Past events
Please see below for some of our previous events
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Beyond regulatory compliance: Architecting for true Operational Resilience in the DORA era - sponsored by Cockroach Labs
As the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) sets new standards for financial institutions across Europe, forward-thinking organisations are discovering opportunities that extend well beyond mere compliance. This FStech roundtable, sponsored by Cockroach Labs, will explore how financial institutions can transform regulatory requirements into strategic advantages through innovative multi-cloud architectures that enhance business agility, accelerate service delivery, and create meaningful differentiation in the marketplace.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Regulatory readiness and beyond: Developing strategic approaches to Operational Resilience in financial services - sponsored by BMC and Amdocs
Tailored for Chief Risk Officers, Heads of Operational Resilience, Technology Leaders, and Compliance Officers, this exclusive dinner offers a platform to exchange insights, challenge assumptions, and refine strategies. Attendees will gain valuable perspectives on best practices, technology investments, and regulatory compliance planning.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: AI strategies for financial services: Data-driven insights and operational gains - sponsored by Rackspace Technology
AI is rapidly transforming financial services, offering powerful tools to enhance customer insights, optimise risk management, and drive operational efficiency. However, for organisations to remain competitive and fully realise AI’s potential, they must evolve their IT infrastructure and develop strategies that address the complexities of AI adoption.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Resilience in the digital age: DORA, cloud, and the future of BFSI - sponsored by Rackspace Technology
This event offered financial professionals a unique opportunity to share experiences, challenges, and best practices in preparing for DORA in an increasingly cloud-dependent and AI-augmented era, ultimately strengthening the operational resilience of the entire financial sector.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Navigating the crossroads: Data protection and cyber defence in financial services - sponsored by Pure Storage
The discussion examined strategies for upgrading data protection without compromising security, whilst addressing emerging threats such as ransomware. They explored how different financial institutions are navigating the tightrope between data and cyber protection, balancing investments, and tackling the thorny issue of cloud vendor lock-in. Attendees gained valuable insights into enhancing their operational resilience in an ever-evolving threat landscape, all whilst meeting complex regulatory requirements.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Future of AI in Finance: Enhancing operational efficiency and data driven insight - sponsored by Rackspace Technology
Artificial intelligence, is not a new concept in financial services, but use cases continue to grow and provide opportunities in more areas of the industry, from customer insights to risk management and operational efficiency. Whether it is Gen AI, AI or Machine Learning what remains are the challenges preparing an organisations IT environment to truly realise the value of these technologies.
FStech Webinar: Beyond Open Banking: Fostering customer loyalty through compliant personalisation - sponsored by Marigold
Industry experts will examine the role of real-time personalisation in financial marketing, demonstrating how to deliver dynamic content and up-to-date offers through the compliant use web scraping and API integrations to ensure consistency across customer touchpoints without compromising data protection standards.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Beyond the hype: Practical pathways to GenAI adoption in financial services - sponsored by Ciklum
GenAI's potential to transform financial services is significant, from enhancing decision-making and risk management, to revolutionising customer interactions and streamlining operations like merchant onboarding. Realising this potential requires a strategic approach to balancing innovation with the sector's unique demands, including regulatory compliance, data security and ethical AI implementation.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Unlocking innovation in banking: Overcoming cloud transformation hurdles - sponsored by Rackspace Technology
As digital disruption accelerates across the financial services sector, banks must urgently modernise their technology infrastructure to remain competitive.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: ESG in financial services: Unlocking opportunities through thoughtful cloud strategies - sponsored by Rackspace Technology
In this FStech roundtable sponsored by Rackspace, financial services experts will explore how thoughtful cloud adoption aligns with sustainability goals, while sharing best practices for low-emissions cloud migrations, developing comprehensive greenhouse gas inventories tailored to financial IT environments, and responsibly decommissioning legacy infrastructure.
FStech Roundtable: Operational resilience: Best practice for financial services - sponsored by NetApp
In order to survive and thrive, financial services firms know they need a business technology strategy that protects their organisation, aids profitability, and allows them to meet and exceed the demands of their customers.
