What to Come and Talk to NatWest About at Sibos 2026
By Ali Paterson · 23 September 2026
In brief: NatWest's Simon Eacott invites Sibos 2026 delegates to discuss agentic payments, fraud, real-time and cross-border payments and tokenised deposits, and says correspondent banking is alive and kicking.
| Event | Sibos 2026, Miami |
|---|---|
| Key Speaker | Simon Eacott, NatWest Group |
| Organisation | NatWest Group |
| Focus | Sibos 2026 stand topics |
Quick Summary
Simon Eacott, Head of Payments at NatWest Group, sets out what delegates should come and discuss on the NatWest stand at Sibos 2026: agentic payments and AI-enabled commerce, fraud, the growth in real-time payments, cross-border payments, where he is on stage, and tokenised deposits. He also argues that correspondent banking is alive and kicking, it just looks and feels different.
Who should visit the NatWest stand?
Eacott says the stand is well populated and he encourages everyone to come and talk: from the partner banks NatWest is connected to globally, to people who want to collaborate or simply understand more about NatWest's role in payments.
What will NatWest be talking about?
The headlines build on everything discussed in the interview:
- Agentic payments and AI-enabled commerce
- Fraud, which will always be a major topic
- The growth in real-time payments
- Cross-border payments evolution, where Eacott is on stage himself
- Digital assets, including domestic and cross-border examples of tokenised deposits
On digital assets, he says a former buzzword is starting to come of age, and NatWest is playing a major part.
What conversations does Eacott want to have?
He wants delegates to talk about what is genuinely changing in the customer world and what is really behind the headlines: less about technology and more about what it enables, and how organisations can work together to serve customers better.
He also highlights correspondent banking. Ten years ago many said it would be dead. Instead, it is alive and kicking and still underpins how transactions and information move around the world. It just looks and feels different, with greater transparency and greater trust.
FF NEWS TAKE:
A stand pitch that ends on correspondent banking is a nice corrective to the Sibos hype cycle. Eacott's list is ambitious, from agentic payments to tokenised deposits, but his framing keeps pulling back to customers and partners. That is the right order for a bank whose value sits in its network. If you are at Sibos, the cross-border session is the one to catch.
Frequently asked questions
What is NatWest discussing at Sibos 2026?
Simon Eacott of NatWest Group says the headlines include agentic payments and AI-enabled commerce, fraud, the growth in real-time payments, cross-border payments evolution and digital assets, including domestic and cross-border examples of tokenised deposits.
Is Simon Eacott speaking at Sibos 2026?
Yes. Eacott says he is on stage in one of the discussions on the evolution of cross-border payments, which he describes as a really important and increasingly relevant topic as the world gets smaller.
Is correspondent banking still relevant?
Eacott says correspondent banking is alive and kicking. Despite predictions ten years ago that it would disappear, it still underpins how transactions and information move globally. It simply looks and feels different, with greater transparency and trust.
Part of our Sibos 2026 coverage.