CTO Craft Con Fintech 2026

Attend the CTO Craft Con: Fintech 2026, from 2–3 November 2026 at The Minster Building, London. The two-day event, which is designed for senior technology experts in fintech, banking, payments, and insurance, offers useful discussions about AI adoption, compliance, technical quality, platform modernization, operational resilience, and management. Attendees can compare real-world experiences, test theories, and find strategies that they can use in their own organizations than just listening to speeches.

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Event Highlights

• Explore responsible AI adoption and governance
• Understand how technical debt, legacy systems, and architecture affect fintech growth.
• Discover modern approaches to developer productivity, DevEx, DORA, and engineering excellence.
• Learn how fintech leaders are improving verification of AI-generated code before it reaches production.
• Examine operational resilience, compliance, and DORA without allowing regulation to slow innovation.
• Take part in interactive peer-led breakouts, roundtables, breakfasts, and networking sessions.
• Hear practical stories from leaders at organisations including Funding Circle, PensionBee, Monzo, BlackRock, Lloyds Banking Group, Zopa Bank, and Xapo Bank.

Why Attend the CTO Craft Con: Fintech?

• Learn from real fintech leaders
• Turn AI into action
• Build meaningful connections 
• Leave with practical ideas

Agenda Highlights

• Day 1 – 2 November
• 10:05–10:35 – The Inevitability of Tech Debt – Harry Jell, Yonder
• 11:05–11:30 – Your Architecture Is Your Ceiling – Richard Marr, PensionBee
• 12:50–13:15 – The New Bottleneck: Why Verification Is the Real Competitive Edge in AI-Assisted Engineering – Carl Sverre, Antithesis
• 16:10–17:25 – Interactive Breakouts covering AI-assisted engineering, AI governance, leadership, and decision-making
• 17:25–20:25 – Afterparty at Tank & Paddle
• Day 2 – 3 November
• 09:35–10:05 – Moving Towards Self-Optimising Products – Steve Martin, Monzo
• 10:05–10:30 – DORA x DORA: Where Engineering Excellence & Compliance Meet – Ekaterina Okuneva, Sonar
• 11:50–12:35 – Panel: AI Wrote the Code. Who’s Checking It Before It Touches Money?
• 14:35–15:00 – The Missing Vault: The Platform Controls Every AI System Needs – Swapna Alladi, Allica Bank
• 15:30–16:45 – Interactive breakouts on engineering organisation design, AI risk, and operational resilience

Speakers

• Jennie Woods – VP Engineering, Funding Circle
• Richard Marr – VP of Engineering, PensionBee
• Carl Sverre – Field CTO, Antithesis
• Harry Jell – Co-founder & CTO, Yonder
• Steve Martin – VP Engineering, Monzo

Experiences

• Learn it: Hear practical stories from experienced technology leaders.
• Discuss it: Take ideas into facilitated peer discussions and roundtables.
• Challenge it: Compare approaches and ask difficult questions beyond the stage.
• Connect beyond sessions: Enjoy Coffee Corner Conversations, breakfasts, lunches, and evening networking.
• Apply it: Take home practical ideas, stronger relationships, and greater confidence in technology decisions.

Don't miss the CTO Craft Con: Fintech 2026 is where fintech technology leaders turn complex challenges into practical action.