Swift at Sibos 2026: Digital finance for AI-driven economies
As customer expectations continue to rise and financial services become increasingly digital, Swift at Sibos will explore how institutions can deliver better outcomes while maintaining the trust on which global finance depends.
From 28 September to 1 October, the global financial community will gather at the Miami Beach Convention Center for Sibos 2026.
Under the theme of ‘Digital finance for AI-driven economies’, this year's conference will explore how emerging technologies, new forms of value and changing customer expectations are reshaping financial services.
Alongside the main conference, our dedicated Swift at Sibos programme will examine what those shifts mean in practice.
From reducing friction in cross-border payments to enabling new forms of value and strengthening trust in an AI-driven future, we’ll examine some of the most pressing issues facing financial institutions today through three dedicated themes:
Deliver the experience customers expect
Whether moving money across borders, supporting global commerce or managing liquidity, customers increasingly expect payments to be fast, transparent and predictable, from initiation through to the beneficiary.
Meeting these expectations will require more than one product or isolated improvement. It requires the entire chain, from preparation and processing to interoperability, operations and the customer interface, to work together.
This track will examine how the industry is reducing friction across the payment journey and delivering more consistent end-to-end outcomes for customers.
📣 Don’t miss these sessions
→ Live, scaling, next: the next evolution of cross-border payments
- Monday, 28 September | 09:30 EDT
- Tuesday, 29 September | 09:30 EDT
- Wednesday, 30 September | 10:00 EDT
- Thursday, 1 October | 10:00 EDT
→ The Swift payments scheme in action
- Monday, 28 September | 14:45 EDT
- Tuesday, 29 September | 14:00 EDT
- Wednesday, 30 September | 13:45 EDT
- Thursday, 1 October | 12:15 EDT
→ Closing the last mile: industry action to deliver the G20 cross-border payments targets
- Wednesday, 30 September | 16:15 EDT
Move value in all forms
As new forms of digital value emerge, financial institutions are operating across an increasingly diverse ecosystem of networks, platforms and assets. While this creates opportunities for greater efficiency and innovation, it also raises the risk of introducing new fragmentation across platforms and operating models.
Across the industry, attention is increasingly turning to the infrastructure needed to connect these developments. Tokenised assets, digital trade initiatives and changes to securities markets such as T+1 settlement all depend on strong foundations if they are to scale successfully.
This track will explore how shared foundations can help traditional and emerging forms of value coexist, enabling innovation to scale across the financial ecosystem
📣 Don’t miss these sessions
→ The Swift ledger: from vision to implementation
- Monday, 28 September | 13:30 EDT
- Tuesday, 29 September | 11:00 EDT
- Wednesday, 30 September | 11:00 EDT
→ How tokenised finance is moving from concept to reality
- Monday, 28 September | 14:00 EDT
→ Reducing fragmentation through corporate actions modernisation
- Tuesday, 29 September | 14:00 EDT
Reinforce trust in an AI-driven future
AI and other emerging technologies are creating new opportunities across financial services, while also introducing new risks and dependencies across the financial ecosystem.
In this rapidly changing environment, trust remains the foundation that allows innovation to scale. As technology continues to evolve and new threats emerge, financial institutions must continue to strengthen the security and resilience of the infrastructure on which the global economy depends.
This track explores how the financial community is responding, from strengthening operational resilience and protecting critical infrastructure to understanding the role emerging technologies will play in the future of money movement.
It also examines how financial institutions are adapting as sustainability priorities continue to evolve.
📣 Don’t miss these sessions
→ The intersection of resiliency, security and AI
- Tuesday, 29 September | 10:15 EDT
→ Resilience redefined: building a quantum-safe future for financial services
- Tuesday, 29 September | 15:15 EDT
→ The next layer of trust: scheme, ledger and AI in the future of money movement
- Thursday, 1 October | 12:00 EDT
Join the conversation
These transformations are closely connected. Better customer experiences require stronger infrastructure. New forms of value require interoperability. Greater intelligence requires deeper trust and resilience.
Whether you're looking to understand the future of cross-border payments, explore emerging forms of digital value or learn how the industry is strengthening resilience in an AI-driven world, Swift at Sibos 2026 offers an opportunity to engage with the issues shaping financial services today.
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