The conference season is a wrap, so it’s time to look at next year. Established events often have great deals at year-end as they try to tap any remaining 2024 budgets. If you are lucky enough to be in that position, by all means lock in those lower prices now. And even if you need to use 2025 budgets, you may be able to arrange a delayed payment on the current deal. Here’s a secret for B2B conferences: variable costs are small, and big-name attendees are highly valued, so there is ample room to negotiate.
To help your 2025 planning, we’ve curated a list of the best global banking tech events, conferences and trade shows for 2025. These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms. Event details are current at the time of publication, but always check event websites for the latest. We recommend purchasing your ticket as soon as possible since prices rise dramatically in the six weeks leading up to the event. You can easily save $1,000 or more on a pair of tickets.
Event Spotlight
25 – 26 February 2025 | Intercontinental O2, London
Europe’s leading fintech conference by and for the executives transforming financial services
[ 1000+ decision-makers | 600+ from banks and investors | 1000s of meetings | 35+ demos | 100+ speakers ]
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Banking & Bank Technology Conference Calendar 2024 & 2025
Event | Location | Start | End | Attendees* | Speakers* | Began |
AOBA (Acquire or Be Acquired) by BankDirector | Phoenix, AZ | 26-Jan-25 | 28-Jan-25 | 1,300 | 1994 | |
Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference | Austin, TX | 27-Jan-25 | 29-Jan-25 | 1,000 | 2015 | |
Future Digital Finance by WBR | New Orleans | 24-Feb-25 | 25-Apr-25 | 2001 | ||
FinovateEurope | London | 25-Feb-25 | 26-Feb-25 | 1,000 | 150 | 2011 |
CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference | Washington DC | 2-Mar-25 | 6-Mar-25 | 5,500 | 1969 | |
Bank Automation Summit | Nashville, TN | 3-Mar-25 | 5-Mar-25 | 2021 | ||
ICBA Live (Independent Consumer Bankers Assoc) | Nashville, TN | 11-Mar-25 | 12-Mar-25 | 3,000 | 2003 | |
CBA Live | Orlando, FL | 17-Mar-25 | 19-Mar-25 | 1,700 | 200 | 2010 |
Transact by ETA | Las Vegas | 2-Apr-25 | 4-Apr-25 | 3,000 | 150 | 1990 |
Financial Brand Forum | Las Vegas | 14-Apr-25 | 16-Apr-25 | 2,500 | 2014 | |
Money 20/20 Asia | Bangkok | 22-Apr-25 | 24-Apr-25 | 3,000 | 200 | 2018 |
Smarter Faster Payments by NACHA | New Orleans | 27-Apr-25 | 30-Apr-25 | 2,000 | 1974 | |
FinovateSpring | San Diego | 7-May-25 | 9-May-25 | 1,100 | 150 | 2008 |
Seamless Middle East | Dubai | 20-May-25 | 22-May-25 | 25,000 | 500 | 1997 |
Money 20/20 Europe | Amsterdam | 3-Jun-25 | 5-Jun-25 | 8,500 | 350 | 2016 |
Digital Banking by American Banker | Boca Raton, FL | 3-Jun-25 | 5-Jun-25 | 850 | 100 | 2016 |
Banking Transformation Summit | London | 18-Jun-25 | 19-Jun-25 | 2,500 | 250 | 2019 |
FinovateFall | NYC | 8-Sep-25 | 10-Sep-25 | 2,000 | 150 | 2007 |
MoneyLive North America | Chicago | 15-Sep-25 | 16-Sep-25 | 500 | 75 | 2023 |
SIBOS | Frankfurt | 29-Sep-25 | 2-Oct-25 | 9,000 | 750 | 1978 |
Lend360 | Nashville, TN | 6-Oct-25 | 8-Oct-25 | 700 | 2014 | |
ABA Annual (American Bankers Association) | Charlotte, NC | 19-Oct-25 | 21-Oct-25 | 1,500 | 1875 | |
MBA Annual (Mortgage Bankers Association) | Las Vegas | 19-Oct-25 | 22-Oct-25 | 2,000+ | 1914 | |
Money 20/20 | Las Vegas | 26-Oct-25 | 29-Oct-25 | 13,000 | 500 | 2012 |
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Future Branches Austin by WBR | Austin, TX | 4-Dec-24 | 6-Dec-24 | 350 | 72 | 2016 |
Digital Marketing for Financial Services | NYC | 19-Nov-24 | 20-Nov-24 | 500 | 67 | 2014 |
MBA Annual (Mortgage Bankers Association) | Denver, CO | 27-Oct-24 | 30-Oct-24 | 2,000+ | 1914 | |
