Biz2X Frontiers 2026 convenes banking, policy, technology, and investment leaders in Miami to assess AI, regulation, and market structure
NEW YORK, January 07, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Biz2X, a global SaaS platform that enables financial institutions to deliver AI-powered small business lending, today announced Biz2X Frontiers 2026: What’s Next, its ninth annual convening to be held January 28–29, 2026, in Miami.
The convening comes as financial institutions worldwide move from experimentation to decision-making on AI deployment, regulatory alignment, capital allocation, and risk management amid a more fragmented and geopolitically complex financial landscape.
“Financial institutions are entering a year where decisions on AI deployment, regulation, and capital structure will have lasting consequences,” said Rohit Arora, CEO and Co-founder of Biz2X. “Biz2X Frontiers brings senior leaders together to examine how those choices are reshaping lending, risk, and the broader financial system.”
According to International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimates, small businesses globally face a multi-trillion-dollar financing gap, with Latin America and the Middle East among the most underserved regions.
As banks enter a reset year marked by AI deployment at scale, renewed consolidation, and tighter regulatory scrutiny, Boston Consulting Group, the knowledge partner for Biz2X Frontiers 2026, has identified 2026 as a turning point for how financial institutions allocate capital and manage risk.
“Decisions on AI deployment, regulation and operating models are already reshaping the economics of lending,” said Bharat Pddar, Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group. “BCG research shows that AI-driven digitization delivers 2-5x faster credit decisions (e.g., 45% faster underwriting and same-day approvals vs a week) and 20% – 40% cost reductions across underwriting, monitoring, risk and compliance, creating a clear, quantifiable performance gap between AI leaders and laggards.”
The ninth annual Biz2X Frontiers convenes January 28–29, 2026, in Miami, bringing together more than 300 senior executives, policymakers, investors, and technology leaders from global financial institutions.
Selected Confirmed Participants
Economics, Policy, and Regulation:
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Arthur B. Laffer, Economist and Chairman, Laffer Associates
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Steve Moore, Co-founder, Unleash Prosperity
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Madhu Gottumukkala, Acting Director and Deputy Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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Vittorio Di Bello, Director, Financial Institutions Group for Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, International Finance Corporation
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Jessica Reiner, Managing Director, Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance
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Juan Reyes, General Counsel, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House