Banking Frontier 2026

International Banking Summit · Amsterdam, Netherlands

Banking Frontier 2026

23–27 November 2026. Every time on this page is Europe/Amsterdam, the time the official programme is published in.

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Europe/Amsterdam · 08:30–16:30 across the whole timetable

08:30–16:30

The highlighted range is the earliest published start and the latest published end across all 89 sessions. It is drawn from the timetable, not estimated, and each day states its own window below.

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Photograph from a previous Zenith Group event. Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23–27 November 2026 at Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam.

Five day schedules

Each day states its own published window, then four sessions with their real times and room labels. All times Europe/Amsterdam.

Day 1: AI & Trusted Finance

23 November 2026 · 08:30–15:45 Europe/Amsterdam

14 sessions, two rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Room A · Main Stage

    AI governance & model risk

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

  • 09:30–10:00

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations

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

  • 10:00–10:30

    Room A · Main Stage

    Scaling AI responsibly: leadership playbook for AI risk & compliance

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

  • 10:00–10:30

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

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

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

All 14 sessions on 23 November 2026

Day 2: Identity & Cyber Resilience

24 November 2026 · 08:45–15:30 Europe/Amsterdam

16 sessions, two rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Room A · Main Stage

    Corporate digital identity management

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

  • 09:30–10:00

    Room A · Main Stage

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

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

  • 09:30–10:00

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    User centricity in cybersecurity · UX research and behavioural science

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

  • 10:00–10:30

    Room A · Main Stage

    Custody, governance and operational controls for digital assets

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

All 16 sessions on 24 November 2026

Day 3: Payments & Digital Assets

25 November 2026 · 08:45–16:30 Europe/Amsterdam

20 sessions, two rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Room A · Main Stage

    Instant payments and interoperability

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

  • 09:00–09:30

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

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

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

  • 09:30–10:00

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Digital wallets and biometric payments · customer experience and secure authentication

    Mihai Draghici · Founder & CEO · PayByFace · Romania

  • 10:00–10:30

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

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

    Viktoria Soltesz · Founder · PSP Angels · Cyprus

All 20 sessions on 25 November 2026

Day 4: Customer Growth & Platform Banking

26 November 2026 · 08:45–16:30 Europe/Amsterdam

23 sessions, two rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Room A · Main Stage

    Human-AI banking experience

    Rudolf Stefanich · Lead UX Researcher · Bitpanda · Austria

  • 09:00–09:30

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    AI-augmented service and product-led banking at scale

    Speaker TBC

  • 09:30–10:00

    Room A · Main Stage

    Present and Future of Digital Transformation in Islamic Banking

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

  • 09:30–10:00

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Omnichannel banking leadership and customer growth in Czech and regional banking

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

All 23 sessions on 26 November 2026

Day 5: Future-Proofing Banking 2027–2030

27 November 2026 · 08:45–15:45 Europe/Amsterdam

16 sessions, two rooms

  • 09:00–09:30

    Room A · Main Stage

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

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

  • 09:00–09:30

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

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

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

  • 09:30–10:00

    Room A · Main Stage

    Systemic threats and stress testing · post-quantum readiness

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

  • 09:30–10:00

    Room B · Innovation & Implementation

    Payment systems regulation, consumer protection and future payment rails

    Jayne Godfrey · Payment Systems Regulator · UK

All 16 sessions on 27 November 2026

The complete 89-session agenda

How to read a session line

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International speakers

Country and organisation are biography metadata from the official roster. They are not a map, a quota or a claim about who will be in the room.

Rita Gnutti, Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area

Rita Gnutti

Role
Executive Director, Internal Validation and Controls, Group Chief Risk Officer Area
Organisation
Intesa Sanpaolo
Country
Italy
Track
Compliance & Risk

AI governance & model risk

Day 1, 23 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 Europe/Amsterdam · Room A · Main Stage

Stephan Wolf, Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide

Stephan Wolf

Role
Chair of the Board, Verifiable.Trade Foundation; Leadership Team, LEI Worldwide
Organisation
LEI Worldwide / Verifiable Trade Foundation
Country
Germany
Track
AI & Risk

Corporate digital identity management

Day 2, 24 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 Europe/Amsterdam · Room A · Main Stage

Domenico Scaffidi, CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice

Domenico Scaffidi

Role
CEO and Founder / Independent Consultant, Global Payments Innovation Practice
Organisation
DS Payments Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Track
Payments

Instant payments and interoperability

Day 3, 25 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 Europe/Amsterdam · Room A · Main Stage

Rudolf Stefanich, Senior Manager - Product Insights

Rudolf Stefanich

Role
Senior Manager - Product Insights
Organisation
Bitpanda / New Design University
Country
Austria
Track
Digital Assets

Human-AI banking experience

Day 4, 26 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 Europe/Amsterdam · Room A · Main Stage

Ulf Holmberg, Functional Lead and Senior Analyst

Ulf Holmberg

Role
Functional Lead and Senior Analyst
Organisation
Swedbank
Country
Sweden
Track
Banking

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

Day 5, 27 November 2026 · 09:00–09:30 Europe/Amsterdam · Room A · Main Stage

Gladson Baby, Vice President & Director of Data & AI Enablement

Gladson Baby

Role
Vice President & Director of Data & AI Enablement
Organisation
Fifth Third Bank
Country
United States
Track
AI & Risk

Data, AI enablement & intelligent automation for bank operations

Day 1, 23 November 2026 · 09:30–10:00 Europe/Amsterdam · Room B · Innovation & Implementation

The full roster of 65 speakers from 31 countries

Participation modes

  • In person

    Both rooms run at Holiday Inn Amsterdam – Arena Towers, Amsterdam, for all 5 days, 23–27 November 2026. Session times are published in Europe/Amsterdam and that is the only time this page shows.

  • Online

    Online participation runs alongside the in-person forum. Current passes and terms appear only on the official registration page.

Registration and current conditions

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) / Europe/Amsterdam

Travel and access on the official site

Previous Zenith Group events

Banking Frontier 2026 takes place 23–27 November 2026 and has not happened yet. These photographs are from earlier events run by the same organiser.

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.

Questions and organiser

What time does the programme actually run?

Across the whole timetable the earliest published start is 08:30 and the latest published end is 16:30, Europe/Amsterdam. Individual days differ slightly and each day section states its own window.

Will the page convert times to my timezone?

No. The official timetable is published in Europe/Amsterdam and that is the only time shown here. No conversion is offered, because a wrong one would be worse than none, and your location is never inferred.

Does the scale show where attendees are?

No. It shows one thing: which part of the 24-hour day the published sessions occupy. No attendance, region or audience figure appears anywhere on this page.

How many speakers, from how many countries?

65 listed speakers from 31 countries. Country is biography metadata from the official roster, not a representation claim.

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.

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