Ten Key Takeaways from Sibos 2025

The Sibos 2025 event in Frankfurt highlighted the transformation of global finance, with AI, CBDCs, instant payments, and tokenization driving innovation and operational efficiency. Banks are prioritizing customer-centricity, regulatory compliance, and risk management while adapting to new payment infrastructures and digital assets. The event, organized by SWIFT, emphasized the need for interoperability, responsible AI adoption, and ecosystem collaboration to meet evolving customer expectations and regulatory demands, thus paving the way for a resilient, integrated, and future-ready financial industry."The future of global finance is being shaped by customer-centricity, instant payments, and digital currencies; banks must adapt fast to remain relevant in this new landscape and need to embed AI in their processes to support evolution efficiently and at speed." - Research Director Maria Adele Di Comite, Financial Insights, IDC