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In the high-stakes world of financial services, the imperative to innovate is matched only by the demand for rigorous compliance. At FINOS, the Fintech Open Source Foundation, we believe open source offers a transformative solution to this challenge—bringing together financial institutions, technology firms, and regulators to collaboratively build trusted, interoperable standards and tools.

This July, we’re proud to take that mission deeper into Europe for the Linux Foundation Europe Roadshow in Milan, taking place on 8 July, 2025!

The Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) is a leading international event bridging financial services and open source technology. This conference uniquely promotes partnerships, talent growth, and technological progress for faster, trusted, and secure financial solutions.

Financial services run on systems that need to be rock-solid. Trust, accuracy, and resilience are fundamental requirements in this industry. Yet, as we embrace microservices, cloud platforms, and real-time events, keeping complex financial processes running smoothly becomes a major challenge.

The Fintech Open Source Developer Day, hosted by FINOS as part of apidays New York, brought together technologists, and thought leaders to advance the conversation around open source and financial technology. The day commenced with Olivier Poupeney, Field CTO of FINOS, setting the stage for a series of sessions focused on collaboration, governance, and the transformative power of open source in finance.

Since the early days of the Common Domain Model (CDM) project at FINOS, we’ve aimed to foster a diverse community representing the experiences of all CDM contributors. Today we are excited to announce an addition to the dedicated team of maintainers of the CDM: Nick Moger of J.P. MorganChase. The addition of a maintainer from J.P. Morgan—a leading bank with the CDM in production — ensures the model's evolution reflects the practical, everyday challenges and requirements of its adopters.

FINOS TOC UPDATE

16 May 2025

Welcome to the May newsletter from the FINOS Technical Oversight Committee!

With an election on the horizon, the Committee is taking time this month to reflect—reviewing our governance documentation and preparing for some upcoming changes to the project lifecycle. 

To keep things streamlined, we’ll be skipping project updates in this edition. If you would like to include a project update in a future newsletter, please work with your liaison or reach out to toc@lists.finos.org.