Conferencing is a key part of the fintech industry and one of the only ways to stay up to date with the ever quickening pace of technological change in the sector.
Bobsguide compiled and previewed the fintech events not to miss of 2018 and this year is no different. This list provides you with all the dates, prices and event bios all in one place. Be sure to bookmark this page, which will be updating when and where event information is released to us.
February
London Blockchain Week
8-14 February
Where: Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, London, UK.
For: Fintech, startups & banks
From: £274.80 - £1,018.80
London Blockchain Week returns for its fifth iteration with a full week of blockchain panels, keynotes and networking opportunities. The agenda includes tokenization, cryptography, proofs & protocols and investing in blockchain.
FinovateEurope
12-15 February
Where: Tobacco Dock, London, UK.
For: Fintech, startups & banks
From: £1,895
Set in a historic Grade II listed warehouse, FinovateEurope returns. According to the agenda, the first two days showcase demos while the 14th and 15th feature sessions on customer experience, payments and regulation.
MoneyLIVE Indonesia
20-21 February
Where: JW Marriott, Jakarta, Indonesia.
For: Payments & Retail Banking
From: £530 (financial services early bird) £835 (standard)
MoneyLIVE come to Jakarta for two days to discuss the future of Indonesian retail banking.
Global Business Banking Summit
27 February
Where: etc.venues, 8 Fenchurch Place, London, EC3M 4PB.
For: Business Banking
From: £594
Small and large businesses come to the GBBS day conference to hear from a variety of keynotes, panels and presentations around technology innovation within their sector.
March
MoneyLIVE Spring
11-13 March
Where: Madrid, Spain.
For: Payments & Retail Banking
From: £995 (financial services early bird) £1,395 (standard)
MoneyLIVE Spring is composed of the separate conferences of MoneyLIVE card & payments and MoneyLIVE Retail Banking Europe. APIs, PSD2, digital transformation and platformification are set to be on the agenda.
Pay360
14 March
Where: Business Design Centre, London, UK.
For: Payments
From: £450 (general admission) £0 (EPA membership)
The Emerging Payments Association's flagship conference returns with a day jam packed with panels and keynotes on Open Banking, APIs and what challengers must do to ensure long term profitability.
Money 20/20 Asia
19-20 March
Where: Singapore (venue tbc)
For: Fintech & Payments
From: $2,795
Money20/20 returns with the third edition of its Asia orientated conference. A favourite for payment providers and fintechs, this year’s Money20/20 Asia will focus on platform ecology, cryptocurrencies & tokenisation, disruptive tech, X border payments, real time payments & card schemes (among others).
April
LendIt Fintech USA 2019
8-9 April
Where: Moscone West, San Francisco, US.
For: Banks, lenders & fintechs
From: $2,495 - $2,995
LendIt USA returns to San Francisco with an agenda featuring all aspects of technology within lending and general financial services. Look out for a host of specialist lending panels.
TradeTech
24-25 April
Where: Palais des congres de Paris, Paris, France.
For: Equity traders, buy-side & sell-side
From: €0 (Buy-side) €3,199 (sell side)
Attracting 1000+ equity trading leaders, TradeTech offers insight into leveraging innovative data and tech driven approaches for the post-Mifid II era.
Innovate Finance Global Summit
29-30 April
Where: The Guildhall, London, UK.
For: Banks & fintechs
From: £795 - £1,495
Innovate Finance returns with its global summit for its fifth iteration, showcasing the best in UK financial technology.
May
EmTech Futures
8 May
Where: Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD
For: Asset & wealth managers, fintechs & regtechs
From: free
The asset and investment management industry body, the Investment Association, brings EmTech Futures, a celebration of regtech in the sector. At this event the second cohort of fintechs and regtechs will be announced.
Big Data Finance
9-10 May
Where: Cornell Tech, New York, US.
For: Data analysts, quants & investment managers.
From: $650 to $5,500
Big Data Finance covers everything in data management for investment managers, academics and quants.
Consensus Blockchain Week NYC
10-17 May
Where: New York, US.
For: Banks, crypto companies & fintechs
From: $699 to $1,299
CoinDesk and the New York Economic Development Corporation partner to bring the second edition of the Blockchain Week looking to discuss the real-world applications of blockchain technology.
OpRisk Europe
13-16 May
Where: London, UK.
For: Operational risk professionals
From: tbc
OpRisk Europe returns for its 21st annual conference aiming to give operational risk professionals deep insight into the technological and regulatory landscape within which they work.
QuantMinds International
13-17 May
Where: Hilton Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
For: Data analysts, quants & investment banks.
From: £3,299
Vienna will host 400 banks, data analysts, academics and technology providers for the latest QuantsMinds conference. Expect content on interest rate modelling, algo trading, option pricing and the swathe of new technologies emerging in this field.
Fintech World Forum
21-22 May
Where: London, UK.
For: fintech
From: £495 - £1,350
The Fintech World Forum comes to London to review everything relating to the global fintech landscape including Open Banking, PSD2 and the payments ecosystem.
June
Money 20/20 Europe
3-5 June
Where: Amsterdam (venue tbc)
For: Fintech & Payments
From: €2,495
European banks, payment service providers and fintechs will head to Amsterdam for Money20/20 Europe. Themes covered this year include banking transformation, payment evolution & innovation, cyber security and identity & authentication.
