This is where Intelligent Banking takes center stage.
Kinections26 Nashville | November 15–17, 2026
The industry’s first conference built entirely around AI and the future of Intelligent Banking. Three days of real education, meaningful conversations, actionable strategies, and a clear roadmap for putting AI and Intelligent Banking to work at your institution.
Banking’s AI moment has arrive. Nashville is where it all comes together.Â
The Industry’s First Conference Built for
Banking’s AI Revolution.
Every FI leader knows AI is changing banking. The real question is how do you make it work for your institution. The path forward is clearer than you think. It just starts with the right foundation: modern operations, connected systems, and data combined with advanced intelligence. This is the foundation that brings Intelligent Banking to life and makes AI genuinely transformative.
Intelligent Banking is how FIs become a smarter institution, personalize every consumer interaction and achieve new levels of profitability.
Kinective simplifies the journey to Intelligent Banking, so your institution can move from curiosity to confidence, and from confidence to results.
Kinections26 is where we’ll take that journey together. Hear from keynote speaker and Forbes Top Futurist Heather McGowan and Kinective’s executive leadership on where Intelligent Banking and AI are headed and why it’s important to get started right now.
Attend sessions that demystify AI, learn practical ways that AI can be applied to solve problems specific to your role (whether you’re a C-level executive or a branch manager), meet with Kinective product experts, explore our diverse fintech partner ecosystem, and connect with peers navigating the same obstacles and opportunities you are.
This is the Intelligent Banking movement. Come be a part of the future.
Here’s What’s Waiting for You in Nashville.
The Era Of Intelligent Banking Is Here.
Intelligent Banking is the outcome every FI is chasing: an institution that runs smarter, serves better, and grows faster. Getting there requires the right foundation: modern operations, connected systems, and data that’s clean, unified, and ready to activate with AI. At Kinections26, you’ll learn how to put Intelligent Banking in use at your institution.
AI, Demystified.
You’ll walk away with a practical understanding of AI — from LLMs to machine learning to agentic AI — and the confidence to lead that conversation at your institution. At Kinections26, we’ll cut through the noise and show you exactly how AI is being applied today: from flagging loan delinquency risks weeks in advance, automating regulatory processes, optimizing CD maturity strategies to drive profitability, and surfacing complete 360-degree consumer views, at the moment they matter.
Expert Voices. Actionable Takeaways.
Kinections26 covers the challenges that FIs are navigating right now. Forbes Top Futurist Heather McGowan headlines an exciting speaker lineup that includes Kinective’s executive leadership, technology innovators, and client panelists who’ve already seen results from AI implementations. Whatever your focus — branch operations, consumer experiences, or data and AI — there’s a session curated for you, with strategies you can bring back and put to work immediately.
See What's Already in Your Solutions.
The age of AI is here and it’s already inside your Kinective solutions. At Kinections26, get an inside look at our product roadmap and discover how AI is being applied across the Kinective banking platform today. Get questions answered from Kinective product experts at our Genius Bar, engage with our fintech partners in the exhibit hall, and leave knowing exactly how to get more from the technology you already use.
The Who’s Who of Banking is Here.
Banking is still a relationship business and so is Kinections26. Join FI leaders from across the country for three days of meaningful connection and high-impact networking in the iconic Music City, culminating with our Client Appreciation Gala: a celebration of the institutions doing the hard, important work of serving their communities.
Come for the content. Stay for the people.
Kinections26 Sponsors.
Preview Our Agenda.
