Money20/20 USA 2026 will take place in Las Vegas from October 18-21, bringing together more than 11,000 attendees, 600+ speakers, and representatives from 85+ countries to examine the transformation of global finance.
The conference reflects a shift in how financial institutions approach technologies including borderless value transfer, digital asset ownership and programmable financial infrastructure—concepts introduced by Bitcoin that are now central to institutional finance discussions.
Stablecoins and Cross-Border Payments
Stablecoins are positioned as a critical layer in payments infrastructure, enabling tokenized payments at scale. The conference agenda includes sessions on moving stablecoin payments from pilot programs to operational deployment, with participation from executives at Citi, Payoneer, eBay, Fireblocks, Visa, Rain, and Western Union.
Sessions highlight practical implementation of stablecoin programs and address the role of stablecoins in global settlement and treasury operations, signaling their increasing importance to institutional financial workflows.
Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services
Agentic AI features prominently in the conference agenda under the theme Technology as the Great Equalizer. Sessions explore how AI agents participate in commerce, payments, fraud prevention and financial decision-making, with discussions on trust, control and accountability as autonomous agents take on financial roles.
Speakers include executives from Plaid, Perplexity, Mastercard, Stripe, Visa and other major financial services firms addressing infrastructure for autonomous commerce.
Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets
A dedicated Intersection program focuses on how traditional finance and decentralized finance are converging. Major banks, payment providers and digital asset firms including Coinbase, Kraken, Circle, Robinhood, Stripe and Citi will explore digital asset market integration with mainstream financial services.
The program reflects Bitcoin's role as a benchmark for institutional adoption of blockchain-based finance, with financial institutions now focused on determining how to participate and compete in blockchain infrastructure rather than debating its relevance.
Conference Structure
The event is organized around four pillars: Borderless Financial Architecture, Technology as the Great Equalizer, Partnerships as the Engine to Scale, and Setting Guardrails. Attendees interested in digital assets are encouraged to attend specialized summits beginning Sunday and use the Money20/20 Connect platform to schedule meetings in advance.
