Europe’s Payments Leaders Gather in London as Control, Fraud and AI Reshape the Industry

Europe’s Payments Leaders Gather in London as Control, Fraud and AI Reshape the Industry

Executives from ACI Worldwide, Mastercard, Santander, Amazon, NVIDIA and PayPal to debate the future of money at Payments Unleashed EMEA

As Europe’s payments industry enters a decisive phase marked by sovereignty pressures, new regulatory requirements and the rise of AI‑driven commerce, the industry’s most influential players will convene in London later this month to debate who controls the rails, bears the risk and shapes the future. ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), an original innovator in global payments technology, today announced Payments Unleashed EMEA, a two‑day, invitation‑only gathering of senior payments leaders taking place 29-30 June 2026. The event brings together executives from ACI Worldwide, Mastercard, Santander, Amazon, NVIDIA, PayPal, Rabobank and Nationwide, alongside regulators, analysts and fintech leaders, with a keynote from renowned fintech author Dr. Leda Glyptis.

Across Europe, policymakers are pushing to reduce dependence on non‑European payment infrastructure through initiatives such as the digital Euro and Wero, while new reimbursement rules are shifting fraud losses decisively onto banks. At the same time, AI agents are beginning to move from recommending purchases to executing them, raising unresolved questions around authentication, liability and who owns the customer relationship when software becomes the buyer.