Viva Las Fintech: Money20/20 USA 2025 Is Coming

The fintech world’s brightest brains, boldest disruptors, and biggest brands are packing their bags for Las Vegas, 26^th-29^th October 2025. That’s right, Money20/20 USA is back – and trust us, it’s going to be a show.

If you’ve never been, think of it like this: Wall Street meets Silicon Valley, with a sprinkling of Vegas glitz and a lot of neon networking. Over four days, the agenda promises heavyweight debates, breaking announcements, and enough ideas to make even the most seasoned founders scribble furiously in their notebooks.

This year, Money20/20 USA is framed around five core themes – each offering a glimpse into the future of finance.

✨Create the Future

This is the overarching theme of the event. From digital assets and IPOs to AI rewriting the financial playbook, Create the Future is where ‘what if’ becomes ‘what’s next’.

Fintech is no longer just reacting to change – it’s steering the ship. Regulators are edging closer to clarity, AI is shifting from buzzword to boardroom strategy, and IPOs are opening new doors for scaling. The real challenge? Not keeping up – but daring to set the pace for the future of finance.

This theme is about ambition, imagination, and courage, asking us to think generationally rather than quarterly.

🌱Fintech Spring

Yes, growth slowed, but the green shoots are pushing through. Money20/20 USA is framing this moment as a rebirth: new approaches to funding, smarter scaling strategies, and opportunities where others still see obstacles.

This isn’t just a recovery, it’s a renaissance. Venture capital is back in the game, IPO pipelines are heating up, and AI is supercharging innovation across the board. Fintech has graduated from scrappy outsider to a central part of global finance – opening a wave of new partnerships, competition, and possibilities.  

Expect conversations about how founders are rethinking resilience – from smarter funding rounds to alternative structures that provide longer-term runway.

🏗️The Age of Infrastructure

Payment rails, compliance, cross-border capabilities might not sound glamorous, but they’re the hidden engines that keep fintech running. Without them, the brightest ideas stall before they scale.

This is where the industry builds its foundation. Faster global transfers, stronger compliance tech, new embedded finance rails – these aren’t side notes, they’re the scaffolding holding up the entire ecosystem.

The flashiest app is nothing without rock-solid infrastructure, and in 2025, that foundation is being rebuilt for speed, safety, and scale.

🌍The Global Payments Race

Who’s sprinting ahead and who’s falling behind? Payments are a global battleground, and the stakes have never been higher.

Innovation is borderless. Brazil’s Pix has transformed a nation’s payment habits, Asia’s super apps are rewriting what consumers expect, and North America is racing to catch up with new platforms.

The Global Payments Race isn’t just about speed – it’s about influence, reach, and who sets the standards the rest of the world will follow.

🔒Securing Trust

Fraudsters don’t sleep, and neither do regulators. Trust has always been the ultimate currency in finance – and this year, it’s under the spotlight like never before.

As fintech grows, so do the risks. AI-driven fraud, tighter regulations, and rising consumer expectations for seamless, yet secure experiences mean the margin for error is razor-thin.

Securing trust isn’t just compliance – it’s survival. Those who can deliver trust at scale will lead the industry forward.

This theme also explores the rise of regulator tech and proactive compliance – the shift from reactive firefighting to embedding trust into every layer of the experience.

Last Year’s Buzz, This Year’s Momentum

Money20/20 USA has always been a launchpad for what’s next, and 2024 was no exception. The show buzzed with AI moving from hype to real-world use cases, crypto and blockchain edging back into the spotlight, and real-time payments proving they’re no longer just ‘emerging tech’ but core infrastructure.

Compliance and trust also shared the stage, with the message loud and clear: innovation only matters if it’s built on a foundation of resilience and regulation.

If last year felt like a moment to regroup after a turbulent funding cycle, it also proved that fintech’s creativity never slowed. The conversation shifted from survival to strategy, from testing ideas to implementing them at scale.

And if 2024 was about regrouping, 2025 is about acceleration and ambition. The stakes are higher, the questions are sharper, and the solutions are bolder.

Practical Tips for the 2025 Experience

As season attendees and Media Partners, here are our top tips for making the most of the event.

• Use the App: Money20/20 Connect empowers you with AI-driven networking, messaging, schedule planning, and agenda filtering – ensuring you never miss a headline.  
• Plan Your Networking: With over 11,000 senior attendees, 7 in 10 being key decision makers, time is valuable – schedule wisely.
• Get Strategic with SmartMeet: The matchmaking feature helps ensure every one-on-one connects you with leaders who matter most. Spots are limited, so apply early.
• Check the Breaking News Hub: That’s where most major announcements drop live – perfect for staying current!
• Maximise the Lounges: Some of the most powerful conversations happen off-stage – plan to attend and listen in.

Why You Can’t Miss This

As proud Media Partners, Blue Train Marketing will be on the ground to capture the trends, the soundbites, and maybe even a few of the secrets whispered in those late-night Vegas lounges.

So, whether you’re a fintech founder, a payments pro, or just here for the best swag bag in the business, Money20/20 USA is the place to be.

📅26^th-29^th October 2025 

📍Las Vegas

💸Discount code coming soon … watch this space!

See you in Sin City – where the future of finance takes centre stage.