Next Banking Summit 2026

One day in Berlin. Three questions that will define European finance for the next decade.

Who controls the financial stack? Where does the BaaS consolidation wave land? What changes when AI stops assisting and starts deciding?

Morning keynotes set the frame. Afternoon masterclasses — 30 people max — get into the specifics. The day closes with an open campus festival at the Backfabrik.

Agenda

8:30 Registration & Coffee

9:00 Opening — Setting the stage: why the next 18 months lock in Europe's financial architecture

9:15 Keynote — The Agentic Finance Shift: AI moving from assistant to operator

9:45 Coffee Break & Networking

10:05 Keynote — Shared Infrastructure, Shared Roadmap The price of captivity: strategic independence, speed, and what control actually costs

10:20 Panel — Who Controls the Financial Stack? BaaS, cloud infrastructure, regulation, and European sovereignty.

10:50 Coffee Break & Networking

11:10 Keynote — The European Data Economy

11:25 Panel — Open Finance is Live. Or Not? FIDA, PSD3, and who captures value as the data economy opens up

11:55 Morning Wrap

12:20 – 13:20 · Lunch Break & Networking

AFTERNOON · CAMPUS MASTERCLASSES

Hosted by HoFT members and partner companies. Hands-on, practitioner-led.

13:30 Block 1 — Embedded Finance, AML, Platform Sovereignty

15:00 Coffee Break & Networking

15:30 Block 2 — Scalable Infrastructure, Agentic Payments

EVENING · CAMPUS FESTIVAL

17:30 Festival Opening

18:00 – 21:00 Campus Festival — BBQ, drinks & open networking with the wider Berlin fintech community.

Why Join?

Understand where AI, BaaS consolidation, and financial stack control are heading — before the decisions are made without you.Meet 200+ executives, CTOs, CPOs, and founders building, regulating, and scaling it.Leave with clear signals on what’s next and how it impacts your strategy.

SECURE YOUR TICKET

Early bird discount until May 31, 2026 — €350 thereafter.

HoFT members receive a dedicated invitation. If you can't find it, reach out to your company representative.