Conferences
8th ECPA / World Bank Conference on Regional Card Schemes and Retail Financial Market Infrastructures,
taking place in Tirana, Albania from 3–6 November 2026.
Haven’t registered yet? There is still time to join us. Register here.
With around 200 senior executives and payments experts from more than five continents already registered, this promises to be another exceptional gathering of the international payments community.
The conference agenda is available here, with an impressive line-up of speakers and panellists addressing some of the most important issues shaping today’s payments landscape.
What makes this conference different is not only the quality of the speakers, but the open and informal format. Delegates at previous editions have particularly valued the opportunity to exchange views, challenge ideas and share practical experience with peers and regulatory authorities in a non-commercial and genuinely open environment.
So why not come to Tirana and add your voice to the conversation?
Whether you are looking to exchange experiences, explore new ideas or simply reconnect with colleagues from across the payments community, we look forward to welcoming you.
We hope to see you in Tirana – to renew old friendships, make new ones and have some stimulating conversations along the way!
PHOTOS FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS BELOW
7th International Conference of Regional Card Schemes & Retail Infrastructures
19-21 March 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
12-13 October 2022, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This annual invitation-only event brings together Senior Executives and experts in the field of card payments and Retail Financial Market Infrastructures from all five continents in a conference which is supported by the World Bank along with the European Card Payment Association, whose members include the major European domestic card schemes.
Following on from the success of the first five editions of the event which were held in Mumbai (2015), Milan (2016), Lisbon (2017) and Madrid (2018), Istanbul (2019) event was held in Amsterdam in October 2022 after a forced suspension of 2 years caused by the worldwide pandemic.
The agenda was structured to continue sharing experiences and expertise between regional payment infrastructures, and to identify and address the major issues affecting today’s payments markets.
It was a unique opportunity for 140 participants from 45 different countries from all 5 continents to exchange views with peers in the payment industry, under Chatham House Rules in a non-commercial and open environment.
Moderator: David Stephenson
general-secretary@europeancardpaymentassociation.eu
(+33) 672 83 20 58