Merchant Acquiring Conference 2026

17th November 2026, Merchant Taylors Hall, London

A different perspective. A clearer picture.

 
The PSE Merchant Acquiring Conference brings together experienced voices from across the payments industry to examine what’s changing – and what really matters. Independent perspectives, practical experience and informed discussion around the issues shaping payment acceptance.

The payments landscape is changing fast. New technologies, new business models and new risks are reshaping how payments work – and creating no shortage of opinions about what comes next.
The PSE Merchant Acquiring Conference brings together experienced voices from across the industry to look at those changes from different perspectives and focus on what they mean in practice.
This year, we’re looking at:

 

AI in Payments
How AI is changing the way consumers buy from merchants – and how merchants manage their internal payments operations.

 

Embedded Finance
New products and propositions continue to expand the possibilities for embedded finance.

 

Marketplaces
As more merchants become marketplaces, major players are increasingly taking control of their payments stacks.

 

Resilience
Building payment systems that can withstand technical, economic and geopolitical disruption.

 

Fraud
The latest thinking on synthetic identity fraud, AI-assisted scams and digital identity.
No paid speaking slots. No sales pitches.

 

We ask our speakers to share first-hand experience, informed perspectives and practical lessons from across the acquiring market.

 

20 Industry speakers from ACI Worldwide, Adyen, Airwallex, Attenda, Bird & Bird, Checkout.com, EPI/Wero, Forter, Glenbrook Partners, Gr4vy, JustGiving, Nopan, OneID, PSE, Ralio, Tide, Truelayer, UK Payments Initiative, Vinted Pay UK & More!

Watch highlights of the 2025 PSE Merchant Acquiring Conference


2025 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Trusted across the payments landscape.

SME in all payment related space with in depth knowledge

Merchant

PSE Consulting are experts who really understand payments. They get under the skin of issues and provide consultancy that is more relevant and specific to the brief that many other consultants

Global Acquirer

PSE have strong payments experience both regarding product and the market, that is practical as well as good client mgmt skills. It's not a common combination.

Issuer

Professionalism during the project delivery and in-depth understanding of the selected topics, alongside with a flexible approach on topics e.g. change of language, timeline or scope of the project

Processor

Really took time to listen and understand our business to provide tailored and relevant consulting, it felt very bespoke not reliant on generic approach

Global Acquirer

Let’s talk payments.