Bringing together leaders from banking, technology, academia and regulation to explore how Al and frontier technologies are reshaping the future of financial.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Barclays Campus, Glasgow
09:00 – 17:00
Confirmed Organisations
Barclays
Nvidia
FCA
Accenture
Blackrock
IBM
Microsoft
Bank of England
University of Strathclyde
University of Cambridge
The Data Lab
Digital Trust Centre of Excellence
FinTech Scotland
Confirmed Speakers
Alexia Cambon
Director – Office of Applied Research
Microsoft
Microsoft
Prof Bill Buchanan
Professor of Applied Cryptography
Edinburgh Napier University
Edinburgh Napier University
Colin Payne
Head of Innovation
FCA
FCA
Fern Watson
Manager, Emerging Tech & Research
FCA
FCA
Florian Pouchet
Partner, Cybersecurity and Operational Resilience
Wavestone
Wavestone
Kristen Bennie
Group Head of Partnerships and Innovation
Barclays
Barclays
Paul Wilson
Chief Executive Officer
STAC
STAC
Ross D’Arcy
Head of Business Development, Banking – EMEA
Nvidia
Nvidia
Two tracks to choose from
You can choose sessions from both tracks.
TRACK 1: AI & INTELLIGENT BANKING
TRACK 1: AI & INTELLIGENT BANKING
AI in Scotland
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Welcome
- Al Innovation in Scotland – transforming banking
AI in Financial Services
10:40 AM – 12:10 PM
- Panel: AI Deployment and Governance
- Fireside chat: Security Considerations and Consumer Trust
- Fireside chat: What Will Financial Services Look Like by 2035?
The Future of Wealth Management
1:10 PM – 2:10 PM
- Keynote: Wealth Management in a Post-AGBR Era
- Panel: From Targeted Support to Full Advice
Agentic Banking
2:20 PM – 3:20 PM
- Keynote: Agentic Payments, Beyond the Hype
- Case Study 1 – Opportunities for Banks
- Case Study 2 – Al in Corporate Banking
The Bank of the Future
3:50 PM – 5 PM
- Panel: Workforce Transformation: The New Human -Al Division of Labour
- Keynote: Will Every Bank Become an Al Company?
- Micro panel: Building the Future of Banking Through Collaboration
TRACK 2: FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES
TRACK 2: FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES
Frontier Technologies: Separating Hype from Reality
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Welcome
- Panel: The frontier technologies shaping the future of financial services
- Keynote: Quantum Today: Capabilities, Limits & Timelines
The Quantum Opportunity
10:40 AM – 12:10 PM
- Panel and Q&A: Where is the Quantum Opportunity for the UK?
- Keynote: 2 Years to Gain Commercial Quantum Advantage
- Panel: Neuromorphic and Quantum: The New Paradigm?
The Future of Money
1:10 PM – 2:10 PM
- Keynote: Stablecoins, Tokenised Deposits and CBCs – Different Visions of the Future
- Panel: Who Will Control the Digital Rails of the Future?
Digital Assets in Practice
2:20 PM – 3:20 PM
- Panel: How Financial Institutions Are Deploying Digital Assets Today
- Fireside chat: The Need for Enhanced Cryptography
Liquidity in a Tokenised World
3:50 PM – 5 PM
- Keynote: Treasury, FX & Liquidity Management in the Age of Digital Assets
- Fireside chat: The Battle of the Golden Ledger
Don’t miss one of FinTech Scotland’s flagship events of the year.
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