The 2026 BAFT Global Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida brings together senior leaders from transaction banking, payments and trade finance to examine how geopolitics, technology and regulation are reshaping global financial flows. Held from 3–6 May 2026, the meeting convenes banks, fintechs, multilaterals, regulators and corporates from across the world to explore the macro reset in trade and capital, the next era of transaction banking and the evolving economics of cross-border business. baft.org+1

Built around themed plenary discussions and targeted breakout sessions, the programme covers the future of cross-border payments, CBDCs and tokenised money, trade finance digitisation, blended and derisked finance models, AI as an inflection point for the industry, financial crime and resilience, modern supply chains, embedded finance, regulatory divergence, liquidity and capital, workforce transformation and cloud-led infrastructure modernisation. Throughout the meeting, delegates have the opportunity to share practical experience, compare approaches across regions and develop partnerships and ecosystems to compete in an increasingly fragmented environment.