FinTech Connect 2026 | The Home of Financial Innovation | Excel London
Excel London · 1-2 December 2026
Two days to go deep on the innovation that matters.
FinTech Connect hands financial institutions direct access to the technologies, partners, and strategic insights needed to drive innovation, improve operational efficiency, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving financial services market.
For fintechs, the event provides access to growth-focused content, strategic partnerships, prospective customers, and investor meetings that can help accelerate the next phase of commercial scale and market expansion.
🏆The UK's largest dedicated fintech event, running since 2014
🌍Attendees from 59 countries, including delegations from the US, Middle East and Asia
✦New for 2026: Business Banking Innovation - SME lending, embedded finance and open banking
🔥 On track to be the UK's best-attended fintech event of 2026
8,500+
Already Registered
141% of our 6,000 visitor target
6 weeks still to go
Well ahead of this time last year
Organisations sending teams to FinTech Connect in 2026
HSBC - Barclays - Lloyds - JPMorgan - Deutsche Bank - Mastercard - Visa - BlackRock - NatWest - Citi - Standard Chartered - Santander - Commerzbank - Goldman Sachs - Morgan Stanley - UBS - ING - and 1000+ more
Whatever your role - technology, payments, compliance, finance, AI, digital assets or growth - there is a track built around the specific challenges you are working on in 2026. Different functions attend different tracks, so send the whole team - each person follows the programme most relevant to their work.
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Tracks built around specific functions, not a generic agenda
Digital Assets and Tokenisation. Business Banking Innovation. Payments. RegTech. Digital Transformation. AI in Finance. FinTech Marketing. Each stage covers the regulatory context, technology decisions and strategic debates that matter to one specific function in 2026.
Speakers from institutions, regulators, innovators and investors
Not a single type of voice. Practitioners from Tier 1 banks sitting alongside fintech founders, FCA representatives alongside venture investors. The full range of perspectives on how financial services is changing.
120+
Organisations sending multiple functions, not just one person
The most value comes when different teams attend together. Technology, payments, risk, compliance and finance leaders from the same organisation - each in the track that matches their work, comparing notes at the end of the day.
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Days of thought-provoking discussions with real outcomes
Sessions from the people setting policy and building the technology. Peer benchmarking with people doing the same job at different institutions. Introductions that would take months to arrange any other way. Leave with clarity on what to do next.
Different functions attend different tracks - and every function in financial services has a track built for them. Select a group to see who attends, what they are working on, and where they spend their time.
Institutional adoption is accelerating. Heads of Digital Assets, custody directors and tokenisation leads are attending to get ahead of regulatory change and infrastructure decisions being made now.
Roles attending
Head of Digital Assets / Head of Tokenisation
Tokenised securities, fund issuance and custody strategy
CIO / Asset Manager
Digital asset portfolio strategy and institutional adoption
Custody Director / Head of Securities Services
Digital custody infrastructure and settlement
More roles
Blockchain Strategy Lead / DLT Programme Lead
DLT Pilot Regime, permissioned networks and architecture
Regulatory Counsel / Head of Digital Regulatory Affairs
MiCA, DLT reform and EU regulatory landscape
VC / Investor (Digital Assets)
Tokenisation infrastructure and early-stage deal flow
Digital Assets and TokenisationDigital TransformationFinancial Security and Compliance
Banks and Financial Institutions
Technology Buyers and Transformation Teams
Tier 1, Tier 2 and challenger banks attend as coordinated teams - bringing technology, payments, risk, compliance and transformation functions together in one building for two days.
Roles attending
Group CIO / Group CTO
Enterprise technology strategy and vendor selection
Chief Digital Officer
Digital transformation programmes and platform strategy
CISO / Chief Risk Officer
Cybersecurity, operational resilience and regulatory compliance
More roles
Head of Payments
Payment rails, scheme strategy and acquiring
Head of Financial Crime / MLRO
AML, fraud prevention and sanctions compliance
Digital Transformation Director
Core banking modernisation and cloud migration
Digital TransformationPayments InnovationFinancial Security and ComplianceAI in Finance
New for 2026 - Business Banking Innovation
Business Banking and Embedded Finance Leaders
A brand new track for 2026. Heads of business banking, SME lending directors and embedded finance leads from banks and fintechs transforming how financial institutions serve businesses of every size.
Roles attending
Head of Business Banking
Strategy and P&L for business and SME banking propositions
SME Lending Director
Credit decisioning, risk and access for business customers
Head of Embedded Finance
Bringing financial products closer to where businesses operate
More roles
Open Banking Product Lead
Building propositions that create real value for business customers
Head of Commercial Onboarding
Reducing friction without compromising compliance
Head of Credit Risk
Risk frameworks and decisioning for business lending
Business Banking InnovationPayments InnovationDigital Transformation
Fintechs and Scaleups
Founders and Commercial Teams
Fintechs attend FinTech Connect to close distribution deals, meet enterprise buyers and build the partnerships that accelerate growth. From seed-stage to post-IPO.
