Money20/20 USA 2026: The Agenda That Moves Money Forward

Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show and the place where money does business, has unveiled the agenda for Money20/20 USA, convening the industry’s most influential leaders in Las Vegas, October 18–21. 

The 2026 experience features seven stages: the Exchange Stage, the Intersection Stage, the Mastertrack & Deep Dive Stage, the Arra.i.val Stage, the MoneyPot Stage, the Partner Stage, the Startup Hub Stage, and the RiseUp & Amplify Stage. The show will showcase more sponsors and exhibitors than the previous edition, including more than 180 that are new to the event. 

Built around four pillars: Borderless Financial Architecture; Technology as the Great Equalizer; Partnerships as the Engine to Scale; and Brave New World: Setting Guardrails, the agenda explores how cross-border infrastructure, AI, new business models and evolving regulation are reshaping how money moves, how trust is built, and how intelligence governs financial systems.

The 2026 keynote lineup brings together finance’s most influential voices—from William (Bill) Demchak, Chairman & CEO of The PNC Financial Services Group, and Racquel Oden, US Head of International Wealth & Global Private Banking at HSBC, to Cameron Fowler, CEO of Early Warning, and Leigh Amaro, CEO Americas at SWIFT. The show will also feature Andrew Reed, General Partner at Sequoia Capital; David Jegen, Managing Partner at F-Prime; Tarek Mansour, CEO & Co-founder of Kalshi; and Brandon Millman, Co-founder of Phantom. Also joining are Mariëtte Swart, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at Adyen; Dipti Kachru, Global Chief Marketing Officer at State Street; Ana Carla Abrão, CEO of Open Finance Brazil; and Marie-Elise Droga, Global Chief Revenue Officer at EBANX—alongside a powerhouse roster of innovators, disruptors, and decision makers shaping the next decade of finance.

This year’s agenda expands ‘The Intersection’ Activation area that includes a stage with sessions that explore how geopolitical shifts, regulatory evolution and market infrastructure are reshaping global finance. Featuring voices such as Karin Kusano, Cryptomommi, J. Christopher Giancarlo, Former CFTC Chairman, and Michael Shaulov, Fireblocks CEO, The Intersection brings together leaders who sit at the fault lines of innovation, volatility, and systemic risk.

The World Gold Council, the membership organization that champions gold as a strategic asset, will also be joining The Intersection at Money20/20 USA. The World Gold Council recently launched its Gold as a Service initiative, introducing a standardized market infrastructure to bridge physical gold custody with digital products.

“Gold is evolving to unlock its full potential in the digital economy. At Money20/20 USA, we are thrilled to bring Gold as a Service to the fintech community. This initiative bridges physical gold with the digital world, increasing access and improving tradability of the world’s most resilient asset. We invite partners, platforms, and innovators across financial services to collaborate with us and embed gold into the future of digital finance,” said David Tait, CEO of the World Gold Council. 

The Startup Hub Stage will spotlight founders building the next generation of rails, compliance, embedded finance, and AI-powered infrastructure. Sessions such as Build vs Buy? The Gameplan for Regional Expansion, Going Global: How Startups Win Through Strategic Partnerships, reveal how emerging companies are scaling fast in a fragmented landscape.

Investor-driven conversations also take center stage, including Fintech Funding in the AI Era, a candid look at what investors actually want, and A Tale of Two Investments: Retail Investing vs Venture Capital, unpacking how funding strategies are shifting in an AI-accelerated market. Additional sessions such as the RWA Boom: Tokenized Assets & the Institutional Adoption Surge highlight how next-generation infrastructure is attracting serious institutional capital.  

“The future of finance is being built right now, and Money20/20 is where the people building it come together,” said Jessica Blue, Executive Vice President, Money20/20 USA. “Our 2026 experience will offer new formats combining networking with content and will include more debates and deep-dive interactive sessions, where participants will turn insight into action.”

The agenda, which updates daily leading up to the show, can be found here

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