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MAG Payments Summit London 26
Merchants: Attendance is complimentary but registration is required.
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We are excited to invite you to MAG Payments Summit - London 26, happening at Convene, 155 Bishopsgate, London, from 9-10 June 2026. 

Join us in London for two days of insight-driven discussions and meaningful connections with payments leaders shaping the future of payments in Europe. The MAG London Summit brings together merchants, policymakers, service providers and industry experts to explore the regulatory, commercial, and technological trends impacting payments today and what’s coming next. Expect practical, merchant-led conversations designed to align with real business priorities, alongside opportunities to engage with leading solution providers in our exhibition space. Be sure to attend the networking reception on 9 June and take advantage of our exclusive merchant-only sessions for candid, peer-to-peer exchange. 

Continue checking this webpage as planning continues and more information becomes available. We look forward to seeing you at the event!  

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Why Attend

  • Payments professionals representing cross verticals who want to drive positive change in the payments industry. 
  • Payments operations or payments technology subject matter experts willing to share knowledge. 
  • New payments professionals looking to gain a foundational knowledge of payments and the ecosystem. 
  • The MAG provides a unique platform to collaborate with a diverse mix of payments professionals, including peers and service providers from the payments industry that can drive positive change and growth. 
  • Gain invaluable insights into the latest innovations and trends in the payments industry that you can implement to bring positive change to enhance payments processing, customer experience, and overall efficiency. 
  • Get a deeper understanding of payments-related topics, compliance issues, and best practices, empowering you to make informed decisions and optimise your payments processes. 
  • Engage in discussions and advocacy efforts that directly impact your interests in the payments industry. By attending, you can help shape the future of the payments landscape to better serve your needs and objectives. 

Registration Information

  • Summit Sponsor Companies:   
    • Tier 1 EU: Elite Partner – 5 comps  
    • Tier 2 EU: Premier Partner – 3 comps  
    • Tier 3 EU: Select Partner – 2 comps  
    • £1,595 (regular) £1,895 (onsite) per registration for additional registrations   
  • Non-Sponsoring Companies   
    • £2,000 per registration   
  • Merchants: Attendance is complimentary, but registration is required. 
  • 9 March – Registration Opens 
  • 5 June – Online registration closes at 11:59 p.m. BST. No cancelations, refunds, or transfers.  
  • Registration will close on Friday, 5 June.   
  • After this date, you will be able to register onsite.   
  • You must be registered for the Summit to attend any of the programming.  
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MAG Payments Summit London Agenda

Agenda subject to change

Last updated on Friday, April 10, 2026. All times are in BST

Agenda Key

  • In Person

  • Virtual

  • Livestream

  • Rebroadcast

  • Merchant Only Session

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    Registration Open

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    Breakfast

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    Summit Welcome & Opening Keynote

    Description

    Session description coming soon!
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    Delivering Payments Solutions with Agentic Commerce Experiences

    Description

    Expert panellists explore the quickly evolving landscape of agentic commerce. Learn about the ecosystem and how businesses can succeed in our new world of AI-powered commerce.
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    FX: From Pain to Profit

    Description

    Cross border payments grows every year, but so do the hidden FX costs quietly eating into your margins. Exchange rate markups, rising volatility and unexpected losses on refunds add up fast. And if you don’t know who’s paying the price, it’s probably you. This session exposes the real cost of FX to your business. Pinpoint where FX leakage hides in your payments flows, how it damages customer experience, and why unmanaged FX has become one of the fastest-growing drains on profits. See how market volatility silently erodes profits through real-world scenarios. Walk away with practical strategies to regain control, stabilise your exposure and shield your business from unpredictable currency swings.
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    Break and Exhibit Time

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    Agentic Commerce: Managing Risk, Fraud and Compliance in Autonomous Retail

