Supporters: City Week 2026

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is the voice of all Europe’s wholesale financial markets, providing expertise across a broad range of regulatory and capital markets issues. We represent the leading global and European banks and other significant capital market players. We advocate for deep and integrated European capital markets which serve the needs of companies and investors, supporting economic growth and benefiting society. We aim to act as a bridge between market participants and policy makers across Europe, drawing on our strong and long-standing relationships, our technical knowledge and fact-based work.

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The Association of Foreign Banks (AFB) is the membership body that represents the interests of foreign banks in the UK to stakeholders including the Government, HM Treasury, and regulatory bodies (PRA and FCA). The AFB has c170 foreign banks in its membership, representing c80% of the foreign bank market. This includes firms from all around the world, including G-SIBs such as Citigroup, ICBC, JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, MUFG, to banks with smaller operations in the UK.

AFB is here to support all our members and ensure their businesses in the UK thrive. Foreign banks engage in a wide range of banking and investment business activity in the UK, primarily, but not exclusively, in the wholesale markets. They make a significant contribution to London’s standing as a major international financial centre and to the depth and breadth of global financial markets. They employ thousands of people across the UK and invest billions of pounds each year.

The Association of Professional Compliance Consultants, or APCC, is the body for compliance consultants who advise firms regulated in the UK. The APCC is active in enhancing the professional standards of compliance consultants and is recognised as a trade body by the FCA and other regulators. This provides our members with significant benefits in terms of direct access to the Regulators as well as business leads. The APCC often works in conjunction with the FCA to pilot or test new initiatives, and we also provide with valuable feedback on specific subjects as requested by them. Our members come from all sectors of the financial services industry. Many firms specialise in a specific sector such as fund management or investment retail intermediaries, and, in a sign of the times, we are now very active in the Consumer Credit arena. Other members have cross sector capability and range from sole traders to the largest consultancies in the sector, all benefitting from the membership as part of the wider consulting community. For more information please visit our website, or email membership@apcc.org.uk

The Association for Women in Cryptocurrency (AWIC) is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women and their allies in the cryptocurrency, blockchain, Web3, and digital asset sectors. AWIC’s mission is to expand professional opportunities, strengthen leadership influence, and increase meaningful participation across the digital finance ecosystem.

Through its initiatives, AWIC connects leaders across public and private sectors, fostering allyship, strategic collaboration, and inclusive growth. By equipping women and allies with knowledge, networks, and leadership opportunities, AWIC ensures they play a central role in shaping the future of digital finance and blockchain innovation.

Business Money connects companies with finance. Since 1993 it has worked with 360+ UK banks and finance houses and 400 more worldwide. Business Money’s proven marketing platform, specialist reports and accomplished consultants are industry leaders.

Business Money is the industry journal in commercial finance and banking. It is subscribed to by business lenders in the UK and globally, also thousands of professional intermediaries that introduce finance proposals. A marketing platform of long proven effect in the UK’s invoice and all-asset finance industry where Business Money also produces Receivables, the sector’s definitive, annual report. Business Money consultants advise a worldwide client base on strategy, also on mergers and acquisitions in the UK.

CryptoUK is the UK’s leading self-regulatory trade association for the crypto and digital asset sector. Founded in 2017, CryptoUK represents a diverse membership spanning exchanges, custodians, infrastructure providers, advisory firms and innovators, and serves as the industry’s collective voice with policymakers, regulators, media and the wider public. We advocate for balanced, proportionate regulation and higher industry standards, working closely with bodies such as the Financial Conduct Authority, HM Treasury and the Bank of England to support the responsible growth of the UK’s crypto and digital asset ecosystem. Through targeted education, direct advocacy and strategic collaboration with government and industry, CryptoUK continues to shape the policy and regulatory environment that allows crypto and digital assets to scale responsibly in the UK.

Family Office Magazine is the leading publication dedicated to the global Family Office community, catering to an elite audience of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) and families who represent the world’s wealthiest and most influential segment. As the go-to resource for Family Office professionals and the international UHNWI community, the magazine is renowned for its comprehensive coverage of industry news, insights, and events. Featuring contributions from some of the most prominent Family Offices, private banks, and wealth management firms worldwide, Family Office Magazine delivers unparalleled content to its discerning readership. Visit www.familyofficemag.com to explore sample issues.

Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) is the trusted non-profit association for the blockchain, digital assets, and emerging technology community. Founded in 2017 in Davos, Switzerland, GBBC comprises more than 500 institutional members and 284 Ambassadors across 124 jurisdictions and disciplines.
GBBC furthers adoption of blockchain and emerging technologies by engaging regulators, business leaders, and global changemakers to harness these transformative tools for more secure and functional societies.

GBBC industry verticals: Financial Services, Global Commerce/Supply Chain, and Commodities, underpinned by AI, digital identity, governance, hardware, infrastructure, policy, regulation, and security.

