July 28, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET

Building the AI-Ready Bank: Turning AI Ambition into Secure, Scalable Business Transformation

An FSI Digital Summit brought to you by GDS Group in partnership with AWS

PARTNERS:

As financial institutions move beyond AI experimentation, the challenge is no longer identifying opportunities, but building the technology foundations, governance, and operational capabilities needed to scale AI securely and deliver measurable business outcomes.

Artificial intelligence has firmly established itself as a strategic priority across financial services, yet many organizations continue to struggle with the realities of execution.

While pilots and proofs of concept have demonstrated the potential of AI, moving beyond experimentation requires more than deploying new models. Financial institutions must modernize legacy technology, establish trusted governance, integrate fragmented systems, and identify business use cases capable of delivering measurable value.

At the same time, expectations continue to rise. Leaders are being challenged to increase operational efficiency, improve customer experiences, strengthen regulatory compliance, and create more agile organizations without introducing unnecessary risk or disrupting existing operations. Success increasingly depends on connecting infrastructure modernization, enterprise AI, and business transformation into a single, scalable strategy.

This digital summit will explore how financial institutions are building the foundations required to operationalize AI at scale—from modernizing core platforms and establishing secure governance to transforming banking operations and creating new opportunities for growth. Throughout the day, executive leaders from Kore.ai, WSO2, Intellect Design, and M2P Fintech, will share practical strategies, lessons learned, and real-world approaches for turning AI ambition into measurable business outcomes

Agenda

  • Ben Thompson, Host, GDS Group

  • Adam Honoré

    Head of Worldwide Financial Services Product & Technical Field Community at AWS

  • Title:
    From AI Pilots to Intelligent Operations

    Featuring WSO2 & Kore.ai

    Speakers:
    Seshika Fernando, Field CTO & Vice President, WSO2

    Peter Berbee, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Financial Services, Kore.ai

    Discussion themes:

    • Scaling AI beyond proof of concepts

    • Building secure foundations for agentic AI

    • Governance, compliance, and trust

    • Creating connected, intelligent operations

  • Title:
    Building the Future-Ready Bank

    Featuring Intellect Design & M2P Fintech

    Speakers:

    Raman Jatkar - VP, Head of Products Purple Fabric

    Eyal Hillman - EVP Purple Fabric

    Rajesh Nayak Mandyam, Senior Vice President - Americas Head of Business, M2P Fintech

    Discussion themes:

    • Reimagining banking operations through AI

    • Driving operational resilience

    • Accelerating innovation while managing complexity

    • Delivering growth through intelligent banking platforms

  • Moderated by Ben Thompson

  • The Agentic Bank: From AI Pilots to Production

    • Intellect Design

    Reimagining Banking Operations with Agentic AI

    • M2P Fintech

    Building the Intelligent Bank: Driving Growth and Operational Resilience with AI

    • WSO2

    Accelerating Modernisation with an AI-Powered Financial Platform

Speakers

Adam Honoré

Head of Worldwide Financial Services Product & Technical Field Community at AWS

Peter Berbee

VP Product Management, Financial Services at Kore.ai

Eyal Hillman

EVP Purple Fabric

Michael Burge

VP Strategic Partnerships at Kore.ai

Amjadh Ifthikar

Technical Lead at WSO2  

Bharat Srinivasarangan

Executive Vice President - Head of Sales Enablement, M2P Fintech 

Seshika Fernando

Vice President - Banking and Financial Services Technology at WSO2 

Raman Jatkar

VP, Head of Products Purple Fabric

Rajesh Nayak Mandyam

Senior Vice President - Americas Head of Business, M2P Fintech

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