Place of Event

London 2026

london, uk

Welcome to London, city, capital of the United Kingdom. It is among the oldest of the world’s great cities - its history spanning nearly two millennia - and one of the most cosmopolitan. By far Britain’s largest metropolis, it is also the country’s economic, transportation, and cultural center.

London’s role as a world financial center has long historical roots. At the end of the 19th century more than half the world’s trade was financed in British currency (pounds sterling). In the early 20th century the City played a more modest role as banker to the British Empire and the sterling area of trading nations.

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London regained a global presence thanks to the relaxation of exchange controls in 1958, the development of the Eurocurrency and Eurobond markets in the 1950s, and the deregulation of capital and securities markets in the 1980s. In the 1990s London’s most significant revenue-earning function was to provide a center for the international banking market. A unique concentration of banks from every corner of the globe allowed an exceptional range of currencies to be traded. In the competitive climate of contemporary global finance, it captured a large share of activity in the newer, esoteric markets—swaps, cross-exchange equity trading, and currency options—and also maintained its historical position in the conventional fields of international bank lending, underwriting, bond trading, foreign exchange trading, and investment management. London became Europe’s main center for large volume trading in securities. It dominated the world market in marine and aviation reinsurance.

the host: CICM

The Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) is the largest recognised professional body in the world for the credit management community.

With a legacy spanning over eight decades, CICM has represented all areas of the Credit Management and Debt Collections lifecycle, as experts in its field, providing valuable membership community with support, resources, advice, networking and career development.

CICM is the founding member of FECMA.

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