Money20/20 Europe always has a different feel to the US event but still operates on a significant scale that reflects the strength of payments in Europe and beyond, and this year’s edition has been strong both for those of us at FXC Intelligence and for the industry in general.
As well as the usual meetings and networking, and our joint report with Money20/20, this year we had a presence on the show floor, in the form of a space to meet and celebrate many of the companies on our 2026 Top 100 and film video content from the show.
For those we’ve spoken to, the overwhelming sense has been that this has been a very busy and hectic event, but one that has once again brought some excellent opportunities and foundations for future growth.
This year also saw the scale of the previous year retained but in a slightly more compact footprint, eliminating some dead spaces with an updated flow that made it easier to move through the space quickly and more easily catch up with industry colleagues in between meetings.
While the industry is very focused at the event on doing business and developing partnerships, there were also some notable topics across the show’s various stages. Stablecoins continue to dominate much of the discussion, while agentic AI has become increasingly dominant across the different panels and sessions. There was also a notable focus on European payments autonomy and sovereignty – reflecting the findings of our report with Money20/20.
Key cross-border payments announcements at Money20/20
This year also saw a particularly large number of announcements from companies across the sector. Here’s some of the ones that caught our attention:
- MoneyGram announced plans to launch MGUSD, a stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain.
- Checkout.com partnered with Coinbase to enable stablecoin acceptance for merchants.
- Clear Junction and Agant partnered to support institutional access to GBP-backed stablecoin GBPA.
- IFX announced the launch of an updated payment and treasury platform, ibanq 2.0.
- XTransfer and Société Générale announced a partnership focused on improving cross-border payments for global trade transactions.
- UK Payments Initiative announced the launch of a new payments scheme in the country that extends the capabilities of open banking payments.
- Worldline and ING announced the successful execution of Europe’s first end-to-end agentic payment along with Mastercard.
- PayPal and Hey Savi announced the launch of the UK’s first dedicated agentic commerce platform.
