Tech of Finance Industry

QCon London 2026

Track

Tech of Finance Industry

Monday 16 March · 5 sessions, 50 minutes each

About the track

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.

Sessions in this track

Monday 16 March. 5 sessions per track, chosen and introduced by the Track Host.

10:35 Mountbatten (6th Fl.) Session architecture How To Run on Three Clouds at Once, and When Not To Ross McFarlane, Kevin Holditch 11:45 Windsor (5th Fl.) Session AI/ML Your Multicloud Strategy Is a Product Problem - Treat It Like One Luis Henrique Albinati Junior, Surabhi Mahajan 13:35 Rutherford (4th Fl.) Unconference Unconference: Tech of Finance Industry 14:45 Mountbatten (6th Fl.) Session Alpha Copilot The Realities of Building an AI Native Fintech Startup David Lin Founder and CEO @Linvest21, Previously CTO @JPMorgan 15:55 Mountbatten (6th Fl.) Session Platform Engineering Move Fast, Don’t Break Trust: Shipping Constantly with Humans and Beyond Suhail Patel Senior Staff Engineer @Monzo Leading the Platform and Data Functions, Previously @Citymapper
76% senior dev or higher
1:11 speaker ratio
60+ practitioners

QCon London 2026 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.

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