FStech Wine Tasting Event: Transforming compliance: How is technology changing regulatory compliance in banking and insurance? - sponsored by Hitachi Digital Services
The discussion with industry peers will cover key survey findings including the key data governance challenges and priorities for FS providers, the role of data privacy and protection, and the potential impact of artificial intelligence, generative AI and large language models within both an internal and external context.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Fighting FinCrime in financial services: optimising the balance between innovation and compliance - sponsored by SmartSearch
The issues facing the banking sector – in a period of macro-economic uncertainty, intense competition, and ever-tightening regulations – are broadly common around the world. For some, however, the challenges hit harder than for others. So much so that they have the potential to act as a constraint on growth.
FStech Breakfast Event: Navigating payments innovation: Approaches to manage changing consumer habits & expectations - sponsored by Ciklum
The UK payments ecosystem stands at an inflection point. The emergence of mobile wallets and payment innovations like buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) and Pay by Bank have radically altered the checkout experience, while Open and emerging technologies such as AI enable more convenient and secure payment experiences. However, consumers are facing a confusing array of cashbacks, discounts and loyalty features from banks, payment providers and merchants, and alternative payment methods are challenging long-standing offerings built around credit and debit cards.
FStech Webinar: Optimising digital banking: Unifying communications for seamless CX - sponsored by Precisely
In this webinar Rob Dallison, Vice President, Sales at Precisely, John Greenwood, head of technology and payments at Contact Centre Panel, and Michelle He, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder at Abound, will discuss how organisations can craft exceptional customer experiences through the strategic use of data and real-time customer communication technologies. Attendees will come away from this webinar with insights into harnessing the power of real-time data, leveraging integrated communications for seamless customer journeys, and implementing effective engagement strategies.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Emerging technologies 2024: when AI meets customer experience - sponsored by Rackspace Technology
If the future of banking is branchless, omnichannel, and connected to a wider ecosystem of partners, then the future of customer engagement is likely to rely on two interlocking technologies.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Balancing act: Data-driven strategies for FinCrime prevention and compliance - sponsored by SmartSearch
Financial institutions in 2023 are facing increasing sophistication from criminals, while also having to stay on top of a dizzying array of regulatory requirements such as the EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives and Bank Secrecy Act in the US. These issues will only become more pronounced in the coming years, with a data-driven approach to tackling FinCrime emerging as the best solution for financial services.
FStech Event: Revolutionising financial services in the era of generative AI - Sponsored by HCLTech and AWS
At this FStech networking event, an all-female panel of industry experts will discuss best practices for harnessing the power of GenAI to solve problems faced by financial services institutions and transform the way organisations do business.
FStech Digital Roundtable: The future of financial services: AI, compliance, and sustainability strategies - Sponsored by RedHat
The session will also feature a presentation from Marco Eijsackers, ING’s head of CIO office – strategy and transformation.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Building mission critical apps at scale: How to remain resilient when growing in the cloud - Sponsored by Cockroach Labs
This roundtable with senior peers will focus on the key challenges and opportunities for FSIs as they grow and maintain customers, and the impact that has on application development at a critical time for the industry.
FStech Webinar: Building a secure financial future for instant payments: The convergence of ISO 20022 and fraud detection - Sponsored by NICE Actimize and Finastra
In this FStech webinar, in partnership with NICE Actimize and Finastra, expert speakers from payments and fraud will delve into the strategies, technologies, and best practices that financial institutions can deploy to stay ahead of fraudsters in the dynamic realm of real-time payments.
Fstech Roundtable Dinner: Transform to stay in the game: Meeting uncertainty, competition, and compliance head on - Sponsored by Rackspace
The issues facing the banking sector – in a period of macro-economic uncertainty, intense competition, and ever-tightening regulations – are broadly common around the world. For some, however, the challenges hit harder than for others. So much so that they have the potential to act as a constraint on growth.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Unleashing the power of data: Enabling sustainable practices, innovation, and regulatory compliance in financial services - Sponsored by NetApp
In this FStech and NetApp roundtable event, senior peers from across the industry will discuss interconnectedness of sustainability, innovation, regulatory compliance, and data utilisation. Attendees will identify synergies between these seemingly disparate areas and generate actionable insights that can help financial institutions navigate the evolving landscape successfully through the better use of data.
