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Blockchain and cybercrime lead Sibos 2016 debate (but no Brexit)

The annual banking technology conference less focused on UK Leave vote as more direct problems are addressed

Sibos 2016 was held in Geneva
Sibos 2016 was held in Geneva Photo: iStock

Cybercrime and blockchain were the two dominant topics of the annual Sibos conference that took place in the week of September 26 in Geneva, in a rare case of Brexit discussions taking a back seat.

The only notable mention of the UK's departure from the EU came in a rumour that Liam Fox's delegation to Geneva had displaced some high-ranking bankers from a swish hotel on Lake Léman.

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