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2026 Q2 FINOS All Community Call

Join us for a recap of our 2026 Q2 All Community Call, where we shared exciting updates from across the FINOS ecosystem! In this session, we covered key announcements, upcoming events, and the latest initiatives in open source in finance.

Whether you missed the live call or want to revisit some of the insights, we’ve got you covered with the full recording and slides below. Don't miss out on this opportunity to stay connected with the FINOS community and catch up on the latest developments.

Common Cloud Controls: Making Cloud Assurance Reusable in Financial Services

Cloud adoption in financial services has matured, but assurance has not kept pace. Banks and insurers have moved critical workloads into public and hybrid cloud environments, yet the underlying control work remains stubbornly repetitive. The same questions are asked by different teams, in different formats, at different times. 

SR 11-7 Just Wrote Itself Out of the GenAI Conversation

The April 17, 2026 interagency MRM rewrite formally excludes generative and agentic AI from scope. That's not a retreat — it's an RFI window.

Reclaiming Idle Infrastructure: Announcing 5-Spot, a Cloud-Native Machine Scheduler

At the first Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) Toronto, the FINOS community announced a major expansion of its High-Performance Computing (HPC) portfolio. Today, we are thrilled to spotlight 5-Spot, a cloud-native Kubernetes controller recently contributed by RBC Capital Markets.

The Agentic Shift: How OSFF Toronto 2026 Proved Open Source is the Future of FSI Infrastructure

Our inaugural Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) in Toronto brought together over 300 technologists, quants, compliance officers, and open-source advocates to map the future of collaborative development. The energy in the room proved what we’ve known for a while: open source in financial services has moved definitively from promise to proof.

As FINOS Executive Director Gabriele Columbro noted in his opening remarks, "truly it's about building a more profitable, more resilient and faster innovating industry."

Here is a look back at the overarching themes, keynotes, and breakout sessions that dominated OSFF Toronto 2026..

(If you were not able to join us in person, all of the videos from the presentations can be found on the FINOS website here.)

 

Modernizing Grid Computing: Open Resource Broker (ORB) Contributed to FINOS

Open Resource Broker (ORB) has officially joined the FINOS ecosystem. Contributed jointly by Morgan Stanley and Amazon Web Services (AWS) under the Apache 2.0 license, ORB represents a significant step forward in making compute capacity management more portable, automated, and sustainable for the financial services industry.

a Refreshed Common Cloud Controls Steering Committee

The Common Cloud Controls (CCC) project has established a new Steering Committee to guide the next phase of development, strengthen cross-industry governance, and support growing adoption across financial services.

FDC3 General Meeting: Six Month Strategic Briefing

Dive into a broad update on FDC3, the open standard for interoperability between applications on financial desktops, with a video of the recent General Meeting held in March 2026.

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