Swift has officially opened its annual Sibos conference in Frankfurt with a call to embrace tokenisation, interoperability and next-generation infrastructure, setting the tone for a week of strategic dialogue across payments and securities.
Speaking at the Opening Bell ceremony, held at Deutsche Börse’s historic trading hall, Swift CEO Javier Pérez-Tasso framed the conference as a pivotal moment for the industry: “Getting ready for the future will require a significant level of innovation. We’re talking about the regeneration of existing rails, but also the adoption of new technologies,” he said, referencing tokenised assets, stablecoins and CBDCs as “part of the new normal.”
Sibos 2025 marks the first time the flagship event has come to Frankfurt. Deutsche Börse CEO Dr Stephan Leithner welcomed the global financial community, noting: “It is all about innovation. If the next generation looks back in 10 or 15 years at the digitisation of securities and payments, they will say: we started that journey in Frankfurt.”
With over 10,000 delegates and 250 sessions, Sibos 2025 is expected to spotlight AI, regulatory frameworks and the evolving digital capital landscape. Both Swift and Deutsche Börse positioned themselves as critical infrastructure providers driving secure, scalable transformation.
The week’s agenda will also feature announcements from Swift and its partners, aimed at accelerating industry-wide adoption of tokenised instruments and cross-border interoperability.
Pérez-Tasso concluded: “These Sibos cycles are the ones that will shape the new channels in global finance.”
Capital Pioneer will be reporting on Sibos 2025 all week.
