2026 PaymentsEd Forum

 Welcome to PaymentsEd 2026

The 2026 PaymentsEd Annual Forum marks our 37th year of bringing together the payments and fraud community for merchant-led education, collaboration, and innovation. The Forum is uniquely designed to help payments professionals address today’s most pressing challenges and prepare for the future — from operational best practices to emerging technologies and AI-driven solutions. 

Because of our scale, the Annual Forum creates an environment that fosters meaningful connections and intimate discussions. Attendees consistently highlight the practical takeaways and faster implementation of strategies they gain — translating into immediate value for their organizations. Our Board Advisor and Forum Sponsors benefit from direct access to practitioners and decision-makers who are deeply engaged in advancing the payments ecosystem. 

Over nearly four decades, the PaymentsEd Annual Forum has built a reputation as a unique event where payments professionals learn, connect, and share, delivering measurable ROI for attendees and partners alike.

Merchants

To be considered a merchant member of the PaymentsEd Forum and to attend PaymentsEd 2026, you must be employed by a merchant company that conducts its business directly with consumers.  There is no limit to the number of merchant members from within the same company who can attend the Forum.

The PaymentsEd Forum offers comprehensive training and updates across the entire spectrum of the payments industry including:

• Operations - optimizing payments programs, taxation, analytics, treasury functions, etc.
• International - payment methods, emerging and alternative payments, risk, operations, and domicile issues.
• Domestic payment methods - credit, debit, ACH, and emerging and alternative payments.
• Risk - PCI, Business Continuity, Chargebacks, Legal and Regulatory, and Fraud Prevention.

Service Provider

You are a Service Provider if any of the below apply:

If you and/or your company markets or sells payments related products or services directly to a merchant. 

If you and/or your company are selling any transaction processing, billing or invoicing services directly to a merchant.

If you and/or your company facilitates payments between two or more parties.

The PaymentsEd Forum is not a place for sales, marketing or business development professionals, since sales or promotion are not a part of the Forum.                                                       

Service Providers and their companies participate at the discretion of the PaymentsEd Board of Directors who reserve the right to limit or refuse attendees.  Service Providers must provide evidence that they are doing business with at least one PaymentsEd merchant which is in attendance at the Forum or the attendee must be invited by the Board to speak at the event.

PaymentsEd Advisor Organization

Representatives from the following organizations are currently on the PaymentsEd Board: Adyen, American Express, Cardinal Commerce, Checkout.com, CMSPI, Capitol One/Discover Network, dLocal, Ethoca, JCB International Credit Card Co., Ltd., IXOPAY, JP Morgan Chase, Mastercard, Optimized Payments, Pagos Solutions, Revaly, Sticky.io, Stripe, VGS, Vindicia, Visa, and Worldpay.

For additional information about the PaymentsEd Forum, please refer to our website at www.paymentsed.org

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