Money 20/20 | Las Vegas | 27-Oct-24 | 30-Oct-24 | 13,000 | 500 | 2012 |
ABA Annual (American Bankers Association) | NYC | 27-Oct-24 | 29-Oct-24 | 1,500 | 1875 | |
FintechSurge | Dubai | 13-Oct-24 | 16-Oct-24 | 58,000 | 200 | 2021 |
Small Business Banking by American Banker | Las Vegas | 9-Oct-24 | 10-Oct-24 | 300 | 65 | 2013 |
Bank Automation Summit Europe | Berlin | 7-Oct-24 | 8-Oct-24 | 2024 | ||
SIBOS | Bejing | 21-Sep-24 | 24-Sep-24 | 9,000 | 750 | 1978 |
MoneyLive North America | Chicago | 16-Sep-24 | 17-Sep-24 | 500 | 75 | 2023 |
Lend360 | Nashville, TN | 11-Sep-24 | 13-Sep-24 | 700 | 2014 | |
FinovateFall | NYC | 9-Sep-24 | 11-Sep-24 | 2,000 | 150 | 2007 |
Big Bank Theory by Tearsheet | NYC | 5-Sep-24 | 5-Sep-24 | 300 | 2021 | |
Digital Banking by American Banker | Boca Raton, FL | 24-Jun-24 | 26-Jun-24 | 850 | 100 | 2016 |
Banking Transformation Summit | London | 19-Jun-24 | 20-Jun-24 | 2,500 | 250 | 2019 |
Open Banking Expo | Toronto | 11-Jun-24 | 11-Jun-24 | 600 | 80 | 2019 |
Money 20/20 Europe | Amsterdam | 4-Jun-24 | 6-Jun-24 | 8,500 | 350 | 2016 |
FinovateSpring | San Francisco | 21-May-24 | 23-May-24 | 1,200 | 150 | 2008 |
Financial Brand Forum | Las Vegas | 20-May-24 | 22-May-24 | 2,500 | 2014 | |
Seamless Middle East | Dubai | 14-May-24 | 15-May-24 | 25,000 | 500 | 1997 |
Smarter Faster Payments by NACHA | Miami | 6-May-24 | 9-May-24 | 2,000 | 1974 | |
Money 20/20 Asia | Bangkok | 23-Apr-24 | 25-Apr-24 | 3,000 | 200 | 2018 |
Transact by ETA | Las Vegas | 17-Apr-24 | 19-Apr-24 | 3,000 | 150 | 1990 |
Future Digital Finance by WBR | New Orleans | 2-Apr-24 | 3-Apr-24 | 2001 | ||
CBA Live | Washington DC | 25-Mar-24 | 27-Mar-24 | 1,700 | 200 | 2010 |
Bank Automation Summit | Nashville, TN | 18-Mar-24 | 19-Mar-24 | 2021 | ||
MoneyLive Summit | London | 6-Mar-24 | 7-Mar-24 | 850 | 150 | 1993 |
ICBA Live (Independent Consumer Bankers Assoc) | Orlando, FL | 3-Mar-24 | 7-Mar-24 | 3,000 | 2003 | |
CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference | Washington DC | 3-Mar-24 | 7-Mar-24 | 5,500 | 1969 | |
FinovateEurope | London | 27-Feb-24 | 28-Feb-24 | 1,000 | 150 | 2011 |
Banking Renaissance Retreat by Wisselbanck | Amsterdam | 7-Feb-24 | 9-Feb-24 | 300 | 2023 | |
AOBA (Acquire or Be Acquired) by BankDirector | Phoenix, AZ | 28-Jan-24 | 30-Jan-24 | 1,300 | 1994 | |
Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference | New Orleans, LA | 22-Jan-24 | 24-Jan-24 | 1,000 | 2015 |
Source: FintechLabs, 23 Dec 2024
Our other financial services technology calendars:
- Fintech conferences, events and trade shows
- Payments & Card industry conferences, events and tradeshows
- Fintech Service Provider User conferences, events and meetups
- Insurtech conferences, events and tradeshows
- Banking, Mortgage, Lending & BankTech conferences, events and tradeshows
- Investment Advisor Technology conferences, events and tradeshows
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Financial Services conferences, events and tradeshows
- Lending, mortgage & lendtech conferences, events and tradeshows
- Proptech & Real Estate Technology conferences, events and tradeshows
- Marketing in Fintech, Banking & Financial Services conferences, events and tradeshows
- Regtech conferences for financial institutions & fintech
- IT and Developer conferences for financial institutions & fintech
- Financial services & fintech award shows
- Credit Union conferences, events, and tradeshows
> Please contact us if we are missing anything or if you would like to see your event listed.
Note: FintechLabs curates the financial technology event list based on our 20+ years in the business. Some events pay referral or listing fees, which could impact positioning.