Modern banking is not just software at scale, it is a living system where trust, risk, resiliency, and user experience intersect every second.
This track explores the business of banking through the lens of the engineers who build and operate its platforms, revealing the technical realities behind payments, lending, markets, identity, and regulatory obligations. We will examine how large-scale banking systems are designed to be resilient under stress, how risk is continuously measured and managed in code and infrastructure, and how seemingly simple user experiences are shaped by deep architectural and operational trade-offs. The goal is not to overwhelm with complexity, but to build appreciation and empathy for the constraints, responsibilities, and craftsmanship required to deliver safe, reliable, and intuitive financial services at global scale, where every design decision carries both technical and business consequences.
From this track
How To Run on Three Clouds at Once, and When Not To
Monday Mar 16 / 10:35AM GMT
If you've made a bank transfer recently, there's a good chance that Form3 handled it. When we have a wobble, people notice.
Ross McFarlane
Technical Architect @Form3, Real-Time Payments Plumber, Technical Diplomat, Drawer of Diagrams
Kevin Holditch
Engineering Leader and Distributed Systems Practitioner @Form3
Your Multicloud Strategy Is a Product Problem - Treat It Like One
Monday Mar 16 / 11:45AM GMT
You can't really "opt out" of multicloud anymore. Between cloud concentration risk, SaaS sprawl, and increasing regulatory expectations, most enterprises end up operating across multiple clouds whether they planned to or not. The hard part isn't having two or three providers.
Luis Henrique Albinati Junior
Executive Director, Product Strategy @JP Morgan Chase, Previously @Microsoft, @Oracle, and @Red Hat
Surabhi Mahajan
Executive Director @JP Morgan Chase
Unconference: Tech of Finance Industry
Monday Mar 16 / 01:35PM GMT
The Realities of Building an AI Native Fintech Startup
Monday Mar 16 / 02:45PM GMT
For fifty years, $400 trillion in professionally managed assets sat untouched by external technology. The most analytically demanding investment workflows required a combination of PhD-level quant finance and advanced engineering that no outside vendor could sustain commercially.
David Lin
Founder and CEO @Linvest21, Previously CTO @JPMorgan
Move Fast, Don’t Break Trust: Shipping Constantly with Humans and Beyond
Monday Mar 16 / 03:55PM GMT
Moving fast only works if your systems are engineered with trust and verification in mind. In this talk, we showcase how teams can scale to the point where shipping hundreds of changes a day becomes boring, routine, and safe.
Suhail Patel
Senior Staff Engineer @Monzo Leading the Platform and Data Functions, Previously @Citymapper
