Finance & Banking

Instant Payments Summit 2026 Atlanta

The Instant Payments Summit (IPS) is a global platform that brings together banking, payments, fintech, and financial technology leaders to shape the future of real-time money movement. The 11th U.S. Edition in Atlanta will gather over 200 senior delegates, 50+ visionary speakers, and 20+ sponsors and exhibitors, exploring advancements in real-time payments,…

Visit the official site
73Speakers
0Sponsors
25Sessions
69Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Instant, in alphabetical order.

Anastasiia Tsarenko
Awolve AB
Anette Broløs
Director and Co Founder · Finthropology
Anton Kornilov
Payments & Growth Strategy Advisor, Founder · Kernel Acumen
Asko Mustonen
If Insurance
Barak Chizi
KBC Bank & Verzekering
Ben Longstaff
Alteryx
Bhavna Kaushal
Principal · BK Advisory & Fractional
Carlos Alvite
ABBYY
Carrie Forbes
CEO and Founder · Rockstar Advisory
Charles Phiri
JPMorganChase
Charlotte Wahlgren
Shopify
Craig Borysowich
Global Banking & Payments Strategist · IMedge
David Jackson
Managing Director · Marketcy
David Patrick
Founder & Managing Principal · Patrick Advisory
Dean Nolan
Managing Director · SRM
Deborah Baxley
Partner · PayGility Advisors
Dmitry Shipilov
Nordea
Donna Turner
Founder and Payments, Fraud Risk Management Advisor · Risk Insight Solutions
Dr. Bartosz Gonczarek, PhD
VSTORM
Dr Michael Salmony
CEO, Founder and Consultant · Payments Innovation Consulting
Dr. Oliver Maspfuhl
Deutsche Bank
Elizabeth McQuerry
Principal · Catado

Agenda

Selected from 25 sessions.

  • 08:50 - 09:00

    Opening Remarks

  • 09:00 - 10:00

    Panel 1: Opening Panel: Agentic AI in the Wild - From Hype to Early Wins

    What forces are making the agentic economy work differently? How is this changing the way businesses operate? What will distinguish the winners over the next two years? Where will …

  • 10:00 - 10:05

    Conference Chair’s Welcome Remark

    Agentic Commerce & Payments Summit
  • 10:00 - 10:25

    Agentic AI in production: key lessons for Financial Services & surprising sources of added value

    Lessons from Agentic AI in production. Expectations vs. real-world outcomes. From proof of value to production. Surprising sources of added value. What financial services need to c…

    Agentic Automation in Finance Nordics Summit
  • 10:05 - 11:05

    Morning Power-Hour Panel Discussion – Setting the Stage

    What is the current state of agentic commerce across industries? Are we at a genuine inflection point for agentic commerce, or are we still in the experimentation phase? Where are …

    Agentic Commerce & Payments Summit
  • 10:25 - 10:45

    From Experimentation to Execution: Where Agentic AI Is Creating Real Business Value

    Which AI use cases are moving beyond pilots today? Where financial institutions are seeing the earliest operational and customer impact? What failed, what scaled, and what changed …

    Agentic Automation in Finance Nordics Summit
  • 10:45 - 11:05

    From Prototype to P&L: Commercialising AI in Investment Management

    Data- and knowledge-driven foundations for AI. AI beyond efficiency: Driving commercial impact. Unlocking value through intelligent investment decisions. Scaling AI for measurable …

    Agentic Automation in Finance Nordics Summit
  • 11:35 - 11:55

    Agentic payments – the view from a central banker.

    What does agentic commerce mean for retailers today? How are AI agents reshaping discovery, conversion, and loyalty? How can retailers protect margins and maintain brand control? W…

    Agentic Commerce & Payments Summit
  • 11:35 - 11:55

    From Automation to Autonomy: Redesigning Financial Operations for the AI Era

    Automation improved workflows - agentic AI is now changing decisions? Why operational scale demands more than isolated AI pilots? Where financial institutions are embedding AI acro…

    Agentic Automation in Finance Nordics Summit
Company intelligence

An audience of 69 companies, parsed from the program.

69 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
69Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

27% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite34%
  • Founder / Owner1115%
  • Director / Head of68%
  • Manager / Lead34%
  • Engineer · IC34%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles4663%

Of 73 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.