Free briefing · Las Vegas, October 18 to 21, 2026
Money20/20 USA 2026, by the numbers
We matched all 11,082 badges against the 456 exhibitors and read every one of the 314 sessions on the agenda. This briefing is what came out: who was actually in the room, what the stage was really about, and the topics worth following into 2027.
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11,082
badges analyzed, matched against the official exhibitor list
1 in 4
visitors held a C-suite title
73
sessions featured a banker on stage
42%
of the agenda carried an AI tag, rising to 54% on Monday
Inside the briefing
The recap you did not have time to write
Who was in the room
Every badge sorted into visitors, exhibitor staff and event staff, with the seniority and role breakdown of the 3,212 decision-makers in the seats.
What was on stage
All 314 sessions read and tagged, including who presented each theme and how often vendors shared the stage with bankers and operators.
Stage vs. seats
A check on whether the topics the organizers programmed match where the decision-makers in the audience actually work.
Eight topics for 2027
The conversations that ran through the 2026 agenda, with the numbers behind them and what to watch next.
What stood out
Four findings from the data
- 58% of all badges were there to sell or to run the show. If it felt like everyone was pitching you, more than half the badges were.
- Crypto became a payments story: 51 of the 82 crypto sessions were also tagged payments, and stablecoins came up as plumbing, not as a trade.
- Fraud got its own Sunday track, and 54% of fraud sessions put vendors on mixed panels alongside bankers and operators, the highest co-presented share of any theme.
- Panels and fireside chats made up 59% of the program. Only 10 sessions were product pitches.
How we built it
Counts come from the Money20/20 USA 2026 attendee list, the official sponsor and exhibitor list, and the organizer's own session tags. Where we interpret the numbers, including what we heard in sessions we attended, we say so. The full methodology is on the last page of the briefing.
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