Financial Services Trends 2026: Tipping point of Gen AI in banking
Financial Services Trends 2026: Digital Sovereignty and Resilience
Application modernization is helping firms reduce technical debt, streamline operations, and accelerate innovation. Join us as we explore how organizations are transforming legacy systems into agile, cloud-ready platforms that support faster development and better scalability. We will examine the key challenges, including integration complexity, security considerations, and change management. Attendees will gain useful insights on how to approach modernization while driving innovation and long-term business value. Join us as we explore: - Reducing technical debt by updating and consolidating legacy systems. - Leveraging cloud-native environments and architectures for agility and scalability. - Overcoming challenges: integration, security, resilience and change management. - Accelerating innovation through faster development cycles and modern tooling. - Real-world examples of firms successfully modernizing applications for business impact.
Jim Bennett joined Red Hat in 2022 to lead the Capital Markets business as well as support accounts around the globe. Prior to this Jim served as the global head of business development for Sapient Global Markets, a provider of a range of services to the financial service market participants. He began his career as an officer for Texas Commerce Bank, which would eventually become JP Morgan Chase & Co. He has served as executive vice president of Countrywide Capital Markets, primarily focusing on its rates business, alternative investment company and expanding its international offices. Bennett also worked in various management and executive roles at Bank of America such as CFO, COO, and Global Head of Middle Office.