Where Fast-Moving Innovation Meets Forward-Looking Leadership
The future of payments didn’t get discussed here. It got challenged, debated, refined, and pushed forward by the leaders building it in real time.
Over three days in San Francisco, executives across banking, fintech, payments, infrastructure, and digital finance came together to tackle the biggest shifts impacting the industry right now — from AI and agentic banking to real-time payments, fraud, global money movement, tokenization, and next-generation infrastructure.
The sessions were packed.
The side conversations mattered just as much.
And the connections made here will continue shaping the industry long after the event ended.
If you missed it, you missed more than a conference. You missed the room where the next era of payments started taking shape.
This Is Where Strategies Became Action Plans
PAYMENTS FORUM brought together the people actively building the future of money movement, banking infrastructure, and commerce.
- AI-driven operations and decision-making
- The rise of agentic banking
- Real-time and cross-border payments
- Fraud, cybersecurity, and trust
- Digital wallets and infrastructure modernization
- Stablecoins, tokenization, and programmable money
- The future of global workforce finance
- Regulatory pressure and operational execution
- Between banks and fintechs exploring partnerships
- Between infrastructure providers and operators solving scale challenges
- Between executives comparing what’s actually working right now
Members of the PAYMENTS FORUM Community!
The Leaders Driving Payments Forward Were Here
Umar Farooq
Kim Fitzsimmons
Eynat Guez
Ather Williams III
Rubail Birwadker
Virginie Dhouibi
Allysun Fleming
Jen Martin
Anand Natarajan
Stay Connected to the Payments Industry Year-Round
The payments industry isn’t slowing down, and neither are the conversations.
Join upcoming complimentary American Banker VIRTUAL SUMMITS exploring the technologies, risks, regulations, and infrastructure reshaping financial services.
August 6: Real-Time Business, Broken Infrastructure: Strategies to Fix Cash Flow, Systems and Capital So That Small Businesses Thrive
September 10: Real-Time Business, Broken Infrastructure: Strategies to Fix Cash Flow, Systems and Capital So That Small Businesses Thrive
November 12: Tokenization at Scale: Turning Digital Assets into Liquidity, Revenue and Real-World Infrastructure
December 3: Beyond Faster Payments: Owning the Future of On-Chain Money Movement
After the conversations shaping the future of payments in San Francisco, the next step is
DIGITAL BANKING.
The industry isn’t thinking about payments, AI, digital infrastructure, and on-chain finance in silos anymore — it’s all converging inside the modern bank. DIGITAL BANKING brings together the leaders rethinking customer experience, AI-driven operations, fraud, embedded finance, real-time payments, and digital growth strategies to show what comes next after the payments conversation.
If PAYMENTS FORUM focused on how money moves, DIGITAL BANKING is where the industry explores how the entire banking experience is being rebuilt around it.
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What the Industry Is Saying About PAYMENTS FORUM
The informative sessions, networking opportunities, and insights in to this rapidly evolving industry makes this conference the premier place to gain vital knowledge that informs thoughtful organizational decision making.
PAYMENTS FORUM is an exceptional opportunity to connect with inspiring leaders while digging into next-gen concepts and thought-provoking insights.
The banking event of the year, especially for seasoned industry experts, with more intimate opportunities for networking and learning about the latest payment trends.
PAYMENTS FORUM brought together some of the most important conversations happening in banking and payments right now. From real-time money movement and stablecoins to the realities of AI adoption, the discussions were practical, forward-looking, and grounded in what’s actually happening across the industry today. Left with new perspectives, valuable connections, and real ideas to take back and build on.
PAYMENTS FORUM delivered the kind of conversations the industry needs right now. Hearing leaders like Citi’s Driss Temsamani break down how AI, digital infrastructure, and real-time payments are reshaping financial services made one thing clear: the future of banking isn’t years away, it’s already happening. The discussions were insightful, practical, and full of ideas that teams can immediately bring back to their organizations.
PAYMENTS FORUM delivered insightful sessions, but the real value came from the conversations happening throughout the event. Connecting with leaders across banks, credit unions, and fintechs who are navigating these changes in real time created the kind of dialogue and perspective you can’t get anywhere else.
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