State of Open Con 2025

Finance may not be the first industry that comes to mind when thinking about open source, but open source software is core to much of what we do. This session will look at the advantages and challenges of open source in finance, from the point of view of the developers who work with it every day. It will cover:
- How and where we use open source, What are some of the things we need to think about when choosing to use open source in a project.
- Encouraging an open source mentality in developing our own proprietary code. Open source is as much a mindset as it is software and we can bring that mindset to proprietary development.
- Examples of successful collaborations across the financial industry in developing open source solutions to industry problems. In particular the Open RegTech initiative that is bringing together finance companies, regulators, industry bodies and technology companies.
- Importance of organizations, in particular FINOS, the FinTech Open Source foundation, in fostering these collaborations.