FStech Webinar: Strike the Right Balance: Preventing Synthetic Identity Fraud while Streamlining Customer Onboarding - sponsored by Ekata by Mastercard
This session is a must-attend for fraud professionals working in the financial industry, including fraud prevention specialists, risk managers, compliance officers, and other technology leaders. Whether you represent a bank, credit union, or other financial institution, this session will provide invaluable insights to fortify your defences against synthetic identity fraud.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Creating the FSI of the future: How organisations can harness technology to improve processes enhance security and remain competitive - sponsored by Rackspace
In 2023, well-established financial service institutions (FSIs) are aware they need to modernise their systems in order to stay relevant and ensure their survival. To be successful in the future, FSIs will need to embrace emerging technologies, remain flexible to adopt evolving business models, and put customers at the heart of their strategy.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - The customer comes first: Prioritising customer experience in financial services through employee enablement - sponsored by OpenText
At this event, we will bring together senior peers from across financial services to discuss the relationship between customer experience and employee enablement, and to explore ways that FSIs can enhance delivery both externally and internally.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - 2023 Financial Crime & Sanctions Outlook: People, Process and Technology - sponsored by WorkFusion
This roundtable will bring together senior financial crime and compliance professionals to share their experiences and best practice. Reflecting on last year, we will explore the most effective medium to long-term approaches to financial crime and sanctions – measures that will allow FSIs to turn current volatility into a new opportunity.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Building mission critical apps at scale: How to remain resillient when growing in the cloud - sponsored by Cockroach Labs
This roundtable with senior peers will focus on the key challenges and opportunities for FSIs as they grow and maintain customers, and the impact that has on application development at a critical time for the industry.
FStech Evening Event - Doing more for less in the cloud: How to harness the significant business benefits of Cloud Adoption - sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
Experts from Hitachi Vantara will discuss their commitment to helping FSIs modernise, while attendees will receive vital insights from executives at Raiffeisen Bank International and Amazon Web Services.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Data Governance in an Age of Complexity: What FSIs should do next - sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
The evening will feature subject matter expert Suranjan Som, Vice President, Financial Services Leader at Hitachi Vantara, with contributions from senior leaders across the financial services market. It is an unmissable opportunity to consider today’s challenges and opportunities with industry peers, and share data governance best practice.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Acting up: What are Banks doing to mitigate the risk of insider fraud? - sponsored by Bottomline
Fraud is reaching unprecedented levels. Earlier this year, UK Finance revealed that British banking customers lost a staggering £1.3 billion in 2021, warning that the nation is experiencing an 'epidemic of fraud' with collaborative action required to regain control.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Same Challenge, Different Approach: What banks and FinTechs can learn from each other in the race to digitalisation -sponsored by WorkFusion
This roundtable event will be an opportunity for peers across the financial services generations to share good practice and identify investment priorities. Same Challenge, different approach.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Democratising data: How can FSIs leverage data to drive digital transformation? - Sponsored by Microstrategy
At this specially-convened roundtable event, we will be examining those challenges in detail, before exploring the steps FSIs can take to remove barriers and create the conditions for a data-driven future.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - The rise of open source software: can it futureproof systems for FSIs? - Sponsored by EDB
This roundtable with industry peers will explore the key challenges and opportunities for FSIs as they look to modernise their operations using open-source software.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Continuity in the cloud: How are FSIs deploying cloud and multi-cloud architecture to ensure data portability and build operational resilience? -Sponsored by Cockroach Labs
This roundtable with senior industry peers will look at key strategies for building operational resilience in the cloud, speeding up time to market for new apps and services and tackling disruption when the worst-case scenario hits.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Modernisation in the cloud: How are FSIs leveraging cloud technology to meet consumer expectations and futureproof their data and applications? - Sponsored by Rackspace Technology
This roundtable will examine the cloud migration challenges currently facing FSIs and how to harness cloud technology to enhance and transform apps, services, data, and customer experience.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - The disrupted workplace: How are HR leaders at FSIs using data and digital technologies to build operational resilience and boost employee engagement in the era of hybrid work? - Sponsored by Ceridian
In the post-pandemic age, HR teams have become familiar with disruption. But as employees at financial services institutions (FSIs) begin to adapt to the hybrid working model for the long-term, HR teams are facing the next wave of disruption as the competition to attract and retain top talent looms amid a cost of living crisis the Great Resignation.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Modernisation in the cloud: How are FSIs leveraging cloud technology to optimise the value of their data and applications to meet customer expectations? - Sponsored by Rackspace Technology
This roundtable event with industry peers will explore the key challenges and possible solutions for FSIs as they look to use their move to the cloud to transform their apps, data and customer experience.
