In this week's update: register for tomorrow's free webinar, read a recap of OSFF London, and browse the schedule for OSFF New York. Full details below.
🍴 Fork the Bank: How Open Source is Rewriting the Rules of Finance
September 9 | Webinar
Join us for a Complimentary Live Webinar Presented by Linux Foundation Education & FINOS. This session introduces skills and certifications that can help you or your team stay ahead—whether you're advancing in your current role, leading others, or looking to break into the world of IT finance. You'll learn how open source is redefining innovation in financial services— and beyond.
📰 OSFF London Recap from FINOS Ambassador Neil McGonigle of Fidelity
Get a firsthand look at the themes shaping open source in finance at OSFF London 2025, from AI governance and interoperability to real-world use cases. Read the recap and watch session recordings to get inspired ahead of OSFF New York.
🗽 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.
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.
WEEK OF 8 SEPTEMBER - MEETINGS
Here's what's happening during this week in the FINOS community, visit the calendar here for meeting links:
Monday, September 8
- 08:00 AM NYC / 01:00 PM UK - Waltz Project Meeting - Sign Up
- 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - Labs - CyberThirdEye - Sign Up
- 09:30 AM NYC / 02:30 PM UK - FINOS KDB Project Call - Sign Up
- 11:00 AM NYC / 04:00 PM UK - Git Proxy Project Meeting - Sign Up
Tuesday, September 9
- 09:00 AM NYC / 02:00 PM UK - FINOS Common Cloud Controls - Steering - Sign Up
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - CDM Contribution Review Working Group - Sign Up
- 10:00 AM NYC / 03:00 PM UK - FINOS InnerSource Special Interest Group - Sign Up
- 08:30 PM NYC / 01:30 AM UK - Open Financial LLM Leaderboard (OFLL) Working Session - Sign Up
Wednesday, September 10
- 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
- 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - Evolution at Scale - DevOps Automation Working Group - Sign Up
- 12:00 PM NYC / 05:00 PM UK - Open Source Talent Acceleration SIG - Monthly Meeting - Sign Up
Thursday, September 11
- 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 - Zenith Brain Trust - FINOS Emerging Technologies SIG - 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
- 01:00 PM NYC / 06:00 PM UK - Applied GenAI bi-weekly call - Sign Up
Friday, September 12
- 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
🛠️ Future-Proof Your Trade Reporting: CDM/DRR Integration Masterclass with Regnosys
September 18 | Virtual
Many firms see the value in CDM and DRR—but hesitate due to perceived complexity. This hands-on masterclass shows you how to integrate DRR into your internal systems faster and more efficiently using Rune’s Translate 2.0 and the Rosetta platform.
➡️ Register for the Masterclass
🤖 Evaluate & Benchmark AI for Financial Institutions
September 19 | London & September 20 | London & Virtual
Join us in London for two events designed to set the industry standard for trustworthy, production‑ready GenAI in financial services. Our contributors now need a clear, community‑owned process to expand prior work into a full Evaluation & Benchmarking Suite.
➡️ Register for the Scoping Workshop and/or TechSprint
🎡 FINOS Developer Day at apidays London - Full Schedule Release
September 22 | London
A limited number of FREE full apidays London passes (£999 value) are available for the FINOS community. That means access to the entire multi-day event including a dedicated developer track built around FINOS projects.
FINOS Developer Day Sessions:
- AI Governance Framework: Using the OpenAI Agents SDK to Create Production Ready Scalable Application Agents
- FINOS Common Cloud Controls & CFI: Implementing CCC with Continuous Compliance Framework
- DevOps & SDLC Controls: Securing the Software Supply Chain - Lessons Learned from Banking Platforms
- GitProxy: How a Vulnerability Hack May Happen & How to Prevent It
- Common Domain Model: Open Standards and Automation in Post-trade
Community EVENTS
September 29th - October 2nd (Frankfurt):
Join FINOS as we will be hosting "Redefining Tech Risk: How Open-Source Powers Industry-Wide Resilience", a panel session on AI alongside Microsoft at their booth at Sibos Frankfurt!
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
