Speaker session
Finance is moving from a collection of digital services into an autonomous operating system, one that senses risk, makes decisions, and acts in real time. Connectivity is no longer just infrastructure. It is becoming the control layer of modern finance, enabling trust, resilience, and accountability at machine speed. As financial services embed themselves into everyday digital and physical interactions, payments, credit, and identity cease to be discrete processes and instead operate as continuous, context-aware flows shaped by real-time data and policy.
As AI becomes embedded across financial workflows, from fraud prevention and identity to liquidity and market operations, the boundary between data movement and decision-making begins to disappear. Institutions increasingly rely on intelligent systems to interpret intent, manage risk, and optimize outcomes across edge, cloud, and physical environments. This shift forces a rethinking of governance, regulatory oversight, and systemic stability in markets operating at unprecedented speed and scale. The FinTech session at CWIC 2026 brings together leaders shaping the networks, intelligence, and trust frameworks required to operate, regulate, and compete in this new financial era.