EBAday
18-19 June
Where: Stockholmsmassan, Stockholm, Sweden.
For: European banks, fintechs & payment providers
From: €2,500 or €950 for EBA members.
This is the Euro Banking Association's flagship event where European banks, fintechs and payment providers gather to discuss the challenges and opportunities the industry faces.
MoneyLIVE Digital Banking
25-26 June
Where: Venues St. Paul’s, London, UK.
For: Banks & fintechs
From: £995 (financial services early bird) £1395 (standard)
MoneyLIVE comes to London for two days packed with panels on Open Banking, APIs, AI and data analytics.
Blockchain Summit
25-26 June
Where: Olympia West, London, UK.
For: Banks, businesses & fintechs
From: tbc
Blockchain Summit returns for its third year to discuss all things blockchain for banking. RBS, Gumtree, Ripple and the NHS featured on the 2018 speakers list. Blockchain Summit 2019 will focus around four themes: enterprise, government, developer and investor.
July
MoneyLIVE Digital Banking APAC
2-3 July
Where: Suntec, Singapore.
For: Banks, neo banks & fintechs
From: £845
The agenda for MoneyLIVE Digital Banking APAC consists of panels on AI, customer experience, Open Banking, payments and fostering the eco-system.
September
The US Fintech Symposium
16-17 September
Where: Chicago, IL, USA
For: Fintechs, Banks, Businesses, Payments & VCs
From: $595.00 - $795.00 (£453 - £606)
The U.S. Fintech Symposium is a two day fintech conference that will discuss the practical uses of advanced technologies within the finance and financial services industries. Attendees will hear presentations and panel discussions from fintech industry experts pertaining to blockchain, artificial intelligence, banking, payments, capital markets, fintech collaboration and more.
InvestOps
17-19 September
Where: Novotel London West, London, UK.
For: Buy-side
From: Contact for pricing
InvestOps attracts 350 COOs and heads of investment operations at buy-side firms.
FinovateFall
23-26 September
Where: New York Marriott Marquis, New York, US.
For: Banking CTOs & CIOs and fintechs
From: $995 - $1,595 (early bird)
FinovateFall features the latest in banking, payment and financial technology.
Sibos 2019
23-26 September
Where: The ExCel, London, UK.
For: Banks, cross-border payment providers & treasurers.
From: £tbc
The customer conference of SWIFT, the global messaging standards body, comes to the UK capital for the first time and will host banks, treasurers and cross-border payment providers in the ExCel arena. Based on 2018, the conference will centre around SWIFT gpi, APIs and the future use of emerging technologies within international financial services messaging.
October
PayExpo
8-9 October
Where: Business Design Centre, London, UK.
For: Retailers, merchants & payment providers
From: £tbc
The biggest UK payments conference returns for merchants, retailers and payment providers, featuring payments punch ups, sessions and keynotes on the country's payment landscape.
Capital Markets Innovation Summit
8-9 October
Where: The Waldorf Hilton, London, UK.
For: Investment banks
From: £699 (early bird, financial institutions) & £1,999 (early bird, vendors)
CMIS attracts 150+ operations and innovation decision makers from Europe's investment banks. Content covers regtech, AI, cloud and market infrastructure.
EuroFinance - International Treasury Management
16-18 October
Where: Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
For: Treasurers & CFOs
From: £tbc
EuroFinance’s flagship conference heads to the Danish capital in the Autumn. Fintechs within payments, working capital, supply chain, risk, FX asset management and funding will all be present to discuss the latest trends.
AFP
20-23 October
Where: Boston, US (venue tbc)
For: Treasury & Finance
From: $1274 - $2,294
With an agenda spanning payments, treasury management, capital markets & markets and risk, AFP is designed for the treasury and finance functions of banks and corporates.
Money 20/20 USA
27-30 October
Where: The Venetian, Las Vegas, US.
For: Fintech & Payments
From: $2,345
The flagship Money20/20 conference will see panels discussing payments & platforms, banking & personal finance, next gen commerce & retail and AI & deep learning among many others, at the historic Venetian hotel in Las Vegas.
November
MoneyLIVE Nordic Banking
3-5 November
Where: venue tbc, Copenhagen, Denmark.
For: Payments & Retail Banking
From: €445 (startup fintech rate, application required) £1,395 (financial services early bird) £1,695 (standard)
MoneyLIVE comes to the Nordics for this two day event showcasing the best of Nordic innovation and holding debate around AI, fintech partnerships, Open Banking, data & analytics, payments and digital innovation.
FinTECHTalents Festival
11-13 November
Where: tbc
For: Banks, fintechs & graduates
From: £399 to £1299
FinTECHTalents returns for a second year, aiming to offer graduates an insight into the UK's financial services. Last year's event featured expert conversation, live music and an AI brewed craft beer.
FIMA Europe
19-20 November
Where: QEII Centre, London
For: Data managers, asset managers & investment banks
From: Contact for pricing
FIMA comes to the QEII Centre in London, a global networking event for 500 buy & sell-side data leaders with content covering compliance, AI/ML and data management.
December
RiskMinds International
2-6 December
Where: Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
For: CROs and risk managers
From: £3,999
RiskMinds International returns to Hotel Okura in Amsterdam for its 26th conference to keep the industry up to date with all things risk.