FStech Digital Roundtable - Risk and resilience: How are FS providers using Machine Learning and data analytics to improve credit risk decisions and help customers through the cost-of-living crisis? - Sponsored by Experian
This roundtable event with senior industry peers will explore key challenges for financial services providers as they look to use their data to provide more personalised customer journeys and achieve better decisioning in an increasingly complex risk landscape.
FStech Roundtable Dinner - Biometrics in the call centre: How are FSIs using authentication technologies to crack down on fraud, empower agents and provide seamless customer experience? - Sponsored by Nuance
This roundtable event with senior industry peers will explore the key challenges for customer services teams in financial services firms as they look to crack down on fraud while ensuring personalised and seamless customer experience.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Customer communications in focus: How are FS providers driving automation and taking personalisation in customer communications across digital channels to the next level? - Sponsored by OpenText
This roundtable with senior industry peers will explore the key challenges for financial services providers as they look to use data and automation to build the future of omnichannel customer communications.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Knowing your customer: How are FSIs using AI & biometric authentication to provide a seamless customer experience and crack down on fraud? - Sponsored by Nuance
Stopping the fraudsters in their tracks has always been at the top of the list of ‘necessary evils’ for Financial Services Institutions (FSIs). But as the criminals step up their attacks across digital channels, keeping customers’ money and data safe has never been more important.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: The evolution of payments fraud: How are firms leveraging cloud in a changing fraud landscape? - sponsored by Bottomline
This roundtable with industry peers will focus on the key challenges and opportunities financial services leaders face as they attempt to use and leverage cloud infrastructures in the fight against fraud.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Beyond payments: How are FSIs and Corporates preparing for the transition to ISO20022 and leveraging the business advantages of payments modernisation? sponsored by OpenText
As high value payments systems across Europe begin mandating adoption of SWIFT’s ISO20022 standard by November 2022, corporate clients are being pulled along faster than their own 2025 deadline, when key messages in cross-border and cash reporting payments will be decommissioned.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Barriers to BNPL: How are FSIs overcoming key challenges in delivering BNPL and embedded finance through use of APIs? - sponsored by Mendix
The explosive growth of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is transforming the payments, financial services, and retail industries at breakneck speed, with customers now expecting seamless and personalised services at the touch of a button wherever and however they want to pay.
FStech Digital Roundtable: Data mesh myths vs reality : How are FS organisations using data management, automation and analytics to drive business transformation? - sponsored by Hitachi Vantara
This digital roundtable featuring subject matter expert Suranjan Som, Vice President, Financial Services Leader EMEA at Hitachi Vantara will explore the key challenges for financial services firms as they look to connect and leverage their data to drive business transformation and look at the myths and realities surrounding the concept of a data mesh and how it can be deployed.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Knowing your customer: How are FSIs using AI & biometric authentication to crack down on fraud and provide a seamless customer experience? - sponsored by Nuance
Stopping the fraudsters in their tracks has always been at the top of the list of ‘necessary evils’ for Financial Services Institutions (FSIs). But as the criminals step up their attacks with more sophisticated methods, keeping customers’ money and data safe has become mission critical.
FStech Roundtable Dinner: Insider fraud risk: How are FSIs identifying the signs of insider fraud and collusion with outside actors in an increasingly complex risk landscape? - sponsored by Bottomline
Insider fraud has always been a thorny issue for Financial Services Institutions (FSIs), but with the rise in remote working, companies are having to work harder than ever to protect their systems, data and customers from the risk that an employee could go rogue at any time.