The 23rd Edition Connected Banking Summit Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025 is set to take place on August 13, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing together key stakeholders from the banking, financial services, and insurance sectors to explore the future of digital banking in Ethiopia.

In an era defined by rapid disruption and reinvention, the role of the CFO has evolved far beyond traditional financial stewardship. Today’s finance leader is a strategic architect—driving innovation, enabling resilience, and shaping long-term value for the enterprise. By leveraging data and technology and advancing sustainability and talent agendas, the modern CFO plays a transformative role at the intersection of strategy and execution.

Banking Transformation Summit returns to Charlotte, NC on November 17–18, 2025, bringing together over 800 banking and fintech leaders, innovators, and decision-makers for two dynamic days of insight, collaboration, and innovation. The summit kicks off momentum with launching the first 12 speakers on the event agenda.

Bitcoin Events is proud to announce the return of two landmark blockchain and cryptocurrency events in South Africa: Blockchain Africa Conference 2025 and the Crypto Fest 2025.

Finovate, a research and events firm focused on innovation in financial and banking technology, today announced its slate of demo companies for FinovateFall 2025, taking place September 8-10 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in New York City.

A recent Bank of England and FCA–backed survey shows 75% of UK financial firms now actively deploy AI, up from 58% in 2022. Another 10% plan integration within three years. This shift—moving beyond isolated projects to embedded, scalable transformation—takes centre stage at the Financial Services Digital Transformation & Innovation Conference, taking place on 30th September at One America Square, London.

With just two months to go, anticipation is building for the highly awaited Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS) 2025, the region’s premier gathering of banking, fintech, and AI thought leaders. Set to take place on 17-18 September at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai, MEBIS 2025 is poised to redefine the conversation around the digital transformation of financial services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Fintech Sandbox, a nonprofit that provides early-stage startups around the world with free access to critical datasets and infrastructure through its Data Access Residency, today announced exciting details for the 2025 Boston Fintech Week, happening September 15-19.

Finance Magnates London Summit (fmls:25) is set to return this November, once again convening institutional leaders and innovators at the new venue of Magazine London. Widely regarded as a premier global B2B event, the summit brings together key stakeholders from the trading, fintech, payments, and digital asset sectors.

OCR Studio, a developer of optical character recognition solutions, is proud to announce its participation in Money20/20 Middle East, one of the region’s most influential events for the financial technology and digital innovation industry.

FINNOSUMMIT, Latin America’s most influential summit for Fintech and financial innovation, announces its first confirmed speakers for its ninth edition, taking place on September 24 & 25 in Mexico City.

FINNOSUMMIT, Latin America’s most influential summit for Fintech and financial innovation, announces its first confirmed speakers for its ninth edition, taking place on September 24 & 25 in Mexico City.

FINNOSUMMIT, Latin America’s most influential summit for Fintech and financial innovation, announces its first confirmed speakers for its ninth edition, taking place on September 24 & 25 in Mexico City.

Swift today named host cities for its global flagship event, Sibos, up until the end of the decade, and announced an expansion of the premier financial conference to strengthen financial inclusivity for growing economies across Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.