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New Track for 2026

Applied AI in Finance

Beyond the AI Hype to Real-World Impact

FinTech Connect Applied AI in Finance track session
2026 Track Narrative

New to 2026: Ever feel like you walked away from a conference with nothing actionable today? Especially around AI, the conversation can veer into the conceptual, and this is a problem especially considering how revolutionary AI will become in our Economy. The rules of this stage are simple. Every session, panel and conversation will be backed by a case study, whitepaper or application that you can take back to the office immediately.

Real deployments and uses. Real numbers. Real problems encountered and how they were solved. So, if you're needing that reason to leave the office and come down to Fintech Connect, here it is.

Who Attends This Track

Open to Everyone Who Simply Wants to Learn More on AI
Chief AI Officer
Chief Data Officer
Head of AI
Head of Machine Learning
Head of Data Science
Head of AI Engineering
Head of Responsible AI
Head of Model Risk
Head of AI in Fraud
VP / Director, AI Strategy
Head of AI in Credit
Head of AI in Compliance
Head of Automation
Chief Analytics Officer

Key Attendee Benefits

01

Engage with sessions grounded in research, case studies and real-world AI applications across financial services

02

Understand what production-grade AI actually requires in a regulated institution, beyond vendor promises

03

Identify the recurring failure modes in financial AI deployments, and how to avoid them

04

Learn what it takes to move AI use cases through model risk, compliance and regulatory scrutiny

05

Assess the practical requirements for production deployment, from data quality and model monitoring to human oversight and change management

06

See what agentic AI looks like in financial services today, including early live deployments and what they are proving

07

Connect with the practitioners running AI inside financial institutions, not just the consultants advising from the outside

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Emily Yang

Head of Human-Centered AI and Innovation, Standard Chartered
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Gyeyok Haruna

Data & AI Governance and Compliance Lead, British Airways Plc
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Atif Hafeez

Global CFO & Board Advisor, Various
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Sagar Mandal

Head of Marketing Technology, Columbia Threadneedle
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Sandi Samantaray

AI Deployment Strategist, Vyaya
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James Richardson

Head of Innovation, Shackleton Advisers Limited
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Abhi Golhar

Managinng Partner, Merdian 84 and Founder of Lafayette & Oak
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Divya Kasavan

Head of Data Science, Lloyds Banking Group
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Ritika Mehta

Hybrid FinOps, Deutsche Bank
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Neil Dillon

Founder & CEO, Solas Compliance
    FinTech Marketing & Applied AI in Finance Stage - Agenda
    Content Programme

    FinTech Marketing & Applied AI in Finance Stage

    Day 1 is built for fintech marketers focused on trust-led growth. Day 2 goes deep on putting AI into production in regulated finance.

    1-2 December 2026 Excel London 12 sessions, Day 1 · 11 sessions, Day 2
    1Day 1 01 December 2026 FinTech Marketing
    10:00 –10:05
    Chair’s Welcome - Presented by Fintech Marketing Community
    10:10 –10:30
    From AI Hype to Marketing Execution: What to Use, What to Avoid and Where to Start
    10:35 –10:55
    FinTech Marketing 2026: From Growth at All Costs to Growth with Trust
    11:00 –11:30
    Balancing Brand Trust and Authenticity with AI Execution
    11:35 –12:10
    Solo Presentation - Presented by Fintech Marketing Community
    12:55 –13:00
    Chair's Closing Remarks
    13:00 –14:00
    Lunch
    14:00 –14:20
    Let's all start investing: How to Build Financial Products That Educate, Engage and Convert
    14:25 –14:45
    Solo Presentation
    14:50 –15:30
    Can Financial Brands Still Feel Human?

    When every bank, fintech and financial platform starts to sound like the same safe sentence passed through legal, it can be very hard to come across as human and ultimately trustable.

    15:35 –15:55
    The Future Chief Marketing Officer: From Brand Guardian to Growth Architect in the Age of AI

    The Chief Marketing Officer is no longer only the guardian of fintech brands and campaigns. In the age of Artificial Intelligence, the role is being rebuilt around data, revenue and growth.

    16:45 –17:00
    End of FinTech Connect Exhibition Day 1
    2Day 2 02 December 2026 Applied AI in Finance
    10:00 –10:10
    Chair’s Welcome and Conference Commencement
    10:15 –10:35
    Walking Before Running: AI That Survives Regulated Finance
    10:40 –11:20
    AI In Production: How AI Projects are Currently Being Approved, Designed and Implemented

    Somewhere between the demo and deployment, AI gets less glamorous and more practical. The work becomes permissions, model owners, audit trails, fallback plans, user training and integration headaches.

    11:25 –11:45
    Morning Break
    11:50 –12:10
    AI That Exists: Prompting Masterclass

    Prompting has become the most overcomplicated simple thing in AI. Everyone has a framework, a cheat sheet, a five-step acronym and a slightly smug LinkedIn post about how to “talk to the model properly”.

    12:15 –12:35
    Agentic AI for the Enterprise - A Session on Trust, Governance & Scale
    12:40 –13:00
    AI Under Regulation: An AI Case Study

    Financial services has to navigate an incredibly regulated environment, everyone at Fintech Connect knows this! But very rarely do we go step by step through the challenges that occur due to this regulation.

    14:00 –14:40
    AI With Humans Still in the Loop: The Ethics of AI Implementation Today

    The ‘human-in-the-loop’ concept is often treated like a safety blanket: reassuring in theory, vague in practice. Who is the human? What are they checking?

    14:45 –15:05
    AI That Saved Money: A Case Study on AI in Operational Excellence

    Savings are where AI claims either become interesting or fall apart. This case study follows the numbers: what was changed, what it cost to implement and where the savings actually appeared.

    15:10 –15:30
    AI In Finance: The Industry with the Greatest Advances or Complacent?

    Finance has every reason to lead on AI: the data, the budgets, the use cases, the pressure.

    15:40 –15:55
    Applied AI Stage Close
    Applied AI in Finance

    Primary Content Themes

    01

    AI Applied: Resetting how we discuss the economic revolution of our time

    02

    AI In Production: How AI projects are currently being approved, designed and implemented

    03

    AI That Exists: Prompting masterclass

    04

    AI That Saved Money: A case study on AI in operational excellence

    05

    AI With Humans Still in the Loop: The ethics of AI implementation today

    06

    AI That Failed: Lessons from a failed project

    07

    AI In Cognition: Understanding the cognitive impacts of AI usage