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"Where tradition meets transformation"
Hosted by the Chartered Banker Institute and the University of St Andrews Business School Executive Education.
Join us in beautiful Scotland this June for the 25th World Conference of Banking Institutes (WCBI). A global gathering of banking leaders, educators, and regulators exploring how technology, trust, and professional standards will shape the next generation of banking.
Set against the historic backdrop of St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university town, the conference offers a focused forum to examine the forces transforming the profession — from artificial intelligence and technological advancement to shifting expectations of ethics, responsibility and public confidence — and how professional education and standards must respond.
Banking continues to undergo significant change: from digital transformation and AI to new expectations of purpose, responsibility, and trust. These shifts invite us to rethink how we support professionals with the skills, judgement, and capabilities required for the future.
At this year’s WCBI we will explore these developments together. This is an opportunity to share perspectives, challenge assumptions, and reflect on the evolving meaning of professionalism in a changing financial landscape. As we celebrate our shared heritage of professional banking education, marked by 150 years since the first banking institute was established by bankers for bankers, we also look forward, asking how standards, learning, and capability development can continue to advance for the benefit of our members, their customers and the communities they serve.
Delegates are invited to engage actively, share insights, and contribute to this global conversation that strengthens and enriches the profession for the future.
Why attend WCBI 2026
- Be part of the global conversation shaping the future of banking. Join leaders and innovators from around the world as they explore how professionalism, trust and capability evolve in an era defined by AI, new business models and rapid transformation.
- Stay ahead of the issues defining senior leadership agendas. Gain insights into the shifts driving cultural change, digital disruption, regulatory shifts and the rising expectations placed on banking professionals and organisations
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Connect with the ideas shaping global professional standards. Learn how competence, future‑skills and modern learning systems are evolving across global markets.
- Build powerful international partnerships. Connect with senior figures shaping policy, standards and talent development worldwide.
- Experience setting that inspires. Join us in historic St Andrews, Scotland’s oldest university town, where world‑class discussion meets a unique academic and cultural environment.
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Register Your Interest Interesting in becoming a sponsor?
Reach over 150 senior banking professionals, regulators, educators and decision-makers. We have different sponsorship tiers available, to find out more email wcbi@charteredbanker.com
