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Sibos 2025 - A Wrap Up

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As we wrap up Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt we reflect on this year’s theme: The Next Frontier of Global Finance. Across keynote sessions, panels, and product launches, one message resonated clearly: the institutions that harness AI to drive compliance transformation will be best positioned to capture growth, reduce risk, and build lasting trust with clients and regulators alike. 

At Fenergo, our contributions at Sibos reflected this vision: 

Accelerating Compliance with Innovation

On 29 September, we used Sibos as a launchpad to announce the latest advancement to our FinCrime Operating System (OS)– the integration of AI-powered native ID&V capabilities. This enhancement delivers accelerated compliance in a single, unified platform and further delivers on our vision to empower financial institutions to perform every financial crime operation task on a single unified platform. Read the full press release here. 

Reframing Compliance as a Growth Engine 

In her keynote on Monday 29th September, Aoife Doyle, VP Product Marketing at Fenergo, explored how agentic AI is ushering in a new era where compliance is no longer a cost centre, but a strategic enabler of growth. Joined on stage by Storme McDonald, Chief Operations Officer, FirstRand Bank Limited, they highlighted how intelligence, trust, and automation can empower financial institutions to:

  • Onboard and manage more clients at scale 
  • Minimise regulatory and operational errors 
  • Transform compliance into a driver of commercial opportunity 

Panel Insights: Building Trust Through AI 

On day two of Sibos, Tuesday 30 September, Ruth Ormsby, MD EMEA at Fenergo, moderated a panel with Koen Fruyt, Chief Information Officer of Client Experience CIB, BNP Paribas, and Tammy Martin, Head of Customer Experience at NatWest Group. The discussion focused on the real-world impact of agentic AI on financial crime operations. As Tammy Martin, NatWest Group remarked: “We’re in a trust revolution; tech has created a level playing field that we haven't seen in some time.” Watch this space for a deeper dive of this session on our website. 

Industry Benchmarking for the Year Ahead 

Sibos also marked the launch of our annual FinCrime Operations Benchmark Report, a comprehensive study into the challenges and opportunities shaping compliance functions globally. We invite senior leaders to join our upcoming webinar for exclusive insights and a copy of the report. 

Final thought: 

The conversations at Sibos 2025 made one thing clear: the next frontier of finance will be defined not only by technological innovation, but by the ability of institutions to foster trust and deliver client-centric outcomes. Agentic AI, when applied to compliance, represents a powerful catalyst for this transformation — enabling financial institutions to mitigate risk, achieve efficiency at scale, and unlock new avenues for growth.