Roles attending
CEO / Co-Founder
Strategic partnerships, distribution and market expansion
Chief Revenue Officer / VP Sales
Enterprise pipeline and financial services customer acquisition
VP Partnerships / Head of Alliances
Bank and FI partnership development
More roles
Chief Product Officer / CTO
Product positioning and technology differentiation
Head of Financial Services Sales
Tier 1 and Tier 2 bank sales cycles and procurement
Head of Growth / Head of Marketing
Brand positioning and demand generation in financial services
FinTech Marketing and GrowthAI in FinanceDigital Transformation
Investors
VCs, CVCs and Strategic Investors
Selected by curation, not open registration. Accel, Index Ventures, Balderton, Atomico, Anthemis, Dawn Capital and more - attending to source deal flow, track sector trends and meet portfolio companies.
Roles attending
General Partner / Managing Partner
Fintech sector sourcing and portfolio strategy
Investment Director / Principal
Deal flow, due diligence and sector mapping
Corporate Venture Lead
Strategic investment and bank innovation programme mandates
More roles
Head of Fintech (at bank or insurer)
Venture partnerships and innovation pipeline
Venture Partner
Portfolio support and co-investment introductions
Portfolio Operating Partner
Commercial growth and enterprise sales enablement
Digital Assets and TokenisationAI in FinanceFinTech Marketing and Growth
FinTech Marketing and Growth
Growth Leaders and Brand Strategists
Marketing Directors, CMOs and growth leaders from fintechs and financial institutions. Here to benchmark positioning, learn what works in financial services and build commercial relationships that drive pipeline.
Roles attending
CMO / VP Marketing
Category positioning and demand generation strategy
Head of Growth
Acquisition, retention and revenue growth in financial services
Head of Product Marketing
Competitive positioning and go-to-market strategy
More roles
Head of Brand
Brand strategy and market perception in regulated industries
Director of Demand Generation
B2B pipeline strategy and ABM for financial services
Head of Partnerships / BD
Channel development and revenue partnerships
FinTech Marketing and GrowthAI in Finance
250+ speakers
The people shaping the future of finance.
A first look at the 2026 line-up - confirmed speakers from banks, regulators, fintechs and investors, with more being announced every week.
In 2026, FinTech Connect launches a dedicated Business Banking Innovation track. Heads of business banking, SME lending directors and embedded finance leads from banks and fintechs - attending to discover the technology transforming how financial institutions serve businesses of every size.
A full track built around the innovations helping banks build stronger relationships and deliver greater value to business customers
A dedicated Business Banking Innovation stage
Credit decisioning, compliance-ready onboarding, embedded financial products and open banking propositions - a programme built around what business banking leaders are working on right now
More of the ecosystem in one room
Every new track makes FinTech Connect more valuable for everyone already attending - more perspectives, more connections, more of the industry represented
Two days. Seven tracks. 6,000+ decision-makers. Excel London, 1-2 December 2026. Free for qualifying financial services professionals - no card required.
Free · No card required · Priority pricing for early registrants
Who is in the room
The whole ecosystem. In one place.
FinTech Connect brings together every part of the financial services industry. Real data from 2025.
42%
Banks and financial institutions
Tier 1, Tier 2 and challenger banks, plus asset managers, insurers and payment networks - the core of the financial services world.
33%
Fintechs, startups and solution providers
From seed-stage startups to established scaleups - innovators presenting, partnering and competing for attention from the institutions in the room.
59
Countries represented
A genuinely global room. Delegations from the US, Middle East, Asia and across Europe - bringing different regulatory contexts and market perspectives.
Also in the roomRegulators and policy-makers including the FCA and Bank of England - plus investors, consultants, academics and industry bodies. Not just practitioners. The full ecosystem.
I have been to well over 100 events in the last 10 years but this was easily the highest level of interest and visitors to a stand I have ever experienced.
Jason Redmond
Sales Director, BAT Software
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It was inspiring to be surrounded by so many innovators and forward-thinking companies all under one roof. The future of banking is no longer theory. It is here.
Ishtiaq Ahmed
HSBC
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Wrapping up Day 2 with a deeper appreciation for the vibrancy of the UK financial ecosystem. The conversations, the curiosity, the connections. The momentum is real.
Dinesh Arora
Co-founder, Finnulate
Excel London - 1-2 December 2026
Be in the room.
Wherever you sit in financial services, your agenda is on the programme and your peers are attending. Two days that connect the whole ecosystem. Free to register.
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