With all the big payment conferences behind us, it’s time to look to 2025. Established events often have great deals at year-end as they try to tap any remaining 2024 budgets. If you are lucky enough to be in that position, by all means lock in those lower prices now. And even if you need to use 2025 budgets, you may be able to arrange a delayed payment on the current deal. Here’s a secret for B2B conferences: variable costs are small, and big-name attendees are highly valued, so there is ample room to negotiate.

To help your planning, here is our curated list of the best global payments industry events, conferences, and trade shows for 2025. These are the largest events in the financial services industry for payments and card technologists, program managers, marketers, developers, and C-Suite executives at legacy financial institutions, upstart payments firms, and card issuers.

Event details are current at the time of publication but always check event websites for the latest. Since prices tend to rise as the event draws closer, it’s best to grab tickets as soon as you gain approval to attend. Registering even 30 days in advance can save $500 to $1,000 per ticket.

Payments & Card Technology Conference Calendar 2025

Event Location Start End Attendees* Speakers* Began
NextGen Payments & Regtech Forum Austin, Texas 10-Dec-24 11-Dec-24 400 40 2010
Payments Summit by STA San Diego, CA 24-Feb-25 26-Feb-25 400 2008
Payments Forum by American Banker San Francisco 5-Mar-25 6-Mar-25 400 2019
MPE 2023 (Merchant Payments Ecosystem) Berlin 18-Mar-25 20-Mar-25 1,400 160 2008
Pay 360 London 25-Mar-25 26-Mar-25 2,000 120 2014
Transact by ETA Las Vegas 2-Apr-25 4-Apr-25 3,000 150 1990
Money 20/20 Asia Bangkok 22-Apr-25 24-Apr-25 3,000 200 2018
Smarter Faster Payments by NACHA New Orleans 27-Apr-25 30-Apr-25 2,000 1974
Seamless Middle East Dubai 20-May-25 22-May-25 25,000 500 1997
Money 20/20 Europe Amsterdam 3-Jun-25 5-Jun-25 8,500 350 2016
MoneyLive North America Chicago 15-Sep-25 16-Sep-25 500 75 2023
SIBOS Bejing 29-Sep-25 2-Oct-25 9,000 750 1978
Money 20/20 Las Vegas 26-Oct-25 29-Oct-25 13,000 500 2012
Past events (2024)
MoneyLive Payments Europe Amsterdam 20-Nov-24 21-Nov-24 500 100 2014
The Clearing House Annual Conference NYC 12-Nov-24 13-Nov-24 2012
Money 20/20 Las Vegas 27-Oct-24 30-Oct-24 13,000 500 2012
SIBOS Bejing 21-Sep-24 24-Sep-24 9,000 750 1978
MoneyLive North America Chicago 16-Sep-24 17-Sep-24 500 75 2023
Merchant Advisor Group (MAG) Payments Orlando 16-Sep-24 19-Sep-24 1,150 2009
PaymentsEd Forum Washington DC 29-Jul-24 31-Jul-24 1990
Money 20/20 Europe Amsterdam 4-Jun-24 6-Jun-24 8,500 350 2016
Seamless Middle East Dubai 14-May-24 15-May-24 25,000 500 1997
Smarter Faster Payments by NACHA Miami 6-May-24 9-May-24 2,000 1974
Money 20/20 Asia Bangkok 23-Apr-24 25-Apr-24 3,000 200 2018
Transact by ETA Las Vegas 17-Apr-24 19-Apr-24 3,000 150 1990
Digital Banking & Mobile Payments Vienna 10-Apr-24 11-Apr-24 2011
Payments Forum by American Banker Hollywood, FL 27-Mar-24 28-Mar-24 400 2019
MRC 2023 (Merchant Risk Council) Las Vegas 25-Mar-24 28-Mar-23 1,200 130 2001
Pay 360 London 19-Mar-24 20-Mar-24 2,000 120 2014
MPE 2023 (Merchant Payments Ecosystem) Berlin 12-Mar-24 14-Mar-24 1,400 160 2008
Payments Summit by STA Tucson, AZ 26-Feb-24 28-Feb-24 400 2008

Source: FintechLabs, 2 Dec 2024

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