This Week At FINOS

This Week At FINOS: Week Of April 7, 2026

Written by FINOS Team | Apr 7, 2026 4:15:00 AM

In this week’s update: announcing the new updated FINOS Project Lifecycle and watch the FDC3 six-month strategic briefing.

This Week's Meetings | Upcoming Events | 

State of Open Source in Financial Services Report 

📢 Updated FINOS Project Lifecycle: From Collaboration to Production

How do you go from early-stage collaboration to production-grade software? The updated FINOS Project Lifecycle provides a clearer, more predictable path for projects to evolve from initial contribution to industry-wide standards. Shaped by the TOC, Governing Board, and broader community this update simplifies collaboration while maintaining the technical excellence our community expects.

➡️ Read the Full Update

📽️ FDC3 General Meeting: Six Month Strategic Briefing

Dive into a broad update on FDC3, the open standard for interoperability between applications on financial desktops. Learn about upcoming patch releases, early scope for FDC3 3.0, FDC3 Sail, involvement in upcoming Open Source in Finance Forums and more.

➡️ Watch the Update

➡️ Join an Upcoming FDC3 Meeting 

WEEK OF 7 APRIL - MEETINGS

Here's what's happening during this week in the FINOS community, visit the calendar here for meeting links:

Wednesday, April 8

  • 08:30 PM NYC / 01:30 AM UK - Open Financial LLM Leaderboard (OFLL) Working Session - Sign Up
  • 05:30 AM NYC / 10:30 AM UK - Spring Bot Project Meeting - Sign Up
  • 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - CDM Physical Risk Working Group - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - AI Governance Framework Working Session - Sign Up
  • 11:30 AM NYC / 04:30 PM UK - CDM Derivatives Working Group - Sign Up

Thursday, April 9

  • 06:00 AM NYC / 11:00 AM UK - CCC - Working Group: Compliant Financial Infrastructure - Sign Up
  • 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - CDM Technology Architecture Working Group - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - AI Reference Architecture Library weekly working session - Sign Up
  • 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - FDC3 Identity & Security Working Group - Sign Up
  • 10:30 AM NYC / 03:30 PM UK - Architecture as Code Office Hours - Sign Up
  • 11:30 AM NYC / 04:30 PM UK - CCC - Working Group: Taxonomy - Sign Up

Friday, April 10

  • 01:00 PM NYC / 06:00 PM UK - Applied GenAI bi-weekly call - Sign Up
  • 09:15 AM NYC / 02:15 PM UK - A11y Theme Builder Project Meeting - Sign Up

Visit the FINOS Calendar to stay informed of the most recent updates and calendar invitations.

FINOS EVENTS

🇨🇦 OSFF Toronto: Schedule live!

April 14 | Toronto

For the first time the Open Source in Finance Forum is coming to Canada. Unlike our larger global summits, OSFF Toronto is designed as an exclusive, high-impact event for approximately 250 attendees.

➡️ Register Today

🇬🇧 OSFF London

June 25 | London

OSFF is the premier event that connects the leaders in financial services, technology, and open-source innovation. This conference is uniquely designed to foster partnerships, advance talent development and accelerate technological advancements across the finance industry; building faster, trusted and secure solutions.

➡️ Register Here with Code TWAFOSFFLN20 for 20% Off 

🗽 OSFF New York

November 4-5 | NYC

As open source becomes integral to financial services, OSFF provides companies with a unique venue to maximize open source ROI. By strategically contributing to open projects, organizations benefit from reduced development costs, heightened security, access to top talent, and overall faster innovation. OSFF 2026 will spotlight groundbreaking advancements, deliver insights on best practices, and offer exclusive access to the leaders shaping open source in finance.

➡️ Register Here with Code TWAFOSFFNY20 for 20% Off

 

Community EVENTS

 

2026 FSI Autism Hackathon Community MeetUp New York

May 27-28 | New York + Virtual

Join FINOS Ambassador and TOC Chair Peter Smulovics at the Annual Hybrid Hackathon dedicated to transforming autism treatment!

Event Details Here

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