Financial Crime Summit London 2026

November 12 | Convene Sancroft, London

55+

Expert Speakers

400+

Delegates

1

Day of Networking and Benchmarking

55+

Networking Sessions

Collaboration, Capability, And Confidence In Financial Crime

The Financial Crime Summit explores how financial institutions must evolve their financial crime frameworks in a world of expanding expectations, faster‑moving risk, and increasing personal accountability.

As banks are required to play an ever greater role in disrupting illicit finance, the boundary between proportionate private‑sector responsibility and unresolvable systemic risk has become increasingly blurred. Institutions are now expected not only to comply, but to demonstrate sound judgement, clear accountability, and defensible decision‑making under sustained regulatory scrutiny.

Across AML, KYC, sanctions, and fraud, the focus is shifting from static, siloed controls to continuous, intelligence‑led risk management that delivers meaningful outcomes. This requires breaking down organisational silos, strengthening governance and escalation models, and using technology to support, not replace, human judgement.

The Summit brings senior leaders together to examine how firms can balance regulatory expectations, customer trust, and commercial objectives, while building financial crime frameworks that are resilient, transparent, and fit for the realities of the modern financial system.

Inside ECCTA: 3-Part Series With Nigel Kirby

1LoD concludes its three-part series with Nigel Kirby, Director of Intelligence and Nominated Officer at Lloyds Banking Group, looking ahead to how the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) can be scaled across the regulated sector and embedded into the UK’s wider economic crime strategy.

Who Is The Financial Crime Summit For?

The Financial Crime Summit is a forum for senior financial crime practitioners who work in AML, KYC, ABC, sanctions and fraud functions across all business divisions within banks and other financial institutions to combat financial crime

Managing Directors, Directors & Heads of:

Anti-Financial Crime / Anti-Fraud / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Anti-Bribery & Corruption (AB&C)/ Sanctions / Know Your Customer (KYC) / Client & Enhanced Due Diligence (CDD / EDD) / Financial Crime Intelligence / Financial Crime Investigations (Unit) / Transaction monitoring / MLRO / SMF17 / Financial Crime Risk Management / Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) / Financial Crime Operations / Economic Crime / Sanctions Audit / Financial Crime Audit / Fraud Audit / Fraud Risk / 1st line COOs and Heads of Financial Crime within the 1st line

You Will Learn How To

Optimise the operating model and determine the roles of all 3 lines of defence
Increase efficiencies and reduce costs
Actively fight financial crime rather than purely meet technical compliance
Leverage technology and automation to maximise efficiencies and cost savings
Enhance collaboration, coordination and integration within the organisational structure
Develop enhanced intelligence and data sharing strategies
Facilitate data sharing across diverse financial crime teams

Key Features

This is a one-day event
1LoD events are run under Chatham House Rule and are off the record. Any quotes from speakers or delegates cannot be linked back to an individual
To encourage discussion, events are closed to the press
Keynote addresses from international regulators and public sector agencies
Panel discussions featuring senior practitioners within banks working to tackle financial crime
Private, interactive roundtable discussions on key themes and topics
Comprehensive breakout streams discussing AML & KYC, Emerging Threats and Technology, Sanctions, and Fraud Risk

When & Where

Thursday 12 November 2026

Convene Sancroft, St Paul's London

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Thank you 1LoD for a well run event! The calibre of delegates and their participation made the discussions meaningful.

Anusha O’Donoghue Global Financial Crimes, UK Head of GFC, Bank of America

Great place to network with industry SMEs.

Jocelyn Norval Managing Director, Global Transaction Monitoring Lead, ING Group

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Forecast 2025: Progress, Fragility and the New Politics of Financial Crime Prevention

Financial crime prevention is improving, thanks to biometrics, tracking of devices, and dynamic monitoring, but banks must still tackle the problems of regulatory divergence and inconsistent collaboration. The senior managing directors and practitioners at 1LoD’s Financial Crime Summit in London discussed the industry’s move from static checks and isolated pilot schemes to a more continuous monitoring of behaviour, management of risk, and wider sharing of data.

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