Future of Financial Services Week 2026: In-person day event
This in-person day event is a part of our Future of Financial Services Week 2026.
This event will be hosted at our One London Wall office followed by networking drinks. Topics include embedded finance, open banking, financial crime and agentic AI - see below for the agenda.
You can find all the details of other sessions taking place during this week using our Future of Financial Services Week 2026 event site.
Agenda
8:45: Registration and breakfast
9:30: Welcome and introduction by Nikki Worden, Osborne Clarke's Financial Services International Sector Lead
9:45: Embedded finance and whitelabelling – is this the future of financial services? Led by Paul Anning
Spanning banking, payments, lending, investments and insurance, we will take a deep dive with Emma Hagan, CEO of ClearBank UK on what works (and what doesn’t) and how to scale partnership models that meet regulatory expectations and work commercially.
10:35: Break
10:50: Open banking and beyond: designing trusted smart data services. Led by Rosie Wrobel, Katherine Kirrage
Demystifying open banking and smart data schemes - what they enable, how the models work and how to handle the risks. This session will look at cross sector use cases, design choices, risk essentials and provide practical takeaways to stay compliant.
11:45: Financial crime 2026: Fraud, AI and the new enforcement landscape. Led by Nick Price
From fresh FCA AML penalties to the new failure to prevent fraud offence and rising AI enabled scams, 2025 has reset the financial crime landscape. This session looks ahead to 2026 priorities in the UK and beyond.
12:35: Lunch and networking
13:35: Agentic AI in Financial Services: From compliance risk to competitive edge. Led by John Buyers
AI is reshaping every layer of financial services - from credit, fraud and trading to customer journeys and back office operations - against a fast moving regulatory backdrop. This session will explore governance and accountability expectations, data and IP considerations, and how to deploy AI safely and ethically.
14:50: Break
15:05: Undressing redress – what does the future hold? Led by Rachel Couter, Jonty Langham
What could the redress landscape look like in 2026 and beyond if proposed measures are adopted? We will take a look at what this might mean for firms dealing with issues of potential redress, CMC claims and FOS complaints.
16:00: Digital assets and tokenisation – is it for me, and how can they help my business? Led by Paul Harris
A look at the developing UK and EU landscape for digital assets and how they can support growth in financial services businesses.
17:00: Drinks, nibbles and networking
