FS Futures: Banking & Payments

As the pace of change in banking accelerates, this half-day conference will bring together key voices from across the financial services spectrum – from digital challengers to traditional banks, regional FinTech innovators to infrastructure enablers – to explore how the sector is evolving in response to new technologies, customer expectations, economic realities, and risk.

The event will pose the question: What will banking & payments look like over the next decade – and who is building it?

Themes will include:

· Banking 3.0 & Tech Transformation – Open banking, build/buy/partner strategies, CX/UX, trust, regulation

· AI in Action – Agentic Payments & Commerce and cutting-edge AI Innovation

· Regulation & Innovation – Balancing compliance with fast-moving financial services innovation

· Fraud & FinCrime – Technology’s role in detection, prevention, and risk management

· Future Payments Infrastructure – CBDCs, tokenisation, commercial VRPs, agentic payments, digital ID

· FinTech Spotlight – Regional founders and scale-ups pitching the next wave of banking innovation

Why Attend?

Whether you’re a FinTech innovator, banking leader, investor, tech provider, or policy-maker, this event offers the opportunity to:

– Connect with banking and FinTech leaders from across the region

– Discover partnership and collaboration opportunities

– Gain insight into emerging technologies, customer expectations, and regulatory priorities

– Explore Manchester’s role as a national powerhouse in financial innovation