FinTech Connect

FinTech Connect gives you two days at Excel London with banks and financial institutions, which the organiser says make up 42% of attendees. Delivered by IQPC and running since 2014, the financial technology exhibition and conference is aimed first at banks and financial institutions, with fintechs, investors, regulators and technology providers coming to meet them. The organiser describes it as the UK’s largest dedicated fintech event.

FinTech Connect 2026 dates and passes

You can attend free on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 December 2026, or pay for wider access. The show is part of the technology and security show calendar. Exhibitors weighing a December slot may find our guide to planning a December exhibition without losing the January follow-up useful. There are three ways to attend.

Pass	Price	What it covers
General Access	Free, open to all	Exhibition floor on both days and the open stages, with instant registration
Executive Pass	Free, subject to approval	Senior staff at banks, insurers and other financial institutions, finance leads at corporates and SMEs, and fintech founders
Full Access	From £575 plus VAT	Every theatre, outbound meeting requests in the event app and the Day 1 Evening Reception

The Executive Pass is not open to vendors, consultants, agencies or solution providers. Applications are checked weekly, and anyone who does not qualify is moved to General Access. If you are a vendor and want the theatres and meeting requests, you need Full Access. Its price rises across four booking windows, and £575 was the autumn rate listed until 31 October. Journalists from recognised outlets can ask for a free Media Pass.

Seven content tracks

You can choose between seven tracks in the 2026 programme, each with its own theatre or stage, and more than 250 speakers. Speakers range from FCA representatives and Tier 1 bankers to fintech founders.

• Digital Assets and Tokenisation, covering custody, tokenised funds and market infrastructure
• Business Banking Innovation, new for 2026, covering SME lending, embedded finance, open banking and onboarding
• Payments Innovation, covering real-time rails and cross-border infrastructure
• Financial Security and Compliance, covering RegTech, fraud prevention and AML
• Digital Transformation, covering core modernisation and cloud
• AI in Finance, covering scaled deployment and governance
• FinTech Marketing and Growth, covering demand generation and customer acquisition

If you run an early-stage company, a Startup Launchpad puts you in front of buyers, and roundtables bring together peers at the same level.

Who attends and who exhibits

You can meet teams from HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, JPMorgan, NatWest, Santander, Mastercard and Visa, which the organiser lists among the organisations sending teams in 2026. It says investors are selected by curation rather than open registration, naming Accel, Index Ventures, Balderton, Atomico and Dawn Capital. The 2026 floor has more than 150 exhibitors on stands lettered B to H. Gold sponsors include Camunda, Fastly, NTT Data, Sage, SAP Concur and Tines, with Alloy, Tech Mahindra and YugabyteDB among the silver sponsors.

Show size

You can judge the scale of the show from its figures. The 2025 edition at Excel London drew more than 5,000 fintech professionals, according to the official photo gallery. For 2026 the organiser reports more than 8,500 registrations six weeks out, against a target of 6,000 visitors, with attendees from 59 countries. First-time visitors can weigh it up with our guide to choosing your first UK trade show.

Exhibiting

You can avoid dealing with unofficial sellers by booking hotels only through the link the event team sends you. IQPC warns exhibitors that third parties selling delegate lists or hotel rooms for the event have no link with it. Stand and sponsorship enquiries go through the Sponsor or Exhibit link on the official site.

Getting to Excel London

You can arrive by rail, air or car. The show’s venue page lists three DLR stations serving the venue: Custom House, which is the main entrance, Prince Regent and Royal Victoria. Elizabeth line passengers change at Canary Wharf. London City Airport is five minutes away by DLR. Heathrow is 43 minutes away, and St Pancras is 35. On-site parking takes 3,700 vehicles, reached from the A13 and A406. Event Express is the official hotel partner, with seven hotels on site.

Other technology shows in London

You can plan further visits, as Excel London also hosts the Retail Technology Show from 21 April 2027 and Infosecurity Europe from 8 June 2027. Sooner, there is the Contact Centre & Customer Experience Expo on 18 November 2026. More dates are on our London trade shows page.

Source: fintechconnect.com, fintechconnect.com/register, fintechconnect.com/why-attend, fintechconnect.com/venue