Payments Leaders’ Summit (PLS) UK Recap

(BUSINESS WIRE) and The AI Summit London today revealed the full agenda for its highly anticipated 10th anniversary edition, delivering its most expansive and future-focused programme to date.

With less than four months remaining until the 17th Annual Middle East Banking Innovation Summit (MEBIS) 2026, momentum continues to build across the region's banking sector as more than 400 senior banking executives have already confirmed their attendance and leading speakers from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continue to join the programme.

Da Nang, Vietnam: Organised by Aeternum and co-hosted with the Da Nang Innovation Start Support Center (DISSC), with institutional participation from the Da Nang People’s Committee, the State Securities Commission of Vietnam, and the Da Nang Department of Science and Technology, the summit drew over 2,150 registrations and welcomed more than 500 delegates, including senior policymakers, institutional leaders, founders, investors, and technology builders from across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and North America.

Torus and SRM will host a free webinar discussion on what acquirers may still be missing about Interchange++ and how pricing, finance, and operations teams can better manage scheme fee complexity, reconciliation, and margin control.

ThetaRay, a leader in AI infrastructure for financial crime compliance, today unveiled Spot The Money Mule at Money20/20 Europe. The high-speed online game is a compliance twist on "Where’s Waldo" for the AI age, designed to bridge the gap between complex banking infrastructure and the public’s role in stopping global crime.

London has long earned its place as one of the world’s defining fintech centres. Dealroom’s latest report just confirmed London as the world’s number one fintech ecosystem – home to 137 unicorns and a combined enterprise value of $714 billion.