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Infrastructure of money movement
Real-time rails, ISO 20022, and the new settlement stack.
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A flagship festival bringing together the people shaping the future of payments — industry-leading content, meaningful connections, an interactive expo and curated hosted meetings.
Join the waitlistThe payments industry has outgrown the hotel ballroom. The FTT Festival of Payments is something genuinely new — a premium two-day festival on one of London's finest Georgian squares, combining headline content, live debate, curated exhibitions, and a social atmosphere that no traditional conference can manufacture.
Inspired by the FT Weekend Festival and Hay Festival of Literature, we bring the ideas-led festival model to financial services — with a deliberately assembled line-up of buyers that sets this apart from every other event in the sector. The heads of payments at the world's largest banks, marketplaces, merchants, and platforms; the regulators shaping the rules; and the investors backing the next wave — across two days of open gardens, live debate, and genuine exchange.
“The reason the conversations are different here is that everyone in the room has been chosen to be here. That changes everything — the questions people ask, the things they're willing to say, and who they're willing to say them to.”
The Festival operates on an application and invitation model. Every delegate — buyer and vendor alike — is reviewed against seniority, relevance, and commercial fit before a place is confirmed. The result is a room where every conversation is worth having.
Buyers
Retail, commercial and challenger banks managing payments strategy and vendor selection
Multi-sided platforms needing complex payout, escrow, and split-payment capabilities
Pure-play online retailers optimising checkout conversion, acquiring costs, and fraud rates
Omnichannel and enterprise retailers running high-volume payment transactions
B2B software platforms monetising via embedded payments and billing
Sector-specific software vendors in hospitality, property, healthcare embedding payments at the point of workflow
Consumer and SME fintechs building or buying payments infrastructure as product
Airlines, OTAs, and ride-hailing platforms with complex, cross-border payment flows
Real-time rails, ISO 20022, and the new settlement stack.
Payments disappearing into platforms — and who captures the value.
VRP, A2A commerce, and shifting power across the ecosystem.
Fraud detection, real-time decisioning, and the AI-native payments business.
Corridors, FX, and making cross-border as fast as domestic.
PSD3, the PSR, stablecoin regulation, CBDCs, and compliance strategy.
Checkout conversion, acquiring costs, and what marketplaces demand.
VC perspectives, M&A activity, the IPO pipeline, and building to last.
This curated vendor discovery programme is designed to cut through the noise and fast-track your search for the right technology solutions.
Through double opt-in, 1:1 meetings with top-tier technology and solution providers, you’ll gain direct access to the tools and partners best suited to your organisation’s specific needs, saving you time, effort, and resources.
The programme is built to deliver impact across your organisation. Grounded in a deep understanding of your team’s priorities, we tailor the meetings to align with your business challenges, current or upcoming projects, and cross-functional goals.
Lloyds Banking Group
Checkatrade.com
Macquarie Group
HSBC
Flutter International
Furness Building Society
Frasers
TalkTalk
Bank of Ireland
Bolt
Allica Bank
SharkNinja
Overchain
Phorest
NatWest
Delivery Hero
Melton Building Society
The Nottingham Building Society
Nationwide Building Society
Financial Conduct Authority
Darlington Building Society
Currys
Cirencester Friendly Society
Unify Credit Union
Citi
NatWest
Saffron Building Society
London Capital Credit Union
Nationwide Building Society
Ecology Building Society
Revolut
Penny Post Credit Union
Wolt
Market Harborough Building Society
Standard Chartered Bank
Leeds Credit Union
Financial Conduct Authority
Zopa Bank
Post Office UK
Dudley Building Society
A Main Stage for keynotes and headline panels. A Studio Stage for deep-dives and practitioner sessions. Editorial-quality programming across both days.
Morning sets, lunchtime performances, and an evening social with live acts — turning transitions between sessions into cultural moments, not dead time.
London's finest independent vendors across Bedford Square's gardens — keeping attendees on-site and in conversation throughout both days.
A structured 1:1 programme connecting pre-vetted buyers, sellers, and investors. Algorithmically matched and editorially reviewed — so every meeting is worth having.
Exhibiting clients are selected for relevance to the delegate community — no badge-scanning booths, no cold pitching. Vendors earn their place at the Festival.
One of London's finest Georgian garden squares — informal, prestigious, distinctly un-corporate. The setting signals this is not an ordinary event.
Discover the unique sponsorship and exhibition opportunities available at FTT Festival of Payments 2027. Click on the button below to find out more and how you can get involved.
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Reach out to the team with queries on how to get involved through sponsorship, exhibition, speaking, or media partnership opportunities.
