In this week’s update: be part of the All Community Call Wednesday, read an UK MP's take on the CDM, join us in Montreal for an Ambassador Meetup at Morgan Stanley, and watch some OSFF speaker interviews. Full details below.
🌐 FINOS All Community Call Q3
October 1 | Virtual
Join us this Wednesday at the FINOS All Community Call! Hear directly from the FINOS team and community on the latest milestones and what’s next as we close out the year. We’ll share project highlights, welcome new contributors, and connect these updates to flagship events like OSFF New York, hackathons, and upcoming workshops as well as how refreshed Board messaging and vision are shaping the road ahead.
📣 FINOS + CDM in the News
September 26 | Politics.co.uk
The Common Domain Model isn’t just helpful — it’s essential. Matt Vickers MP, Chair of the UK’s APPG on Blockchain, highlights how shared, open standards like CDM are critical to building a smarter, more efficient, and globally competitive financial system.
➡️ Read the full article
🔗 Learn more about the Common Domain Model (CDM)
📆 FINOS Evolution @ Scale - Ambassador Event
October 29 | Montreal
Join us at Morgan Stanley Montreal to explore how the Evolution @ Scale working group (within the DevOps Automation SIG) is tackling code complexity and scaling challenges in financial services.
➡️ Register here (required to enter)
🗽 OSFF New York 2025 — Schedule Now Live
October 21–22 | New York City
FINOS’s flagship conference brings two days of open source innovation in financial services.
🔗 Secure Your Pass Here before prices go up
Program Highlights:
- Day 1: Value & ROI of FINOS, with updates on projects and strategic initiatives including FDC3, CDM, Open Source Readiness, and more.
- Day 2: Deep dives on open source AI, software supply-chain security, regulation & compliance, and Hot Topics lightning talks.
Meet OSFF Speakers:
- Rakia Finley - Zero Trust + Open Source: A New Compliance Blueprint for Financial Systems - Interview | Talk
- Ihsan Saracgil - Open Data Platform by OpenBB: Connecting Financial Data to AI Securley, Locally & on you Terms - Interview | Talk
- Toni de la Fuente - From CCC to Automated Cloud Detections & Remediations with Prowler & AI - Interview | Talk
WEEK OF 29 SEPTEMBER - MEETINGS
Here's what's happening during this week in the FINOS community, visit the calendar here for meeting links:
Monday, September 29
- 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - Labs - CyberThirdEye - Sign Up
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - SDLC Governance Framework Working Group - Dev Ops Automation - Sign U
Tuesday, September 30
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - CDM Collateral Working Group - Sign Up
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - AI Readiness SIG - Sign Up
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - Architecture as Code Working Group - DevOps Automation - Sign Up
- 08:30 PM NYC / 01:30 AM UK - Open Financial LLM Leaderboard (OFLL) Working Session - Sign U
Wednesday, October 1
- 05:30 AM NYC / 10:30 AM UK - Spring Bot Project Meeting - Sign Up
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Open Source Readiness SIG - Sign Up
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - FINOS All Community Call - Sign Up
- 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - FINOS Technical Oversight Committee Public Meeting - Sign Up
- 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - Open Source Talent Acceleration SIG - Monthly Meeting - Sign Up
Thursday, October 2
- 05:30 AM NYC / 10:30 AM UK - FDC3 Sail Project Meeting - Sign Up
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - FDC3 Use Cases and Workflows Discussion Group - Sign Up
- 10:30 AM NYC / 03:30 PM UK - Architecture as Code Office Hours - Sign Up
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - FINOS Morphir Project Meeting - Sign Up
- 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - CCC - Working Group: Communications / All Hands - Sign Up
Friday, October 3
Visit the FINOS Calendar to stay informed of the most recent updates and calendar invitations.
FINOS EVENTS
🇩🇪 SIBOS Frankfurt - Microsoft Booth
September 30 | Frankfurt
FINOS is joining Microsoft at SIBOS 2025 to host a panel on Common Controls for AI Services (CC4AI), an open collaboration with leading banks and tech providers tackling secure and compliant AI adoption in financial services.
🔗 Learn about Common Controls for AI Services
🌐 FINOS All Community Call Q3
October 1 | Virtual
Join us at next week's FINOS All Community Call! Hear directly from the FINOS team and community on the latest milestones and what’s next as we close out the year. We’ll share project highlights, welcome new contributors, and connect these updates to flagship events like OSFF New York, hackathons, and upcoming workshops as well as how refreshed Board messaging and vision are shaping the road ahead.
💻 Open Source in Finance Hackathon NYC
October 14-15 | London
Join us for an exciting opportunity to collaborate with colleagues, develop innovative solutions, and showcase your skills. This hackathon is designed to meaningfully contribute to the success of Financial Services open source technology by leveraging FINOS projects and AWS provided platforms.
The deadline for registration is October 5, 2025.
Community EVENTS
October 21st (Zurich + Virtual):
This FINOS Associate Member Scion Association event offers an opportunity to explore how the technology is helping critical sectors stay connected, stay compliant, and stay ahead – while building a more secure society for us all.
Have a great week and please contact marketing@finos.org if you have any questions or you would like to take part in any marketing related activities.
Kind regards,
FINOS Team
