Fintech events are some of the most sponsored in the calendar: payments companies, banks and infrastructure providers all pay to be in front of the same few thousand decision-makers. That makes the sponsor list the most useful thing to read before you book.
This is the shortlist of upcoming fintech and payments conferences with the biggest published line-ups, and how many founders and executives are on stage at each.
The 15 below are the biggest line-ups out of 236 upcoming fintech conferences. The full calendar has every one of them by month.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2026 is a global gathering bringing together policy, finance, and technology leaders.
115 speakers · 445 sponsors and exhibitors · 44 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (44), Marketing (4), Consultants (3)
FinTech Connect provides financial institutions and fintechs direct access to technologies, strategic insights, and partnerships to drive innovation and scale.
294 speakers · 100 sponsors and exhibitors · 84 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (84), Marketing (15), Product (10)
Digital Insurance MENA 2027 is a global event designed to help insurers transform and succeed in the digital revolution through innovation and insurtech collaboration.
211 speakers · 66 sponsors and exhibitors · 4 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (4)
The Business Show London is the world's largest business event designed for SMEs, startups, and entrepreneurs.
152 speakers · 112 sponsors and exhibitors · 82 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (82), Sales (11), Marketing (10)
Bitcoin Amsterdam brings together capital allocators, founders, builders, and legislators to shape the future of Bitcoin.
206 speakers · 29 sponsors and exhibitors · 89 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (89), Marketing (6), Academic (5)
The Connected Banking Summit – East Africa convenes leaders in banking, regulation, fintech, and technology to discuss digital banking transformation, payments, and financial inclusion.
112 speakers · 120 sponsors and exhibitors · 28 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (28), Sales (8), Security (6)
Signal Week 2027 (formerly Paris Blockchain Week) is an institutional summit bridging traditional finance, digital assets, and AI-driven infrastructure.
222 speakers · 101 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (101), Sales (16), Marketing (8)
Digital Assets Forum is a premier event for the institutional digital assets industry, held in London.
190 speakers · 17 sponsors and exhibitors · 68 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (68), Sales (6), Marketing (4)
Connected Britain brings together UK connectivity leaders from across the public and private sector to shape the future of the digital economy.
191 speakers · 2 sponsors and exhibitors · 40 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (40), Consultants (10), Sales (8)
Frankfurt Digital Finance is an international conference committed to accelerating innovation and advancing the digital transformation of Europe's financial industry.
110 speakers · 64 sponsors and exhibitors · 43 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (43), Finance (4), Academic (3)
The event covers how lockers, kiosks, curbside, and instore pickup are reshaping the notion of home delivery.
84 speakers · 90 sponsors and exhibitors · 51 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (51), Operations (6), Sales (4)
Insurance Innovators Summit 2026 brings together CEOs, senior decision-makers, and industry leaders setting the direction of Europe's insurance market.
82 speakers · 82 sponsors and exhibitors · 20 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (20), Operations (4), Data & AI (3)
TOKEN2049 Dubai is a premier global crypto conference bringing together founders, executives, and industry leaders.
64 speakers · 83 sponsors and exhibitors · 49 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (49)
Slush is a founder-focused tech event and venture capital gathering bringing together early-stage startups, investors, and ecosystem leaders.
138 speakers · 3 sponsors and exhibitors · 95 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (95), Operations (2), Academic (1)
ITC Japan 2027 brings together senior executives from insurers, reinsurers, insurtechs, technology companies, regulators, and investors to shape the future of insurance in Japan.
40 speakers · 101 sponsors and exhibitors · 16 of the speakers are founders and executives
Most common roles on stage: Founders & execs (16), CTO / VP Eng (3), Data & AI (2)
Ranked by the size of the published line-up: speakers plus sponsoring and exhibiting companies, as each event lists them on its own site. It is the best public signal of how many decision-makers will be in the room. One edition per event series, upcoming events only, refreshed monthly.
By published line-up, the one at the top of this list. The ranking counts speakers plus sponsoring companies and is rebuilt monthly.
The city is shown for each event on this list. The full fintech calendar, linked below, has every upcoming event with its city and country.
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Every upcoming fintech conference, by month · The biggest conferences of 2026 & 2027
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