Thematic Areas 2025
DISCOVER THE THEMATICS AREAS 2025
The Future of Payments: evolution,
scenarios and business models
• European payments and international payments
• Evolution of global competition and business models
• Open Finance and Embedded payments
• Innovation and regulation: opportunities and challenges for the sector
Hashtag: #FuturePayments
Tech, cybersecurity & AI: innovation
in payments
• Artificial intelligence in payments: from fraud detection
to transaction automation
• Digital identity: new standards for biometric authentication and advanced KYC
• Cybersecurity and data protection: AI against financial
sector fraud and cyber-attacks
• Open Finance and the API economy: new interoperability
and customisation-based business models
• Decentralised finance and asset tokenisation
Hashtag: #TechPayments
Payments for a sustainable and
inclusive economy
• Sustainable finance and ESG in payments
• Digital and financial inclusion for companies and consumers
• Payments as a driver of digitalisation and economic development
Hashtag: #PaymentsForGood
Purchases in the Future: Payments
from Phygital to B2B to Omnichannel services
• Frictionless experiences: instant checkout, biometric
payments and advanced UX
• In-store and online innovation: self-checkout, voice
payments and mobile commerce
• Omnichannel payments and X-Commerce: integration
between physical, digital and new platforms
• B2B solutions: Integration between payments, supply
chain and e-invoicing
• Loyalty and embedded payments: payments as
leverage for loyalty and personalisation
Hashtag: #SmartCommerce
Money goes digital
• Evolution of the CBDC: a global challenge
• Digital euro: ready for the next phase?
• The wholesale side of the CBDC and the needs of the market
• Public and private trialling in the wholesale CBDC world
• Crypto activity and stablecoin: from MiCAR to developments in the US
Hashtag: #DigitalEuro
Internationalisation and Fintech
Il Salone dei Pagamenti will be at Money 20/20 with a space in the ICE stand
Innovation and young people
Young People's project currently being defined.
Not-to-be-missed thematic open
days on the terrace
L'Agorà del futuro
Area dedicated to the innovation ecosystem.
• Human-tech and hi-tech: rethinking the new generation of professionals
• Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum
Computing: the new frontiers of innovation
• FinTech and Start-ups: discovering the start-ups of
the future
• Open Data and SuperApps: the future of digital services is here
• Metaverse, Finfluencers and Edtech: developments and opportunities for the financial world and beyond
Marketing and communications in the digital
world: ready for value generation?
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