News•Mar 30, 2026
My Key Takeaways From MPE 2026 in Berlin.
The 2026 Money Payments Europe (MPE) conference convened in Berlin, spotlighting AI, cross‑border payments, stablecoins, and the emerging digital euro. Panels explored agentic commerce, pragmatic innovation in payment stacks, and the next generation of tokenization aimed at eliminating PANs by 2030. A dedicated session on quantum‑ready infrastructure warned of future security threats and offered actionable guidance. Organisers and judges, including Consult Hyperion and Dave Birch, emphasized real‑world use cases over marketing hype, underscoring the event’s strategic relevance for the payments ecosystem.
