Introduction to the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme
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If you’re joining us at FID Fraud & FinCrime, consider taking part in our exclusive VIP Hosted Meetings Programme.
You’ll be connected to key industry suppliers to help build an invaluable network for your company. Our hosted meetings team generate meetings based on the preferences you make, to ensure only the highest quality and most relevant matches are scheduled.
The programme puts the power in your hands to deliver participants with unrivalled sourcing, learning and networking opportunities.
Exclusive benefits include
- Travel reimbursement (up to £200 for UK based attendees and £300 for international attendees)
- Exclusive networking sessions with leaders in the fintech and financial services space
- Networking drinks
- Queue jump at registration
- Passes are limited so be quick and register before they go!
- T&Cs apply
Am I eligible to take part in the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme?
VIP Hosted Meetings Passes are available for relying parties including banks, FIs, non-financial brands and retailers responsible for buying or evaluating technology and other solutions for their company.
Excludes individuals from sales or commercial teams and organisations with a BaaS, payments, embedded finance or funding advisory value proposition.
Uncover the challenges hosted meetings participants are facing
VIP Hosted Meetings Passes are available for relying parties including banks, FIs, non-financial brands and retailers responsible for buying or evaluating technology and other solutions for their company.
Excludes individuals from sales or commercial teams and organisations with a BaaS, payments, embedded finance or funding advisory value proposition.
Can your business solve these painpoints? Are you interested to meet with senior delegates with buying intent? Get in touch with us at marketing@vcinnovations.co.uk to view our Meetings Package options and take part in the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme.
Register your interest
Programme commitments
As a Hosted Meetings Pass holder, your commitment is to attend all your scheduled meetings with event sponsors who you have matched with. You also commit to completing our hosted meetings survey post event and give constructive feedback on the meetings.
To qualify, individuals must: (a) be responsible for buying or evaluating technology solutions for their company, and (b) agree to attend onsite meetings with participating sponsors, determined by a double opt-in process. The purpose of which is to create value for all involved.
Previous participating brands
Hear from previous participants
“It was a great way to meet with prospective partners to get the conversation started. And it made a big difference that these were face-to-face conversations happening all in one venue.”
– Ajay Moti, Senior Manager, Fintech Partnerships, Booking.com
“It was a very valuable experience to meet with fintech partners that can help turbocharge our business.”
– Ankur Sisodia, Head of Product, Lending & Savings, N26
“It’s the perfect time to see whether there is a match, and schedule a follow up conversation.”
– Anouk Moll, Founder in residence, Merantix
“I loved the event: the vendors were very relevant and it was great to find them all in a single place. The crowd was great, the show was great!”
– Alexandru Dorobantu, Senior Director, Global Payments, Delivery Hero
FAQS
The Hosted Meetings Programme is designed to connect those looking for new technology or partners to meet the businesses providing those services. Our hosted meetings team will generate meetings based on your preferences and pre-schedule only the most relevant meetings for you.
A hosted meetings participant is a senior decision maker responsible for buying or evaluating technology and other solutions for their company.
We’ll check your registration and let you know via email if you have been approved as a hosted meetings participant. If you don’t meet our qualifying criteria, you can register for one of our Rockstar passes instead.
Ahead of the event, all buyers will be invited to select companies they would like to meet with via our hosted meetings platform. Using AI, your meetings are generated based on the preferences you make, to ensure only the highest quality and most relevant meetings are scheduled.
The meetings will be 15 minutes long and held between 14:00 and 17:00 on the event days (10th – 11th November 2025) in the hosted meetings lounge.
Double opt-in means that both parties agree to the meeting, so we will only schedule meetings where both yourself and the event partner have agreed to meet.
Hosted meetings participants must commit to making appointments with our event partners via the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme. We ask that you come to the event ready to meet with new potential partners. You must attend onsite meetings with participating sponsors, determined by a double opt-in process and complete the post-event survey.
The application deadline will be announced soon.
Participants are free to attend content sessions and network on the exhibition floor around their schedule of meetings.
You will be reimbursed following attendance to all hosted meetings, completing the feedback form providing an evaluation of each meeting, completion of the reimbursement form and submission of receipts. The deadline for the form and receipt submissions will be announced soon.
If you attend the event but do not complete your scheduled meetings, you will not receive any reimbursement, we reserve the right to invoice your company for £2399 + VAT for the event ticket as per the authorisation you agree to, and you may also be excluded from qualifying for the event in future years.
If you are approved for the VIP Hosted Meetings Programme but are unable to participate even though you are still with your organisation, you must agree to suggest one or more substitutes from your organisation as your replacement for the programme. Acceptance of any substitute is subject to prior approval via email.
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