Intelligent Banking to Take Center Stage at Kinections26

Kinective26 includes a keynote address from futurist Heather McGowan as well as an in-person recording of Cornerstone Advisors’ "What's Going On In Banking” podcast

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinective, the company delivering intelligent banking to over 4,200 banks and credit unions every day, announced registration is open for Kinections26, taking place Nov. 15 to Nov. 17, 2026, at the Omni Nashville Hotel. The second annual conference consists of working sessions, real-world success stories from peer institutions and discussions designed to help attendees get more from the Kinective solutions they have today.

“Kinections26 is where the future of banking becomes tangible," said Stephen Baker, CEO of Kinective. “We're bringing targeted answers to the problems our clients are losing sleep over, from deposit growth, to fraud and M&A integration. We're going to show our clients what intelligent banking can do in ways they can see, understand and apply. The AI innovations we're bringing to Nashville will set a new standard for what's possible for our industry.”

Heather McGowan, named one of Forbes' top futurists and a bestselling author, will deliver the conference's guest keynote address. McGowan has advised leaders at Google, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard and Accenture on building workforces that can compete in an AI-driven economy and has helped institutions identify the human capabilities no amount of automation can replace. Her books, "The Adaptation Advantage" and "The Empathy Advantage," became popular with executives rethinking how their institutions attract, retain and develop talent as technology reshapes every role.

The three-day agenda includes:

• Keynote addresses from intelligent banking architects: Kinective’s CEO Stephen Baker and EVP of Product Dan Snyder uncover what intelligent banking means for institutions, how it will define the modern consumer banking experience, and what's coming next from the platform powering it.
• General and breakout sessions dedicated to the industry’s most pressing challenges: Sessions will tackle the key areas driving financial institution growth, including lending, fraud prevention, deposit growth, customer and member retention, cash optimization and M&A integration.
• A Kinective product roadmap deep dive: A behind-the-curtain look at Kinective's latest innovations, while offering a chance for attendees to see firsthand how peer institutions are putting Kinective solutions to work and explore new enhancements in the Experience Center.
• Genius Bar: Kinective product experts will be available throughout the conference offering customized insights to institutions curious about optimizing their technology implementation.

The conference will also feature an in-person recording of "What's Going On In Banking"—hosted by Ron Shevlin and Stacey Bryant of Cornerstone Advisors—on the Kinections26 main stage. Shevlin and Bryant will offer their unfiltered take on the state of banking technology and facilitate real-time questions from Kinections26 attendees. The episode will be released to the podcast's more than 25,000 subscribers following the event.

Attendees will hear directly from peer institutions already putting intelligent banking to work. Sessions will feature a credit union that generated $1 billion in asset growth in 18 months through intelligent activation of its data, another that freed 480 hours of staff time annually through targeted automation, and several other financial institutions showing needle-moving returns from what Kinective solutions deliver in practice.

Kinections26 is supported by industry leaders shaping the intelligent banking movement, including Adobe, CSI, Eltropy, Fiserv, Nous Infosystems, Identifi, Jack Henry, SWIVEL and Velera. For registration details and more information about Kinections26, visit the conference website here.

About Kinective

Kinective is leading the way to intelligent banking. We enable financial institutions to compete, grow and thrive in a complex and rapidly evolving business environment. Only Kinective brings together modernized operations, enterprise connectivity and data activation in a single platform to generate insights and intelligence in the moment. This enables more personalized and relevant consumer experiences, smarter business decisions and greater operational efficiencies. More than 4,200 financial institutions nationwide—nearly one in every two—trust Kinective to help them leverage intelligent banking to better serve their communities. Learn more at https://www.kinective.io/.