Bankers Dialogue Series 2026: Johannesburg
Growth without the rebuild: Agentic AI for South Africa’s advanced banks. Join us at the Saxon Hotel, Johannesburg, on 15 September.
South Africa’s leading banks are not at the beginning of the AI journey. Many have run proofs of concept, established data and cloud foundations, and identified compelling use cases across service, operations, risk, sales and relationship management.
The harder question is what happens next.
Moving an AI use case from a controlled pilot into a trusted, scalable production capability requires more than a promising model. It calls for clear ownership, resilient data and integration layers, governance that can satisfy risk and compliance functions, redesigned workflows, and a measurable route to commercial or customer value.
This Banker’s Dialogue will bring senior leaders together for a practical discussion on how advanced banks can cross that production gap. Rather than debating whether agentic AI will transform banking, the conversation will examine where it can create value now, and what must change for it to do so safely, repeatedly and at scale.
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Scaling AI without the core rebuild
The challenge today is not a lack of AI capability, but the difficulty of deploying it within a complex, regulated environment. Many institutions have identified high-impact use cases, yet they struggle to bridge the gap between a successful prototype and a scalable production reality. The goal is to build intelligent, agentic banking that creates measurable growth without the risk of a complete core-system overhaul.
This session cuts through the theory to focus on the technical and operational blockers that actually matter. We are bringing together a small group of leaders to debate how to modernise banking systems in a way that satisfies risk and compliance requirements while maintaining the speed necessary for true innovation.
The agenda
15 Sept 2026
Growth without the rebuild: the production reality of agentic AI
From capability to control: what it takes to run agentic AI at enterprise scale
Beyond the pilot: a bank’s journey to production AI
Where AI gets stuck, and what it takes to scale
For the architects of change
This session is curated for C-suite and senior banking leaders bridging the gap between AI hypothesis and tangible business reality. We invite leaders responsible for:
- Retail, business and digital banking
- Technology, architecture and platform strategy
- Transformation, operations and innovation
- Data, AI and customer experience
- Risk, governance and enterprise strategy
Request an invitation
This roundtable is invitation-only. We limit attendance to ensure a focused, peer-led environment. If you are interested in joining the conversation on scaling AI at your institution, please submit a request below. We will confirm your seat upon review.
Our team will be in touch more information.