Why Attend This Year’s OBE?
The Open Banking Exchange 2026 returns with the latest insights on the bLink platform and offers a unique forum for participants to share hands-on experience from the market.
This year’s edition focuses on real-world implementation and regulatory outlook:
- get a 2026 update on the bLink Open Banking platform
- experience a live demo from Trenda on how multibanking has been implemented at various Swiss banks and fintechs and what it looks like
- learn how fintechs are already integrating banking data via bLink to create tangible customer value in our traditional fintech demo sessions
- explore the future of open finance with an update on the EU’s Financial Data Access (FIDA) framework and its implications for Switzerland’s market-driven approach
Join us for expert keynotes, hands-on demos, and a high-level panel discussion with representatives from banking, fintech, and policy – followed by networking with peers from across the ecosystem.
What awaits you:
- Dive into real-life corporate and private data use cases that are reshaping customer experiences,
- network with your future bank and fintech partners, and
- be(come) part of a growing ecosystem!
The Program
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 2:30 pm | Door Opening | |
| 3:00 pm | Intro | Christian Lundsgaard-Hansen | Conference Moderator |
| 3:05 pm |
Welcome |
Christoph Müller | Head Banking Services| SIX |
| 3:10 pm | bLink Update 2026: From Platform Build to Community Value incl. a Multibanking Demo by Trenda |
Mike Hofmann | bLink Open Banking Platform Lead | SIX Christian Lundsgaard-Hansen | Conference Moderator Thomas Stuessi | Co-Founder | Trenda |
| 3:45 pm | Keynote: Open Finance in the EU – FIDA Developments and Implications for the Swiss Financial Center | Fabian Meyer | Managing Director | Amaranth Advisory |
| 4:05 pm | Break | |
| 4:35 pm | Fintech Demo Sessions: How Fintechs Integrate Banking Data via bLink |
José Del Romano | Senior Software Engineer | Banana.ch Brian Livingstone | CEO and Founder | Liquid |
| 5:05 pm | Panel Discussion: Open Banking – Quo Vadis? |
Christian Lundsgaard-Hansen | Conference Moderator Fabian Meyer | Managing Director | Amaranth Advisory Brian Livingstone | CEO and Founder | Liquid Michael Manz | Head Financial System & Financial Markets Division | State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) |
| 5:50 pm | Conclusion & Outro |
Christian Lundsgaard-Hansen | Conference Moderator Mike Hofmann | bLink Open Banking Platform Lead | SIX |
| 6:00 pm | Aperitif & Networking |
The bLink team is happy to assist you with any questions: blink@six-group.com