American Banker Small Business Banking 2026
26 October 2026 – 28 October 2026
Swissotel Chicago, Chicago, United States
American Banker's Small Business Banking is a conference focused entirely on small business banking, aimed at helping banks and credit unions close the gap between what small business clients expect and what they deliver. The 2026 programme covers competing for deposits and primary relationships, modernising lending, payments and digital experiences, applying AI across underwriting and relationship management, and strengthening fraud prevention, risk and regulatory readiness, with sessions led by heads of small business banking, lending, payments and technology executives.
23 sessions · 45 speakers
Organiser (1)
Media Partners (2)
The Financial Revolutionist · Coleman Report
Sponsors (18)
9Spokes · Teradata · Stablecore · Primax · Lendistry · FIS · Visa Direct · Econocheck · Arena · JUDI.AI · Lumos Data · Crux Analytics · Onsetto · Jack Henry · RelPro, Inc. · Marketing Card Technology · Sympera AI · Glia
Agenda
- Welcome Remarks 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Ahead of the Ask: Banking Built for the Customer of the Future 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Agentic AI: From Copilot to Autopilot in Small Business Relationship Management 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Embedded or Invisible: How Banks Can Win in a World Where Finance Lives Inside Other Platforms 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- The Deposit Retention Toolkit: Strategies for Winning and Keeping Small Business Relationships Away From Neobanks and Fintechs 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- From Pilot to Production: Modernizing Community Banking with Tokenized Deposits 27 October 2026
- Streamlining Automation and Expertise at NBT Bank 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Unlocking the Small Business Opportunity: Win Deposits, Deepen Relationships, and Compete in the Digital Era 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Credit Without Barriers: A Practical Framework for Expanding Small Business Loan Access Without Expanding Risk 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- The New SBA Landscape: What the 2026 Rule Changes Mean for Lenders and Small Businesses 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Augmentation, Not Automation: A Community Bank’s AI Case Study in Relationship Banking 27 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Credit Union: Peer-Driven Best Practices for Competing for the Small Business of the Future 27 October 2026 · Zurich E/F
- Banking: Peer-Driven Practices to Amplify the Future of Small Business Banking 27 October 2026 · Zurich E/F
- Opening Remarks Day 2 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- The Owner’s Lens: Building the Future of Small Business Banking 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- The Rise of Fraud and Curtailing Its Sprawling Risk 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- SMB Banking Technologies 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- From Invoices to Instant Liquidity: Can On-Chain Finance Actually Fix SMB Cash Flow? 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Realizing Small Business Liquidity and Capital Through Residential Mortgage Loans 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Practical Strategies for Solving the Payments Gap: Delivering on Speed and Integration 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- What Do Small Businesses Want From Banks? Transparency, Guidance and Access to Capital 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Beyond Banking: Reimagining Support for Small Business Owners 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D
- Closing Remarks 28 October 2026 · Zurich A/B/C/D