Open Banking Expo UK & Europe

Open Banking Expo UK & Europe is the leading dedicated open-banking industry event, gathering banking, fintech, regulatory and merchant leadership for focused programming on the practical evolution of open banking and the broader open-finance agenda. It sits alongside PAY360, FinTech Week London and FinTech Connect as calendar anchors for the same audiences.

What happens

The programme combines plenary sessions on the major shifts in open banking with parallel tracks on Variable Recurring Payments, Pay by Bank, account information services, payment initiation services, the practical realities of running open-banking infrastructure, and the rapidly evolving extension into open finance. Demo and pitch sessions feature alongside main-stage content. The exhibition floor combines open-banking platforms, account information service providers, payment initiation specialists, fraud and identity vendors specialised in open-banking flows, and emerging open-finance players. Awards programmes recognise excellence across the open-banking ecosystem.

Who attends

The audience is concentrated in the open-banking industry: senior product, strategy and commercial leadership from open-banking platforms and account information service providers, banking open-banking and API teams, merchants and corporates evaluating open-banking solutions, regulators from the Financial Conduct Authority, PSR and EU authorities, and a substantial vendor presence from the broader open-banking ecosystem. International visitors come from global companies studying the UK and EU open-banking models and from US companies evaluating the implications of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau section 1033 rulemaking.

Dominant themes

The open-banking agenda dominates: the continuing UK open-banking expansion including Variable Recurring Payments and Pay by Bank merchant adoption, the move from open banking toward open finance covering pensions, investments and insurance data, PSD3 implementation across the EU, the practical regulatory environment under the FCA and PSR following the UK Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee's work, the US CFPB rule under section 1033 and its implications for global open-banking standards, the role of open banking in B2B payments and corporate use cases, and the integration of open-banking flows with adjacent infrastructure including instant payments and digital identity.

Planning to attend

Venue selection varies by edition across UK and European cities. The conference language is English. The open-banking community is unusually tight-knit; informal networking time is consistently valuable for practitioners comparing implementation experience. International visitors should plan around the specific city logistics for the year being attended.

Use the expense calculator below to estimate the total cost of attending — registration, flights, hotels, meals, and ground transport.