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Content Programme 2026
Seven tracks.
One community.
Every session at FinTech Connect is built for the specialist in the room - not a general fintech audience. Seven stages. Seven distinct disciplines. Two days to go deep on what matters to your work.
Full programme dropping soon
The Stages
Built for the specialist
in the room.
Each track is programmed around a specific function, mandate and set of challenges. You'll know exactly where you need to be.
Speaker line-up and full agenda coming soon - pre-register to be first to know.
Track 01
Digital Assets & Tokenisation
"Not just regulated infrastructure - the gateway to programmable financial markets."
Tokenisation is maturing at a pace that has taken many by surprise - shifting from speculative narrative to a regulated infrastructure agenda in Europe and the UK. Sandboxes are live. DLT reform is near. The window to get ahead is open now, for those paying attention.
- DLT Pilot Regime: what's live and what's next
- Tokenised securities: issuance, settlement and custody in a regulated framework
- Stablecoins and CBDCs: infrastructure decisions being made now
- How traditional institutions build tokenisation capability today
New for 2026
Track 02
Corporate Finance Innovation
"Finance automation becomes compliance automation."
CFOs, treasurers and finance transformation leaders translate near-term UK and EU reforms into implementation plans. Making Tax Digital from April 2026. ViDA formally adopted March 2025 with staged rollout through 2035. True leadership is required to navigate this moment.
- Making Tax Digital: mandatory digitisation from April 2026
- VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA): the implementation roadmap to 2035
- Treasury technology modernisation and real-time cash visibility
- CFO leadership in digital transformation: own the mandate, not just the budget
Track 03
Payments Innovation
"2026: the runway for growth in payments and finance interoperability."
If your product depends on moving money, onboarding users or reducing fraud at speed, this stage turns policy direction into competitive advantage. Real-time rails, embedded finance and the next wave of B2B payments innovation - the conversations here shape the commercial strategies that win.
- Real-time rails: opportunity and operational risk in 2026
- Embedded finance - who owns the customer, who owns the liability
- Fraud prevention at the speed of instant payments
- Cross-border interoperability and open finance progress
Track 04
Financial Security & Compliance
"Faster decisions. Less tolerance for error."
Instant payments, expanded data sharing and AI adoption have raised both the speed and blast radius of failure. DORA, the EU AI Act and escalated EU AML reforms reshape the rulebook - while compliance and security teams are still expected to move faster and answer to increasing policy pressure.
- DORA implementation: what good looks like in practice for financial entities
- EU AI Act obligations for financial services firms deploying AI
- Escalating EU AML reform and what it means for compliance operations
- Compliance automation that moves at the speed of the business
Track 05
Digital Transformation in Finance
"The multi-decade transformation from legacy to digital has reached a zenith."
Modern finance is being rebuilt around resilience, third-party dependencies and cross-border oversight. CIOs, CTOs and transformation leaders get the 2026 playbook here - from modernising core platforms to managing critical ICT providers now formally designated and supervised, and EU-UK cooperation for coordinated incident oversight.
- Core banking modernisation without operational disruption
- Cloud operating models and ICT dependency management under DORA
- Vendor ecosystem management as regulatory exposure
- EU-UK cooperation: structured frameworks for cross-border incident oversight
Track 06
AI in Finance
"From proof of concept to production - responsibly."
AI is no longer a future investment for financial services - it's a live operational challenge. This track cuts past the hype to focus on what it actually takes to deploy AI in regulated environments: model risk, explainability, governance and the infrastructure required to do it at scale.
- AI governance frameworks that satisfy regulators without killing velocity
- Model risk management: validation and explainability in practice
- Agentic AI in financial services - where it's safe, where it isn't yet
- AI in fraud detection, credit decisioning and customer operations
New for 2026
Track 07
FinTech Marketing & Growth
"Growth in a sector where trust is the product."
Acquiring and retaining customers in financial services is uniquely difficult. Regulated messaging, long trust cycles and a crowded market mean standard growth playbooks rarely transfer. Built for marketers and growth leaders navigating those constraints while still hitting ambitious targets.
- Brand-building in fintech: earn trust before you earn the customer
- Performance marketing within FCA financial promotion rules
- Product-led growth in regulated environments - what works, what doesn't
- AI-powered personalisation: opportunity and compliance obligation
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250+ speakers. Packed stages.
Sessions built for the specialist in the room - not a general fintech audience.
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The conversations that move things forward.
Decision-makers from 120+ banks and financial institutions in the same room.
Programme Update
The full agenda is dropping soon.
Speakers, sessions and stage schedules are being confirmed now. Pre-register to be the first to know when we release the agenda - or follow us on LinkedIn for weekly updates as the programme takes shape.
Excel London · 1-2 December 2026
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5,000+ senior attendees. 250+ speakers. Two days across seven specialist stages. Pre-register to attend or enquire about exhibiting and sponsorship.
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