In this week’s update: explore the FINOS AI Governance Framework MCP server, welcome to our new Governing Board Gold Member Representative, and read a new Common Domain Model in Retail Banking blog.
🤖 FINOS AI Governance Framework MCP Server
The new MCP Server is a vital piece of infrastructure designed to help operationalize the FINOS AI Governance Framework within AI agents. It provides the structured, clean context that AI agents need to perform their tasks in accordance to internal governance policies and in compliance with sector-specific regulations and industry frameworks.
➡️ MCP Server GitHub Repository
📢 New FINOS Gold Member Representative
Jose Plehn, Founder and CEO of BrightQuery, has joined the FINOS Governing Board as an elected Gold Member representative, and will work alongside the Governing Board to guide the foundation’s strategic direction and represent the interests of other FINOS Gold members.
📰 Common Domain Model in Retail Banking
In this blog from Dr. Gulzar Singh, learn how the Common Domain Model (CDM) matters for retail banking - not as a technical abstraction, but as infrastructure. Retail banking is entering a phase where complexity can no longer be absorbed quietly. Cost pressure, regulatory scrutiny, and customer expectations are converging.
WEEK OF 30 MARCH - MEETINGS
Here's what's happening during this week in the FINOS community, visit the calendar here for meeting links:
Monday, March 30
- 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - Labs - CyberThirdEye - Sign Up
- 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - FDC3 Sail Project Meeting - Sign Up
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - SDLC Governance Framework Working Group - Dev Ops Automation - Sign Up
Tuesday, March 31
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - AI Readiness SIG - Sign Up
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - Fluxnova - AI Working Group Meeting - Sign Up
Wednesday, April 1
- 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
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Open Source Readiness SIG - 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, April 2
- 06:00 AM NYC / 11:00 AM UK - CCC - Working Group: Compliant Financial Infrastructure - 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 Use Cases and Workflows Discussion Group - Sign Up
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - Zenith - Emerging Technologies SIG - 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 - Morphir Project Meeting - Sign Up
- 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - CCC - Working Group: Communications / All Hands - Sign Up
Friday, April 3
- 09:15 AM NYC / 02:15 PM UK - A11y Theme Builder Project Meeting - Sign Up
- 09:30 AM NYC / 02:30 PM UK - CDM Smart Contract Taskforce - Sign Up
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - OpenGRIS 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.
🇬🇧 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.
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🗽 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!
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
