Future Payments Forum (FPF)

The main focus of this Forum is on the future of mass-consumer retail payments and how it will support merchants in a broad range of sectors including transport, retail, travel, e-commerce, academia and government.  The forum will bring speakers from a wide variety of disciplines and organisations that will provide insight into the potential changes that will occur in these payment methods in a timeframe that supports planning and decision-making cycles. All aspects of the subject will be considered including technology, regulation, consumer protection, economics and security.  The FPF will provide organisations that rely on these payment services, such as transport operators and retailers, an opportunity to set-out their requirements for future capability, thus helping suppliers, regulators and card-schemes to align their product road-maps.  2023 will begin with a view of the current market with a scan of the retail payments horizon and trends in the industry.  As the year goes on it will consider the future needs of particular parts of the market and the ability of the supply-side to meets those needs, and will culminate in a view of the future in the next 3 to 5 year time-frame

Next FPF Meeting: 1.30 – 5pm, Tuesday, 24th November at Squire Patton Boggs, London – This meeting will bring together speakers from very different aspects of the retail payment industry to set out their vision for its future.  What will the next 3 years hold and how will the trends we see today convert into practical payment methods?  This year the Forum has considered the impact of AI, the rise of stablecoin and Bitcoin, the challenges of competition and the role of payment systems in identity management.  This event will bring together those strands and help its members plan for the future.

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2026 FPF Meeting Dates