International Banking Summit

23–27 November 2026 · Amsterdam

Banking Frontier 2026

Five indexed days of published banking sessions, two rooms running in parallel throughout.

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Dates
23–27 November 2026
Venue
Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers
City
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Times
Central European Time (CET)

Day index

  1. 01AI & Trusted Finance23 November 2026 · 14 sessions
  2. 02Identity & Cyber Resilience24 November 2026 · 16 sessions
  3. 03Payments & Digital Assets25 November 2026 · 20 sessions
  4. 04Customer Growth & Platform Banking26 November 2026 · 23 sessions
  5. 05Future-Proofing Banking 2027–203027 November 2026 · 16 sessions
Delegates seated at round tables during a previous Zenith Group event
Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23–27 November 2026 at Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam.

Five future-finance chapters

Each chapter opens at an iridescent boundary rule and carries the programme's own description, four published sessions and one contributor from that day. Times are Central European Time (CET).

01

AI & Trusted Finance

23 November 2026 · 14 sessions

AI-native banking, governance, model risk, data foundations, and the path from pilots to enterprise value.

  • AI governance & model risk

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

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

  • Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

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

  • Scaling AI responsibly: leadership playbook for AI risk & compliance

    10:00–10:30 · Room A · Main Stage

    Frans Vanbruggen · Werkgebied Lead · AI Coalitie 4 Nederland (AIC4NL) · Netherlands

  • AI Governance: mitigating the risks of AI to unlock its true value

    10:00–10:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Dr. Paul Dongha · Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy · NatWest Group · UK

02

Identity & Cyber Resilience

24 November 2026 · 16 sessions

Digital identity, fraud prevention, authentication, cyber resilience, and real-time trust across banking journeys.

  • Corporate digital identity management

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

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

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

    09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage

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

  • User centricity in cybersecurity · UX research and behavioural science

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Nazima Kadir · Global Head of UX: Cybersecurity · J.P. Morgan · UK

  • Custody, governance and operational controls for digital assets

    10:00–10:30 · Room A · Main Stage

    Lubin Reyes · Founder and CEO · Custodial Management Solutions Ltd · UK

03

Payments & Digital Assets

25 November 2026 · 20 sessions

Instant payments, wallets, tokenization, Open Finance, digital assets, and the future of money movement.

  • Instant payments and interoperability

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

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

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

    09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

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

  • Digital wallets and biometric payments · customer experience and secure authentication

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Mihai Draghici · Founder & CEO · PayByFace · Romania

  • Moving Money — how banks think · the new role of the Chief Payment Officer

    10:00–10:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Viktoria Soltesz · Founder · PSP Angels · Cyprus

04

Customer Growth & Platform Banking

26 November 2026 · 23 sessions

Omnichannel journeys, AI-assisted service, smart branches, SME banking, and platform-based growth.

  • Human-AI banking experience

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

    Rudolf Stefanich · Lead UX Researcher · Bitpanda · Austria

  • AI-augmented service and product-led banking at scale

    09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Speaker TBC

  • Present and Future of Digital Transformation in Islamic Banking

    09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage

    Wan Halim · Head of Shariah Governance (Global) · Crédit Agricole CIB · UAE

  • Omnichannel banking leadership and customer growth in Czech and regional banking

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Tomas Reytt · Chief Sales Officer · mBank CZ · Czech Republic

05

Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030

27 November 2026 · 16 sessions

Post-quantum readiness, sovereign AI, and the technologies shaping banking to 2030.

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

    09:00–09:30 · Room A · Main Stage

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

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

    09:00–09:30 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

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

  • Systemic threats and stress testing · post-quantum readiness

    09:30–10:00 · Room A · Main Stage

    Christoffer Kok · Head of Division, Stress Test Experts · European Central Bank · Germany

  • Payment systems regulation, consumer protection and future payment rails

    09:30–10:00 · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Jayne Godfrey · Payment Systems Regulator · UK

Verified sessions and speakers

Every session above is reproduced from the official timetable with its own time, room and attribution, and every contributor is on the roster of 65 speakers from 31 countries. Nothing on this page is written on their behalf.

The complete 89-session agenda

The full speaker roster

Attendance

  • In person

    Both rooms run at Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam, across 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.

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Online details

What is published

Both in-person and online attendance are offered for Banking Frontier 2026. The programme, the rooms and the times are the same for both.

What is not published here

No price, no platform name and no streaming schedule appears on this page, because the verified source does not state them.

Where to check

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Questions

What does the index number mean?

It is the day number, 01 to 05, and nothing else. It marks the actual programme days in order and carries no ranking.

Is the iridescent edge over any content?

No. It is a 5px border on two sides of the title block and a 3px rule at chapter boundaries. It never sits behind text and never touches a photograph.

What runs on each day?

AI & Trusted Finance, Identity & Cyber Resilience, Payments & Digital Assets, Customer Growth & Platform Banking, Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030, one per day, with two rooms in parallel and 89 sessions in total. Times are Central European Time (CET).

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 it?

Zenith-Energie International s.r.o., Rezlerova 273/74, Petrovice, 109 00 Praha, Czechia. Company ID 02354357, VAT CZ02354357.

Organiser

Legal identity

Zenith-Energie International s.r.o., Rezlerova 273/74, Petrovice, 109 00 Praha, Czechia.

Company ID 02354357 · VAT CZ02354357

info@group-zenith.com · +420 778 647 921

Status of this page

An information page about Banking Frontier 2026. Registration, payment, terms and official announcements are handled only on the official site.

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