Complimentary for Banks & Building Societies

Europe’s Event for Banking Transformation

18–19 May 2027 · Tobacco Dock · London

Join senior leaders representing 200+ banks and building societies from across Europe. Explore the decisions shaping banking across AI, technology, data, customer, payments, risk and cyber. Be part of the conversation.

  • 1,000 Attendees
  • 200+ Banks & Building Societies
  • 300+ Speakers
  • 100+ Sessions
  • 7 Theatres

Why Banking Transformation Summit Europe

Where banks shape what’s next.

Banking Transformation Summit at Tobacco Dock
  1. More banks in the room.

    Join Europe’s most concentrated banking audience. Three in four attendees represent a financial institution. Meet the people making decisions and delivering change, compare approaches and tackle the challenges facing banks and building societies now.

  2. Big enough to matter. Small enough to connect.

    Get the breadth of a major industry event with the focus of a high-level summit. Different perspectives, ideas and experiences, without losing the people, conversations and sense of connection that make you feel part of it.

  3. More of your banking priorities.

    Explore more of the topics shaping banking transformation. From retail, commercial, corporate and private banking to AI, technology, data, customer, payments, risk, cyber and more, choose the conversations most relevant to your role and how you want to take part.

  • 1,000 Attendees

    Bringing together the people shaping and delivering transformation across banking.

  • 200+ Banks & building societies

    Representing organisations of every size, model and area of banking.

  • 300+ Speakers

    Leaders sharing how transformation is actually happening inside banks and building societies.

  • 100+ Sessions

    Across AI, technology, customer, payments, risk, operations, leadership and more.

  • 7 Theatres

    A programme built around different topics, formats and ways to learn and contribute.

300 speakers

Meet the Leaders Transforming Banking

Across 7 theatres, hear what’s changing inside Europe’s banks and building societies from the people making it happen. While we build the 2027 line-up, take a look at some of the leaders who joined us in 2026.

2026 speaker highlights

The 2027 programme

Now and Next in Banking Transformation

Go inside the transformation happening across banking now, and the decisions shaping what comes next. Hear what’s working, what’s being learned and what’s changing, directly from the people delivering it.

Explore the topics

  • Core, Cloud & Infrastructure
  • AI & Agents
  • Customer, Product & Growth
  • Payments
  • Risk, Compliance & Governance
  • Financial Crime & Fraud
  • Cyber & Identity
  • Operations & Service
  • Transformation & Delivery
  • Executive Leadership
  • People & Culture

More ways to take part.

Not every conversation belongs on a stage. Boardrooms, roundtables, The Exchange Theatre breakouts and meet-ups give you different ways to listen, question, debate and discuss what it means in practice.

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    Boardrooms

    Deep-dive discussions

    Bring a challenge to the table. Join a small, facilitated discussion around a specific issue, where everyone has the chance to contribute, ask questions and learn from what others have tried.

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    The Exchange Theatre

    Panel breakouts

    Start with the debate on stage, then join speakers and fellow attendees in breakout discussions. The Exchange Theatre takes the ideas further, giving you the chance to pick up the issues that matter most to you.

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    Focused meet-ups

    Find your tribe

    Meet people who understand your world. Focused meet-ups bring together attendees around shared roles, areas of banking and common challenges, making it easier to find the people you have most in common with.

Who you’ll meet

Your banking peers will be there. Will you?

Meet the people leading change across banking, from senior decision-makers to the teams turning plans into practice.

200+ Banks & building societies
3 in 4 Bank-side attendees
74% Budget influencers & decision makers
Banks & building societies represented in 2026

2026 attendees

See who’s actually in the room.

Senior leaders from across banks and building societies of every size, model and specialism.

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Across banking

Meet peers from every part of banking.

Retail Banking
Commercial Banking
Corporate Banking
Business Banking
Wealth & Private Banking
Building Societies

Built for better conversations

Big enough to matter. Small enough to connect.

A room full of the right people only matters if you can find them. Banking Transformation Summit Europe is deliberately big enough to create choice, energy and opportunity, without becoming so big that you disappear into the crowd.

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    Find the right people

    It’s not just about bringing 1,000 people together. It’s about bringing the right people together. With 75% representing a financial institution, more of the people you meet are relevant to you.

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    More chances to connect

    It’s not just about engineered sessions and planned introductions. With so many of the right people in one place, chance encounters become less about chance and more part of the Summit experience.

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    Personal, even at scale

    A more intimate environment makes it easier to recognise people, be recognised and feel part of the event rather than simply moving through a crowd.

Our partners

The companies powering the next era of banking

Our 2027 partners will be announced shortly. In the meantime, take a look at some of the organisations that partnered with us in 2026.

Banking Transformation Summit 2027

Take your place at Banking Transformation Summit Europe 2027.

Join us in London on 18–19 May 2027 at Tobacco Dock.