IBM Joins MEBIS 2026 as Title Sponsor, Driving AI-Powered Banking Innovation

IBM has joined the 17th Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS 2026) as Title Sponsor, bringing its expertise in enterprise AI, hybrid cloud, data and automation to senior banking and technology leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa. The summit will take place on September 16-17 at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai.

The event will gather over 400 banking leaders and delegates, 60+ speakers, and 30+ technology solution providers for two focused days examining the technologies, strategies, opportunities, and challenges shaping the future of banking. Artificial intelligence (AI) will be a central theme at MEBIS 2026, with discussions moving beyond experimentation towards responsible, secure, and scalable AI deployment.

IBM's participation will highlight how its enterprise AI and hybrid cloud capabilities can help banks move from experimentation to action, modernizing mission-critical systems, scaling agentic AI, and addressing the trust, governance, sovereignty, and performance requirements of a highly regulated industry. According to a global IBM CEO study, banking and financial markets CEOs expect AI to make nearly half of operational decisions without human intervention by 2030.