    Description

    Agentic commerce marks a major shift in retail, where intelligent AI agents act on behalf of customers and businesses to discover products, negotiate prices, place orders, manage subscriptions, and resolve issues with minimal human involvement. As these autonomous systems begin making real purchasing decisions and interact directly with payments, logistics, and customer data, they introduce a new class of operational, financial, and regulatory risks that retailers can no longer afford to ignore. Through real-world scenarios and emerging use cases, this session highlights where the biggest risks are likely to appear first: automated checkout, dynamic pricing, personalised promotions, and agent-to-agent negotiations between retailers and marketplaces. Get a clearer understanding of how to balance innovation with responsibility, prepare for autonomous retail become more secure, transparent, and resilient.
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    Beyond Omnichannel: Orchestrating the Era of ‘Everywhere Payments'

    Description

    The traditional boundaries between eCommerce, physical retail, and mobile commerce are dissolving. While many enterprise merchants have solved for basic "omnichannel" flows like Buy Online, Pick Up In Store and Buy Online, Return In Store, the underlying infrastructure remains a patchwork of legacy gateways and siloed data. We are now entering the era of ‘Everywhere Payments,’ whether through AI-initiated transactions, IoT-enabled environments or invisible checkouts, the “Point of Sale” is now wherever the customer happens to be. Join us to explore how leading merchants are leveraging orchestration to support complex new modalities, route transactions intelligently across global ecosystems, and capture unified data that fuels the next generation of customer engagement.
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    Networking Lunch

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    Taking Payments Further: Turning Your Payments Stack into a Growth Engine

    Description

    Payments aren’t just about processing transactions anymore; they’re becoming a strategic lever for growth, control, and competitive advantage. We break down how the payments landscape is shifting from rigid, bundled systems to more flexible, intelligent infrastructure and what that means for merchants looking to scale, adapt, and stay ahead. With a mix of industry perspective and real-world merchant insight, unpack how leading organisations are rethinking their payments strategy to drive better performance across finance, operations, engineering, and customer experience. Join us to see how taking payments further can help you move faster, operate smarter, and stay firmly in control, no matter what comes next.
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    Global Payment Networks and Payment Ecosystem Upgrade in the AI Era

    Description

    For decades, global payments networks have served as the neutral "plumbing" for commerce — reliable, secure, but invisible. Today, as we enter the era of Generative AI and Agentic Commerce, the very definition of a "transaction" is changing. The customer is no longer just a human; it could be an AI agent booking a hotel, a smart car paying for its own charging, or a cross-border tourist expecting a seamless experience. UnionPay International will unveil how the global payments network is undergoing a radical transformation, moving from a passive "connector" to an active "growth partner" for merchants.
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    Every Payment Everywhere Matters: Building Omnichannel Infrastructure That Drives Growth

    Description

    Retailers have invested heavily in omnichannel customer experience. But performance is determined deeper in the stack. Behind every “Buy Now” button and every in-store terminal sits a series of infrastructure decisions: where the transaction is routed, how fraud is assessed, whether it is processed locally or cross-border, how data is captured, and how quickly funds are settled. This session explores what changes when a retailer treats payments infrastructure as a single system rather than a collection of channel tools. Examine a practical journey to:
    • Align acquiring across card-present and card-not-present environments
    • Shift from fixed routing to performance-led optimisation
    • Apply shared fraud intelligence across store and digital
    • Use unified transaction data to identify hidden decline patterns
    • Reduce cross-border processing where local performance is stronger
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    Break and Exhibit Time

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    Optimal Isn’t What It Used to Be

    Description

    With a wave of new payment fees introduced this year, and many more in recent years, the definition of “optimal” is evolving fast. This session explores how to navigate this growing complexity, including:
    • Key payments fee changes and recent updates to be aware of
    • How shifting fee structures are redefining what “optimal” really means
    • The full range of cost drivers, from tokens and FX to scheme fees, AI, and routing
    • How to balance payment method choice when calculating the true optimal position
    Join our experts to gain clarity on how to make smarter, more informed payments decisions in today’s fee-heavy environment.
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    The Next Generation of Loyalty: Powered by Biometric Identity

