Money20/20 grows with fintech ecosystem

Money20/20 will return to Las Vegas Oct. 23 to 26, 2022, with a lineup of keynotes designed to address fintech's biggest challenges. The show's organizers stated they expect more than 8,000 attendees to return to the Las Vegas Venetian to engage with "fintech's brightest minds" and focus on solving each other's challenges.

Organizers framed the show's diverse agenda as appealing for representatives from all facets of the digital commerce ecosystem, which they said will inspire and change minds and shape the future of fintech.

In addition to the technical, logistical and competitive challenges facing payments industry stakeholders, organizers noted, a general sense of uncertainty due to the pandemic, potential recession and wartime in Europe prevails. Also top of mind are questions about emerging security threats and alternative payment methods also.

On-target topics slated

Following are several agenda highlights:

• Building Through Cycles of Uncertainty: A Conversation with Vinod Khosla, founder, Khosla Ventures

• The Everything Exchange with Brett Harrison, president, FTX

• Benefits Access and Management for the Creator Economy with Amrapali Gan, CEO, OnlyFans

• Reaching Financial Nirvana with Bill Harris, CEO, Nirvana Money

• Payments: The New Pillar of Brand Identity: Sarah Sylvester, executive vice president, Victoria's Secret

• Crypto in Payments: Jess Houlgrave, head of crypto strategy, Checkout.com

• Payments in Latin America–The Unicorns' Perspectives: Marlene Garayzar, co-founder & chief governance officer, Stori

• Bringing Innovation Thinking to Policy, and Policy Understanding to Innovation: John Pitts, head of policy, Plaid, and Kaitlin Asrow, executive deputy superintendent of research and innovation, New

• The Great Scamdemic: Catfishing in the 21st Century: Albert Ko, CEO, Early Warning

• Designing a Luxury Payment Experience: Nico Kersten, CEO, Mercedes Pay GmbH

• Web3: Token-Gated Commerce Is What's Next for Brand Loyalty: John Lee, head of blockchain ecosystem, Shopify

• Benefits Access and Management for The Creator Economy: Brittney Palmer, artist, model and former UFC ring girl

• Rational Regulation In The Middle Ground of Web2.5: Jai Ramaswamy, chief counsel, Andreessen Horowitz

• Separation of Powers: Provenance & Figure: Mike Cagney, CEO, Figure

2020 in hindsight

While the year 2020 was no doubt an annus horribilis for retailers, hospitality business owners and consumers worldwide, Money20/20 organizers noted it was a defining time for banking, fintech and payments leaders, who saw a massive uptick in digital commerce adoption and deployments. Despite prevailing pandemic, supply chain and economic headwinds, numerous digital technology providers saw higher profits and faster go-to-market cycles.

Tracey Davies, president of Money20/20, noted that throughout all the changes, Money20/20, like many of its fintech followers, continued to drive substantive discussions across the entire commerce ecosystem, from global leaders to new challengers and from tech giants to up-and-coming startups.

"Money20/20 USA is the place to be this October," Davies said in a statement. "Everyone is excited to come together and do business over four incredible days. Attending Money20/20 USA gives companies access to thousands of visionaries, decision-makers, influencers and press. Through our stages and experiences, people can engage, learn, be inspired and ultimately connect across the ecosystem to get business done."

Davies also pointed out that Money20/20 continues to serve as a platform for major industry launches and announcements.

The Money20/20 USA agenda is available at us.money2020.com/content/agenda#/agenda .

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