Sunday, November 15
Kick off Kinections26 with energizing keynote sessions that explore what becomes possible with AI and Intelligent Banking.
| 08:00 | Registration Opens |
| 06:00 | Welcome Reception & Dinner |
Monday, November 16
Dive into a full day of general sessions, breakouts, and expert panels covering the strategies and technologies reshaping banking.
| 07:00 | Networking Breakfast |
| 08:00 | Opening Session + Keynote |
| 09:45 | Sponsor Spotlights and Break |
| 10:45 | General Session |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 01:00 | General Session |
| 02:00 | Breakout Sessions |
| 03:00 | General Session |
| 03:45 | Sponsor Spotlights and Break |
| 04:45 | Closing Session – Day 1 |
| 06:00 | Dinner & Networking |
Tuesday, November 17
Cap off Kinections26 with key takeaways from our final sessions and celebrate with your peers at our Client Appreciation Gala.
| 07:30 | Networking Breakfast |
| 08:30 | Opening Session + Keynote |
| 10:15 | Sponsor Spotlights and Break |
| 11:15 | General Session |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 01:00 | General Session |
| 02:00 | Breakout Sessions |
| 03:00 | General Session |
| 02:45 | Sponsor Spotlights and Break |
| 03:45 | Closing Session |
| 06:00 | Gala Dinner & Celebration |
No Matter Your Role,
There’s a Session Built For You.
Whether you’re setting strategy or executing it, you’ll leave with insights you can apply immediately.
CEOs & Executive Leaders
Understand where Intelligent Banking fits in your strategic plan and how to make the case for your AI investments. Learn how peer institutions are using connectivity, data and AI to drive profitability, grow assets, and future-proof their institutions.
CFOs & Finance Leaders
See how AI-powered analytics are giving finance teams real-time visibility into general ledger performance, loan delinquency trends, and deposit dynamics — replacing manual reporting with intelligence that actually informs decisions. Learn how Intelligent Banking translates directly to improved efficiency ratios and stronger bottom-line results.
Lending & Credit Leaders
Discover how institutions are using predictive modeling to identify at-risk loans earlier, accelerate approvals, and increase indirect lending volume — with one institution driving a 200% increase in indirect loan volume after activating their data. Explore how AI can support the entire lending lifecycle from application to close.
Operations & Branch Leaders
Learn how AI-powered automation is eliminating manual processes, reducing the time staff spend navigating disconnected systems, and freeing up hundreds of hours annually for relationship-building. See how one institution eliminated 60 days of manual labor and redirected 800+ hours toward business development and member service.
Marketing Leaders
Explore how institutions are moving beyond dashboards to true data activation, surfacing next-best-product recommendations at the point of interaction, triggering personalized outreach based on life events, and identifying at-risk consumers weeks before they churn. Walk away with a clear picture of what a modern, AI-powered data strategy looks like in community banking.
Real Institutions.
Real Results.
Intelligent Banking is already delivering results for institutions across the country: $1 billion in asset growth, a 25% increase in household cross-sell, a 200% increase in indirect loan volume, and over 800 hours of manual tracking saved annually.
Kinections26 is your chance to hear directly from these institutions. The greatest advantage you can gain in three days is the collective knowledge of peers already on this journey.
Don’t Watch Banking’s Next Chapter Unfold From the Sidelines.
Kinections26 is the industry’s first conference dedicated entirely to Intelligent Banking — and the only place where the full picture comes together: the people, the technology, and the path forward.
Kinective simplifies your journey to Intelligent Banking. We simplify your path to AI adoption. And Kinections26 is where that journey gets real.
🎟 Early Bird Pricing: $999 for the first 30 days
What you’ll walk away with:
- Answers to the AI questions your leadership team is already asking
- A clear understanding of how AI — from machine learning to agentic AI — applies to your institution today
- Specific use cases showing how Intelligent Banking drives profitability, efficiency, and growth across your role, your department and your institution
- Unique opportunities to get face time with Kinective’s product experts, alongside insider views of our AI-infused product roadmap
- Insights from keynote speakers, including Forbes Top Futurist Heather McGowan and Kinective’s executive leadership
- Unique opportunities to meet with Kinective’s executive team
- New relationships with the bankers, CU leaders and technology innovators who are shaping what’s next
More than 4,000 financial institutions trust Kinective to help them compete, grow, and serve. Kinections26 is where that community comes together.
Your seat is waiting. Will you be in the room where it happens?
