đź“Ť Miami đź“… September 28 / October 1, 2026
Sibos is not a fintech show in the classic sense of the term. Organized by SWIFT since 1978, the event is above all the main global financial infrastructure summit. Where Money20/20 talks about growth, partnerships and fintech products, and where Singapore FinTech Festival explores the convergence between programmable finance, AI and monetary sovereignty, Sibos addresses the deeper layers of the system: international payments, settlements, compliance, banking infrastructure, digital currencies and financial resilience.
The 2026 edition, organized for the first time in Miami, takes place in a particular context. Artificial intelligence is beginning to modify the operational architectures of large banks, stablecoins are gradually becoming established in international payments, while central banks are accelerating their experiments around digital currencies and the tokenization of financial assets.
The theme chosen this year — “Digital Finance for AI-driven Economies” — illustrates this shift.
What makes Sibos unique is the nature of its participants. The event brings together fewer startups than systemic institutions:
- central banks,
- market infrastructures,
- clearing houses,
- large international banks,
- regulators,
- payment networks,
- cloud providers,
- cybersecurity specialists,
- infrastructure fintechs.
With more than 10,000 expected participants, more than 500 speakers and representatives from more than 130 countries, Sibos probably remains the most strategic event in the world for observing the real transformations of the international financial system.
The most followed topics in 2026 should be:
- integrating AI into payments and compliance,
- tokenization of assets,
- the new rails of international regulations,
- stablecoin compatible infrastructures,
- the issues of monetary sovereignty,
- interoperability between public and private financial systems.
Miami has become a point of convergence between international finance, cross-border payments, Latin America, crypto-assets and wealth management. Its positioning illustrates the gradual shift in the financial center of gravity towards more hybrid hubs, on the border between traditional finance, digital technologies and tokenized assets.
Focus
Global financial infrastructure
AI applied to payments and compliance
Stablecoins and new monetary rails
Tokenization of financial assets
International banking interoperability
Cybersecurity and resilience of financial systems
Key stakeholders
Javier PĂ©rez-Tasso; Cheri McGuire; Agustin Carstens; Joanne Hannaford; Leigh Amaro; Todd Burwell.
