As AI continues to transform financial services, promising solutions still face significant barriers to institutional adoption, from technology risk management and regulatory requirements to enterprise procurement and commercial deployment. This session explores the challenges AI solution providers face in bringing their technologies to financial institutions, and introduces the AIDF Digital Finance Scaler, developed in collaboration with GFTN, as an initiative designed to bridge these gaps through institutional readiness support, technical expertise and curated industry connectivity, accelerating the journey from innovation to commercial adoption.

The Philippines has seen growing adoption of digital financial services, but gaps in core infrastructure continue to constrain the growth and economics of fintech businesses. Drawing on Kaya Founders’ The Philippine Fintech Stack 2026, this session explores the underlying challenges across identity, payments, banking access, and financial data, and the opportunities these gaps create for the next generation of fintech companies. It offers founders and investors a closer look at the infrastructure needs and market dynamics shaping the future of fintech in the Philippines.

This week’s theme is the coming rewiring of the financial system: new risks, new rules, new growth. This fireside explores where AI’s returns are really showing up: inside companies, in the finance function, and in the broader economy. Drawing on what Stripe sees across the businesses it serves, and on research from Stripe Economics, the discussion examines why productivity gains don’t automatically become growth, how AI should change the way finance works, and what it takes for AI agents to become autonomous participants in the economy with accountability and trust.