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Alternative Money Summit Europe

Where payments, markets, and next-gen financial rails meet.

Two days in Budapest for the people building, scaling, and investing in how value moves—across cards, accounts, cross-border rails, crypto, trading, prediction markets, and the infrastructure behind it all.

What “Alternative Money” means

Money is becoming modular: accounts, wallets, cards, stablecoins, rails, marketplaces, and APIs stitched into new products and business models.

Alternative Money Summit Europe maps the stack—from onboarding and payments performance to settlement and distribution—so you can:

Meet the providers and platforms shaping the market
Compare rails, capabilities, and unit economics in real terms
Discover partners, customers, and integration opportunities
Connect with startups and the VCs backing them

Who you’ll meet

A curated mix of decision-makers and builders across the alternative money ecosystem:

Payments providers & PSPs
Card issuing, processing, BIN sponsorship & program management
Bank account, wallet, and e-money providers
Cross-border payments, FX, and payout networks
Alternative finance providers
Crypto providers (rails, stablecoins, custody, on/off-ramps)
Trading accounts & access providers
Prediction markets & derivatives platforms
FX and options providers
Underlying technology & service providers (KYC/KYB, fraud, risk, data, orchestration, ledgering, treasury, reporting)
VCs, strategics, and angels looking for teams, theses, and distribution
Startups building the next layer of rails and products

Topics you can expect

Payments & Cards

Issuing models, processing choices, and scaling card programs
Authorization performance, routing, acceptance, and reliability
Risk signals, disputes, and operational playbooks (practical, not theoretical)

Accounts, Wallets & Embedded Finance

Account infrastructure, local collection, and global payouts
Orchestration layers, multi-provider resilience, and cost control
Product design patterns that improve conversion and retention

Cross-Border, FX & Treasury

Payout routes, settlement strategies, and reconciliation
FX spreads, liquidity access, and treasury workflows
Improving speed, visibility, and cost across corridors

Crypto, Stablecoins & New Rails

Where stablecoins outperform—and where they don’t
On/off-ramp design and user experience that converts
Connecting crypto rails to cards, accounts, and payouts

Trading, Derivatives & Prediction Markets

Access models, liquidity, and risk management basics
Product primitives: leverage, options, hedging, and market structure
Building trust, distribution, and recurring activity

Infrastructure & Scale

Ledgering, reporting, and reconciliation at volume
Fraud tooling, data, observability, and uptime
Choosing providers: build vs. buy, integration patterns, and switching costs