GBBC initiatives: BITA Standards Council (BITA), Food for Crisis, Global Standards Mapping Initiative (GSMI), International Journal of Blockchain Law (IJBL), InterWork Alliance (IWA), and U.S. Blockchain Coalition (USBC).

Global Legal Group is an independent digital media company based in central London. Our clients are private practice and in-house lawyers, multinational corporations, and professional services firms in over 190 countries around the world.Founded in 2002, Global Legal Group’s first product was the International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG) series, which has grown into a world-renowned legal resource that covers the law in more than 192 jurisdictions and across 58 practice areas.Since 2009, GLG has also produced Commercial Dispute Resolution, an online news and print magazine for litigation and arbitration specialists. In 2011, GLG introduced Global Legal Insights, an essential analytical resource detailing current legal issues spanning 16 practice areas, and, in 2014, African Law & Business was unveiled. Since 2012, GLG has also hosted a successful series of conferences and events, including the annual Global Class Actions Symposium, the premier event for international class actions specialists.Our mission is to provide outstanding performance for our clients and partners. We provide the digital technologies and expertise that they need to boost their brand exposure and market reach, as well as access to the world’s leading online network of legal experts. By only partnering with the leading legal and business authorities, we also ensure that the information we provide is topical, enlightening and authoritative, making our products the go-to resource.

ICMA promotes well-functioning cross-border capital markets, which are essential to fund sustainable economic growth. It is a not-for-profit membership association with offices in Zurich, London, Paris, Brussels, and Hong Kong, serving over 620 members in 70 jurisdictions globally. Its members include private and public sector issuers, banks and securities dealers, asset and fund managers, insurance companies, law firms, capital market infrastructure providers and central banks. ICMA provides industry-driven standards and recommendations, prioritising three core fixed income market areas: primary, secondary and repo and collateral, with cross-cutting themes of sustainable finance and FinTech and digitalisation. ICMA works with regulatory and governmental authorities, helping to ensure that financial regulation supports stable and efficient capital markets.

Innovate Finance is the independent industry body that represents and advances the global FinTech community in the UK. Its mission is to accelerate the UK’s leading role in the financial services sector by directly supporting the next generation of technology-led innovators.

Innovate Finance’s membership ranges from seed stage startups and global financial institutions to investors, professional services firms, and global FinTech hubs. All benefit from Innovate Finance’s unique position as the single point of access to promote enabling policy and regulation, talent and skills, business opportunity and growth, and investment capital.

By bringing together and connecting the most forward-thinking participants in financial services, Innovate Finance is helping create a global financial services sector that is more transparent, more sustainable and more inclusive.
More information at www.innovatefinance.com.

LexHost is a next-generation legal journalism and knowledge platform designed to make complex regulatory developments accessible, transparent, and openly discoverable. Instead of operating as a closed subscriber product, LexHost publishes expert insight from leading global law firms, financial institutions, regulators, and policy specialists through an open-access model ensuring that critical legal and market intelligence is available to practitioners, journalists, policymakers, and the wider public.

At its core, LexHost combines traditional editorial standards with a modern, AI-indexed publishing framework that allows authoritative legal analysis to be surfaced, referenced, and cited across major information ecosystems, including search engines and emerging AI platforms. Each LexHost “Knowledge Hub” is built around a high-growth legal domain such as Digital Assets & Crypto Regulation, Derivatives, Private Credit, Wealth Planning, and Energy & Climate Law and features a mix of thought-leadership chapters, Q&A jurisdiction guides, expert interviews, and short-form market commentary.

By pairing rigorous, source-verified content with an open distribution philosophy, LexHost serves as a public-good legal information layer for fast-moving regulatory areas. The platform works closely with journalists, research teams, and law-firm partners to ensure that the most important developments are reported clearly, neutrally, and in a format optimised for global readers who rely on trusted, timely insight.

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is London’s key hub for the business community. We support members’ businesses through a range of services, advocate on behalf of London’s business community in the most important forums of policy debate and promote ‘Global London’ as the best city in the world to do business – whether that’s to trade, invest or learn. We work to accelerate the growth of our members by providing valuable business support, facilitating new connections, and advocating for the needs and interests of businesses in London.
LCCI’s membership network is reflective of London’s diverse and dynamic business community. From start-ups and micro businesses through to large corporations, business of all sizes and across all sectors join LCCI to benefit from the array of services that we offer.
www.londonchamber.co.uk

techUK is the trade association which brings together people, companies and organisations to realise the positive outcomes of what digital technology can achieve. With over 1,000 members (the majority of which are SMEs) across the UK, techUK creates a network for innovation and collaboration across business, government and stakeholders to provide a better future for people, society, the economy and the planet. By providing expertise and insight, we support our members, partners and stakeholders as they prepare the UK for what comes next in a constantly changing world.

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