Money20/20 USA 2026: dates, agenda themes and startup events in Vegas

Money20/20 USA 2026 runs from Sunday, October 18 to Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. Sessions start at 9:00 a.m. PT on Sunday, the Money Hall exhibition floor opens on Monday, and the programme ends around midday on Wednesday. Las Vegas is on Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) during the show, three hours behind New York.

The organiser expects more than 11,000 attendees from over 3,400 companies. Its official agenda listed about 245 entries on October 5, 2026, from keynotes and workshops to podcasts and meet-and-greets; slots can still change.

Money20/20 USA 2026 at a glance

• Dates: October 18-21, 2026
• Venue: The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas; badge pick-up is in the Venetian Ballroom, A-D
• Time zone: PDT. 9:00 a.m. PT is 12:00 p.m. ET and 16:00 UTC

Daily schedule and opening hours

All times below are Las Vegas time, taken from the organiser's Plan Your Trip page and the agenda.

• Saturday, October 17: early badge pick-up, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
• Sunday, October 18: badge pick-up 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Money Hall is closed to attendees, but themed summits run from 9:00 a.m. (12:00 p.m. ET, 16:00 UTC): Network Effects, Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Family Office & WealthTech, and a Blockchain Summit powered by Uphold.
• Monday, October 19: badge pick-up 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Money Hall 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, October 20: badge pick-up 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Money Hall 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 21: badge pick-up 8:00-11:00 a.m.; Money Hall 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. The last listed sessions finish at 11:45 a.m.

The four agenda pillars

The agenda is built around four 2026 content pillars:

1. Borderless Financial Architecture: cross-border payments, tokenization and stablecoins.
2. Technology as the Great Equalizer: agentic AI, autonomous agents, AI fraud prediction, hyper-personalization and digital identity. This pillar has the most sessions on the current agenda.
3. Partnerships as the Engine to Scale: fintech-as-a-service, embedded finance and bank-fintech partnerships.
4. Brave New World: Setting Guardrails: regulation, supervision, open banking and data access.

Many stablecoin and digital-asset sessions sit on the stage at The Intersection, the show's TradFi-meets-DeFi area. Agentic AI and agentic commerce fill much of the ArrA.I.val Stage. Embedded finance gets a two-part session on the MoneyPot Stage on Monday at 11:30 a.m.

Exchange Stage headliners

• Monday, 10:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. ET, 17:00 UTC): PNC chairman and CEO Bill Demchak on the next era of banking.
• Monday, 2:00 p.m. PT: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour on prediction markets as market infrastructure.
• Tuesday, 9:05 a.m. PT (12:05 p.m. ET, 16:05 UTC): Plaid CEO Zach Perret and Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on AI in financial services.
• Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. ET, 17:00 UTC): FDIC Chairman Travis Hill with Financial Technology Association president and CEO Penny Lee.
• Tuesday, 3:50 p.m. PT: Base founder Jesse Pollak on onchain business models for idle balances.

Startup events: Startup Hub, Startup Stage and pitch

The Startup Hub is a dedicated area with startup pods, a stage for startup-focused content and a networking lounge. The agenda lists 15 sessions on the Startup Stage, several of them about raising money:

• Monday, 10:00 a.m. PT: "The New Rules of Fintech Investing" with Silicon Valley Bank managing director Sophie McNaught.
• Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. PT: Phantom CEO Brandon Millman and Sequoia Capital general partner Andrew Reed on crypto in consumer fintech.
• Tuesday, 1:20 p.m. PT: "Fintech Funding in the AI Era: What Investors Actually Want", with investors from Lightspeed, TTV Capital and Goldman Sachs Growth Equity.
• Tuesday, 3:40 p.m. PT: how founders should evaluate investors, with speakers from Silicon Valley Bank and CB Insights.

The Startup Hub page promotes a live pitch competition. Entry comes with the Growth Stage Startup Pod package, which also gives a chance at a place on a startup media panel. As of October 5, 2026, the public agenda did not show a time for the pitch.

Discounted startup passes have two tiers. Early Stage covers companies incorporated after October 1, 2023 that have raised under $5 million. Growth Stage covers companies incorporated after October 1, 2019 that have raised under $30 million. Advisors, consultants, law firms, advisory board members, VCs and accelerators are excluded. For more on raising money, see our funding coverage.

Evening and networking events

• Sunday Night Live and The Money Awards: Sunday, October 18, on the Exchange Stage. Drinks start at 4:00 p.m. PT and the awards run 5:00-6:50 p.m. PT.
• First Timers networking: Monday, October 19, 4:30-7:00 p.m. PT at Yardbird on Money Row.
• Money by Night: Monday, October 19, 8:30-11:30 p.m. PT at OMNIA Nightclub, Caesars Palace, with a DJ set by Timbaland. Only Money20/20 USA 2026 attendees can get in.

How to follow Money20/20 USA 2026 remotely

As of October 5, 2026, Money20/20 had not announced a public livestream. After the 2025 show it posted recap videos on its highlights page. To follow remotely, use the official agenda, the organiser's X (@money2020) and LinkedIn accounts, and our events section. For AI company news, see AI Business.

Frequently asked questions

When and where is Money20/20 USA 2026?

October 18-21, 2026, at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. The exhibition floor is open October 19-21.

Is Money20/20 USA 2026 livestreamed?

No public livestream had been announced as of October 5, 2026.

Is there a startup pitch competition at Money20/20 USA 2026?

Yes. Entry comes with the Growth Stage Startup Pod package; no time slot had been published as of October 5, 2026.