    Description

    Loyalty programs are everywhere. True loyalty engagement is not. Most merchants invest heavily in apps, rewards, and personalisation engines, yet participation still depends on customers opening apps, scanning codes or remembering credentials. Friction at checkout remains the biggest barrier to loyalty activation. This session explores how biometric identity removes that friction entirely. Hear lessons from live deployments where biometric recognition has reduced transaction times by up to 30% while increasing repeat-visit convenience and reward engagement. More importantly, we will examine how removing loyalty friction changes customer behaviour. When loyalty becomes invisible and automatic, participation increases naturally.
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    Networking Reception

Agenda Key

  • Merchant Only Session

    • Summit Sponsors and Exhibitors

    MAG Payments Summit – London 26 provides various opportunities to show your support for the MAG and gain additional exposure as you showcase your brand to Summit attendees. 

    Benefits of Becoming a summit Sponsor and/or Exhibitor include: 
    • Brand Visibility and Gain Exposure – Exhibitors and sponsors receive significant promotion leading up to the summit and on-site through complimentary marketing and branding. 
    • Connect with Merchants – Attendees at MAG summits are the key decision-makers for their organizations in the areas of payments, fraud, cybersecurity, and fintech who can efficiently move projects forward. 
    • Build Relationships – Strengthen existing relationships, understand merchants’ needs, discover new opportunities, and grow your business.

    Attendee List to Sponsors: 

    Attendee Lists: Beginning 31 March, the MAG will post an attendance roster on the summit website, updated weekly. As an added benefit to MAG Annual Sponsors, we will send two pre-summit registration lists (weeks of 19 May and 26 May.) and one post-summit attendee list (week of 16 June) with the contact information of those registrants who have given their permission to share. We ask that you limit the number of electronic promotions to summit attendees to a maximum of two email communications. 

    IMPORTANT DEADLINES:  


    24 April: 
    • Deadline to sign up as a MAG EU Annual Sponsor  
    • Deadline to sign up as a MAG Payments Summit – London 26 Sponsor or Exhibitor 
    Exhibitors, please see important information below regarding your tabletop exhibit space at MAG Payments Summit – London 26.  

    Exhibit space assignments are done by the MAG. Please reach out to Jennifer Whitlock with any questions regarding your exhibit space.   

    All MAG Payments Summit – London 26 exhibitors will receive a 2mx2m tabletop exhibit space with the following:  
    • 1.3m x 0.6m table   
    • Two chairs  
    • Power connection  

    Review our Exhibitor FAQ document for more information.

    Exhibit space at MAG Payments Summit – London 26 is reserved for MAG Europe Annual Sponsors. If interested in becoming a MAG EU sponsor, please contact Ruth Akiba. 
    9 June
    Setup
    • 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. BST 
    Exhibit Hours 
    • 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. BST 
    10 June
    Exhibit Hours 
    • 8:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. BST 
    Teardown 
    • 3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. BST 

    *Exhibit hours are subject to change as the Summit agenda is finalized.

    Additional features to customize your exhibit area will be coordinated directly with the 155 Convene event venue.  

    • AV: To order additional AV or hardline internet to your exhibit space please complete this form and submit to Convene AV manager, Scott Foley.  
    • Custom furniture or other booth needs: If you are interested in custom furniture or other booth items,  please view the Convene enhancements here and email event manager, Simeon Bayer, for more information. 
    If your team is shipping exhibit materials directly to the 155 Convene event venue, please follow the event delivery instructions. All deliveries and collections to Convene 155 Bishopsgate must be recorded using the Fulcrum system following a change in loading bay operations. Register using the following link and provide the appropriate details:  https://wj-fulcrum.co.uk/.  

    Additional instructions on using Fulcrum can be found here.  

    Please note: All shipments sent to the event venue directly should arrive no earlier than Monday 8 June 2026. Any packages delivered before this date may be subject to fees or turned away.  
    The PROUD EXHIBITOR toolkit can be used in social media promotions for the event. We encourage you to promote your participation in this event through social media channels.  Be sure to review and adhere to the MAG brand guidelines!  

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