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Summer has officially kicked off, which means it’s time for one of the highest-valued MAG member benefits: Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
SIGs are merchant-only, merchant-led discussions that provide industry-specific space for merchants to share ideas, discuss challenges, and seek insights from like-minded peers. All Summer SIGs are one-hour virtual meetings. Please share your topics and questions in this poll to ensure sessions are productive. You may register for more than one SIG; even all six if you’d like to! (All times are CDT)
- Technology: June 2, 10 a.m.
- Mass Merchant: June 2, 1 p.m.
- Restaurant/QSR: June 3, 1 p.m.
- Recurring/Subscription Billing: June 3, 3 p.m.
- eCommerce: June 4, 10 a.m.
- Fuel/Convenience: 1 p.m.
From stablecoins to refunds and data to AI, here’s a look at upcoming webinars and past recordings. All webinars are one hour long. (MAG login required)
- June 16, Noon CDT: Five Stablecoin Trends From Global Stripe Data and What They Mean for Enterprise Leaders Ben Yukich, Stripe’s crypto lead, draws on Stripe transaction data and a survey of 2,000 business leaders to share what’s driving stablecoin adoption and what it means for your payments strategy.
- July 23, Noon CDT: Show Me the Money: What Consumers Expect from Refunds in 2026
Join TodayPay and retail payments leaders to explore how refund method choice affects loyalty and repeat spend. Learn how the next wave of digital refund experiences will reshape customer retention. - July 30, 12:30 p.m. (SGT): Future of Acquiring
Mastercard helps leading merchants understand how the next wave of acquiring innovation through AI, agentic commerce, real-time payments, embedded finance, and multi-rail orchestration can unlock better customer experiences in APAC.
In case you missed them, or want to re-watch, check out these webinar recordings:
- The Identity Tax: How Broken Signals Inflate Payment Risk, and What to Do About It
AtData reframes identity as a payments engineering problem and shows you how to think about identity signals end-to-end, which signals actually move the needle for authorization, reconciliation, and fraud decisions. - From Hype to Measurable Wins: The AI Roadmap for Modern Payment Operations
Optimus Fintech walks through practical, AI use cases that leading merchants are already using to reduce acceptance costs and recover lost revenue.
Summer just started, and before you know it, fall will be upon us. If you haven’t begun planning for MAG Payments Conference 26, now is the time to start! Save these important dates:
- Event Dates: September 27-30, 2026, at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville
- Registration Opens: June 25
Here are some newly released resources:
- 2026 Q1 Payments Technology Industry Engagement Report (MAG Member Access Only)
- Smarter Orchestration for European Growth eLearning
- Interactive Digital Map of Key European Payment Schemes