Global technology provider Huawei has launched an upgraded suite of digital finance solutions at its Intelligent Finance Summit (HiFS) in Shanghai, aimed at accelerating the migration of financial institutions toward fully autonomous agentic banking.
Under the theme “Beyond Digital, Advance to Agentic Banking,” the summit brought together hundreds of financial sector representatives and industry partners to explore the deployment of production-grade intelligence across the global banking stack. The recent summit – held 20-21st May 2026 at the company’s Lianqui Lake Campus in the outskirts of Shanghai – was its 14th edition. It included a keynote stage, an exhibition area, as well as various workshops and other side events. Participants came from both China and beyond. The international delegation was noticeable, as the diverse representation of participants and speakers beyond just China has demonstrated Huawei’s global presence.
Central to the announcements is the introduction of a hybrid AI architecture powered by open-source foundation models. This framework is designed to enable financial institutions to safely scale artificial intelligence across high-value scenarios while balancing data security, regulatory compliance, and operational costs. By transitioning from traditional graphical user interfaces (GUI) to language user interfaces (LUI), the architecture aims to deliver intent- and memory-driven hyper-personalization, effectively transforming consumer experiences and shifting backend decision-making from rigid rules to adaptive, ontology-based knowledge frameworks.
During the summit, Jason Cao, CEO of Huawei Digital Finance BU, explained that artificial intelligence is rapidly crossing a critical inflection point in the financial sector. Cao noted that the technology is shifting from a basic assistive tool into an advanced productive force capable of autonomous task orchestration and execution. “We are almost at the singularity where AI becomes a productive producer,” Cao commented, adding that this evolution paves the way for an agentic banking model where every user has access to a hyper-personalized digital steward and every employee is supported by an AI avatar.
To establish the necessary data foundations for this transition, Huawei unveiled its Financial Data Intelligence Solution 6.0 alongside the R.A.C.E data capability framework. This model focuses on real-time processing, all-domain data, converged platforms, and experience-driven automation, which the company claims can drive a tenfold efficiency gain in risk case analysis. The upgraded solution includes an AI-ready data lake that supports multimodal storage for unstructured data types like documents and videos. In collaboration with ecosystem partners such as Keyrus, Sunline, and TrustDecision, Huawei also introduced nine distinct AI agent business solutions spanning intelligent interaction, efficient operations, automated risk control, and revenue growth.
In parallel with data infrastructure upgrades, the tech giant introduced its Digital CORE Solution 6.0 to modernize core banking applications within cloud-native environments. Driven by Huawei CodeArts and co-developed with Stefanini and Sunline, the platform features an AI-powered mainframe code transpiration tool designed to accelerate the decommissioning of legacy systems, boasting an adoption rate of over 90% and shortening planning cycles by more than half. To safeguard these complex systems, Huawei wrapped its architecture in an enterprise-grade computing foundation, showcasing the Atlas 850E SuperPoD and a converged general-purpose resilience framework built on a strict “4 Zeros” value proposition – encompassing zero downtime, zero wait, zero touch, and zero trust.
Participants at the summit had the opportunity to both listen and hear from various speakers from Huawei and beyond about the various trends around the main theme around “agentic banking.” In addition, across the exhibition area and the various side workshops and other elements outside of the keynote stage, key aspects of Huawei’s innovations and solutions across agentic banking were showcased. Participants even had the opportunity to create an AI caricature of themselves in one of the booths with a personalised coin.
Looking to the future of the financial ecosystem, the company emphasized that sustainable AI implementation requires a structured approach to talent as much as technology. Over the next three years, Huawei plans to launch an AI talent development program aimed at cultivating more than 10,000 interdisciplinary experts specializing in the intersection of finance and artificial intelligence, helping the global banking industry navigate the operational and organizational shifts required for full autonomous commercialization.
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