P1 ArenA · paid, on-site
- Accessibility
- Step-free access; accessible WCs on every floor
- Registration desk
- Ground floor lobby, signposted on arrival
- Published times
- Central European Time (CET)
Questions
Are the squares in the opening showing data?
No. They are decoration, generated from a fixed sequence so every build produces the same pattern, and they are hidden from screen readers. They carry no measurement of anything.
Is any face or logo pixelated?
No. The pixel band sits beside the photograph, never on it, and every headshot on this page is unmodified.
What are the tracks?
The official roster assigns each speaker one of 10 published tracks. The counts shown are that field tallied across the 65 listed speakers; they are not session counts.
Can I attend online?
In-person and online participation are both available. Current passes, terms and any group conditions are shown on the official registration page.
Who runs the summit?
Zenith-Energie International s.r.o., Rezlerova 273/74, Petrovice, 109 00 Praha, Czechia. Company ID 02354357, VAT CZ02354357. Contact info@group-zenith.com.