Conference at a glance

Digital finance for AI-driven economies

This year from 28 September to 1 October, the Sibos community will come together at the Miami Beach Convention Center to discuss the most pressing issues facing the financial industry. Our theme for 2026, Digital finance for AI‑driven economies, sits at the heart of this vital conversation.

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Hundreds of expert speakers will gather to debate how technology, collaboration and forward-thinking strategies can redefine the financial ecosystem, inspiring new forms of value and changing the way institutions operate.

The 2026 programme will explore how AI is reshaping global finance, from cross‑border payments, global trade and settlement to digital assets, tokenisation, regulation and resilience.

Big Issue Debates, Industry Sessions, Discover Perfect Pitch, View from the Top and the Hackathon will all make a return, alongside cutting-edge thought leadership at our ‘conference within a conference’, Innotribe.

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Example topics in focus:

Payments

  • The future of cross‑border payments
  • Scaling cross‑border innovation
  • Trust, safety and speed in real‑time payments
  • Embedded B2B and treasury payments
  • AI in payments: promise vs readiness

Securities & FX

  • The future of global settlement
  • T+1 and settlement alignment
  • AI as market agent and counterparty
  • Cross‑border regulation for digital markets
  • Shifting reserve and settlement currencies

Trade

  • Who leads digital trade?
  • Trade tokenisation at scale
  • Data, AI and policy in global trade

AI & Innovation

  • Trust, security and resilience in AI finance
  • Agentic AI: identity, control and compliance
  • Building the AI‑ready enterprise
  • Managing AI dependency and fragmentation
  • Quantum and AI: redesigning financial architecture

ESG

  • Climate finance and resilience
  • Workforce resilience and skills

Digital Assets

  • Tokenisation: scale and value creation
  • Trust and interoperability
  • From accounts to wallets
  • Blockchain–AI convergence