6th Annual Digital Banking Summit

8–9 October 2026

IN-PERSON

Munich, Germany

1:1 Meetings

Make the best of the event by conducting 1 to 1 meetings with senior prospects and peers.

Keynote Presentations

Get in-depth knowledge from industry experts about the latest challenges and innovations your market place is facing.

Panel Discussions

Enjoy fruitful and passionate exchanges between leading experts

Round Table Conversations

Interact and debate within a smaller group of key industry practitioners about a particular chosen topic from our moderator.

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Summary

Join industry leaders and innovators at the 6th Annual Digital Banking Summit, a two-day event dedicated to exploring how banks can build trusted, scalable, and always-on digital ecosystems. This year’s program examines the real-world impact of AI, embedded finance, real-time payments, open banking, and next-generation security in banking. Attendees will gain insight into critical themes including operational resilience, core system modernization, fraud prevention, regulatory readiness, and the evolution of digital money infrastructure. From agentic AI and autonomous customer engagement to tokenized deposits and quantum-ready security, the agenda reflects the technologies and strategies shaping banking’s next decade.

With sessions led by senior executives and transformation leaders from leading global banks and financial organizations, the summit will deliver experience-driven perspectives on innovation at scale. Participants will learn how to integrate AI responsibly, optimize corporate and retail operations, strengthen governance, and create seamless Omnichannel experiences. In addition to high-level content, the event offers extensive networking and 1:1 meeting opportunities, enabling meaningful connections and partnership development. Don’t miss this opportunity to exchange ideas with peers, gain actionable insights, and help define the future of digital banking.

Topics

  • The New Era of Authentic, Trusted, AI-Driven Finance
  • AI-Powered Customer Interaction: From Reactive Chatbots to Autonomous Relationship Management
  • Operational Talent as the New Digital Banking Infrastructure
  • AI Threats, Cloud Concentration & Real-Time Incident Response
  • Core Modernization without Rebuilding Everything
  • Identity, Payments, Credit, Data & APIs at Global Scale
  • Preparing for Post-Quantum Security & Infrastructure
  • Debtors, Savings, Stress, and the Psychology of Money
  • Retail Small Business (Micro-SME) Banking: The Untapped Growth Engine
  • Omnichannel 2.0: Unifying Branch, Mobile & Web into a Single Experience Layer
  • Digital Wallets Outpacing Regulation: What Banks Must Build Now
  • Building the Human-AI Bank Where People & Machines Work Together
  • The New Payments Landscape: Instant, Interoperable & Invisible
  • AI Governance, Model Risk & Regulatory Readiness
  • Preparing Banks for the Next Wave of Systemic Threats
  • Reimagining the Retail Branch: AI-Powered “Smart Branches” & Hybrid Human-Digital Service
  • AI-Augmented Service, Faster Resolutions & Human Empathy at Scale
  • Open Banking 2.0: From Data Access to Real Customer Value
  • Tokenized Deposits, Wholesale CBDCs & Real-Time Settlement
  • Europe’s Regulatory Horizon: PSD3/PSR, AMLR & the Digital Euro
  • Deepfakes, Synthetic Identities & Real-Time Countermeasures
  • How European Banks Are Retooling for Platform Scale
  • Future-Proofing European Banking: Priorities for 2027-2030

Speakers

Ricky Ranjan

Senior Director, Global Partnerships –Digital Platforms

PayPal

USA

Tom Morton

Director of Engineering - Cloud Productivity

Capital One

UK

Joshua James

Head Operational Resilience EMEA, Americas and GBS

Standard Chartered Bank

UAE

Guillermo Vieira de Santiago

Executive Director, Global AI Adoption

BBVA

Spain

Claudio Balbo

Senior Director –Head of IT Architecture

Intesa Sanpaolo

Italy

Costis Paikos

Group Chief Digital Officer

Eurobank

Greece

Vanja Tokic

Senior Director –Retail Digital Transformation Strategy

Raiffeisen Bank International

Austria

Margus Simson

Chief Digital Officer

Komerční Banka

Czech Republic

Ekaterina Kozhevatova

Director – Head of Central Sales

Commerzbank

Germany

Poonam Ahuja

Director, Senior Product Owner, DLT

Commerzbank

UK

Felim O’Donnell

Director of Financial Crime Operations

Starling Bank

Ireland

Thorsten Seeger

Member of the Management Board

SME Bank

Germany

Barbara Tamburini

Head of buddy

Unicredit

Italy

Katie Hoskins

Global Service Lead –Cross-Border Payments

HSBC

UK

Marco Eijsackers

Global Head of Tech Strategy

ING

Netherlands

Dr. Jassim Al Awadhi

Executive Director –Head of Enterprise Platforms

Emirates NBD

UAE

Thomas Stosberg

Director -ERP/TMS Partnership Management

Deutsche Bank

Germany

Lukasz Gradowski

COO | Head of Strategy & Transformation, Retail & Private

Bank Pekao

Poland

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6th Annual Digital Banking Summit

8–9 October 2026
Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Chief Officers, Managing Directors & Heads of:

  • Neobanks
  • Traditional Banks
  • AI
  • Open Banking
  • Mobile Banking
  • Digital Identity
  • Data Management/Analytics
  • Digital Workforce
  • Wealth Management
  • Innovation
  • Digital Channel
  • APIs
  • Corporate Banking
  • User/Customer Experience
  • Automation and Cloud Banking
  • Digital Currency
  • Sustainability
  • Fraud, Financial Crime
  • Operations
  • Digital Wallet
  • Payments, Cards
  • IT & Cybersecurity
  • Transactions
  • Digital Euro
  • Retail Banking
  • Business Development

WHAT ATTENDEES SAY ABOUT OUR BANKING SUMMIT

“Very well organized conference with a lot of possibilities to meet people and very interesting topics in the banking digital world”

Director, ERI Bancaire S.A.

 “The energy at the event was truly invigorating, as industry leaders shared innovative ideas that are reshaping the future of banking.”

Digital Product Lead, Unicredit

“Great experience! In order to meet with professionals from the industry, a lot of networking opportunities. Great topics”

Strategy Manager, Akbank

“Valuable learning and interesting conversations”

Director, Wise

“The audience is on a very senior level, a lot of participants. Speakers are also on a very high level, everybody learned a lot. We are very, very happy!”

Head of Regional Marketing CEE & CIS, Finastra

“A great opportunity to meet the industry experts and get inspirational thoughts!”

Digital Product Manager, Innovation at Erste Bank