Money20/20 USA: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
“Money20/20 USA is where senior leaders from banks, payments, tech, retail, startups, and more gather to move fintech forward.”
- Next edition
- Oct 18–21, 2026 · Money20/20 USA 2026 source
- Where
- The Venetian Las Vegas, Las Vegas, United States source
- Format
- in-person · 4 days (2025; the 2026 edition is also scheduled for four days)
- Tickets
- Free (qualified Press pass, application required)–$5,995 (Platinum Pass) (2026). Startup rates: $1,795 Early Stage and $2,105 Growth Stage (2026). source
- Startup pass
- $1,795 Early Stage; $2,105 Growth Stage (2026 full rates). source
- Cadence
- Annual, in October: Money20/20 USA was held October 26–29, 2025, and the next edition is announced for October 18–21, 2026.
FintechAICrypto & web3Pre-seedSeedGrowthFoundersInvestorsCorporatesPressPolicy & governmentPartners
Next edition
| Dates | Oct 18–21, 2026 source |
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| Edition | Money20/20 USA 2026 |
| Venue | The Venetian, Las Vegas, United States source |
| Timezone | America/Los_Angeles |
| Tickets | us.money2020.com source |
Deadlines that matter to founders
- Sep 11, 2026 — Early bird: Standard Pass (passed) · apply
- Sep 11, 2026 — Early bird: Investor Pass (passed) · apply
- Sep 11, 2026 — Early bird: Early Stage Startup Pass (passed) · apply
- Sep 11, 2026 — Early bird: Growth Stage Startup Pass (passed) · apply
- Sep 11, 2026 — Early bird: Government & Nonprofit Pass (passed) · apply
- Sep 11, 2026 — Early bird: Credit Union Pass (passed) · apply
- Sep 11, 2026 — Early bird: Regional & Community Bank Pass (passed) · apply
- Sep 11, 2026 — Early bird: Retailer Pass (passed) · apply
Ticket tiers as published
| Tier | Price | Includes | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Pass source | $4,199 (2026) | Full show access, content stages, networking, Money20/20 Connect and full-day dining. | 2026 |
| Investor Pass source | $3,999 (2026) | Standard Pass benefits plus curated startup and investor lists, investment-focused Startup Hub sessions, an exclusive investor networking event and a post-show report. | 2026 |
| Early Stage Startup Pass source | $1,795 (2026) | Standard Pass benefits plus dedicated startup content and networking with investors, banking partners and retailers. | 2026 |
| Growth Stage Startup Pass source | $2,105 (2026) | Standard Pass benefits plus dedicated startup content and networking with investors, banking partners and retailers. | 2026 |
| Government & Nonprofit Pass source | $3,095 (2026) | Standard Pass benefits at a discounted rate for eligible government employees or associated representatives and tax-exempt nonprofits. | 2026 |
| Credit Union Pass source | $3,095 (2026) | Standard Pass benefits at the discounted Credit Union rate for eligible credit unions and equivalent member-owned institutions. | 2026 |
| Regional & Community Bank Pass source | $3,095 (2026) | Standard Pass benefits plus dedicated content, peer networking and access to relevant partners and solution providers. | 2026 |
| Retailer Pass source | $1,895 (2026) | Standard Pass benefits at the discounted Retailer rate for eligible businesses selling directly to consumers. | 2026 |
| Platinum Pass source | $5,995 (2026) | Standard Pass benefits plus VIP benefits; the organiser describes luxury transfers, front-row keynote seating, exclusive lounge access and support. | 2026 |
| SmartMeet Buyer Pass – Retailers source | $947.50 (2026); qualifying buyers may receive a complimentary pass | Standard Pass benefits; qualifying retailer buyers commit to the organiser’s onsite meeting requirements for the discount or complimentary pass. | 2026 |
| SmartMeet Buyer Pass – Financial Institutions source | $1,547.50 (2026); qualifying buyers may receive a complimentary pass | Standard Pass benefits; qualifying financial-institution buyers commit to the organiser’s onsite meeting requirements for the discount or complimentary pass. | 2026 |
| Press Pass source | Free (2026) | Media access, subject to application and organiser approval. | 2026 |
How founders get in
The Startup Hub is a dedicated area for startups to showcase offerings and meet potential customers, investors and partners, with its own startup-focused content stage and networking lounge. Edition context: the completed USA edition was 2025-10-26–2025-10-29 in Las Vegas; the next announced edition is 2026-10-18–2026-10-21 at The Venetian, Las Vegas. The organiser’s pages reviewed show no cancellation, postponement, city move or event-name change.
- For the 2026 USA edition, choose the Early Stage or Growth Stage Startup Pass that matches your company. The published criteria are under 3 years in operation and less than $5M raised for Early Stage, or under 7 years and less than $30M raised for Growth Stage; both exclude advisers, consultants, law firms, VCs and accelerators.
- Submit the startup-pass application through the official pass picker. The startup passes are limited and subject to eligibility review; the organiser says review usually takes 3 working days (2026).
- After approval, log back into your account and complete the pass purchase. The full listed 2026 rates are $1,795 for Early Stage and $2,105 for Growth Stage.
- After registering, use the same email address for your Money20/20 account and Money20/20 Connect. The startup pass gives access to the Startup Hub; a Startup Pod/showcase option is also listed separately, with no public price shown.
| Startup programme | Apply for an Early Stage or Growth Stage Startup Pass in the pass picker. The organiser reviews the application; if approved, log back into the account to complete the purchase. source |
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| Startup price | $1,795 Early Stage; $2,105 Growth Stage (2026 full rates). source |
| Includes | Standard pass access plus startup-focused content and networking with investors, banking partners and retailers. The Startup Hub has a dedicated startup presence, tailored content stage and networking lounge. The pass pages also describe access to the show floor, Money20/20 Connect, networking events and daily food and drinks. |
| Eligibility | Early Stage: in operation for less than 3 years (incorporation after 2023-10-01 accepted) and raised less than $5M (2026 criteria). Growth Stage: in operation for less than 7 years (incorporation after 2019-10-01 accepted) and raised less than $30M (2026 criteria). Neither pass is for advisers, consultants, law firms, advisory-board members, VCs or accelerators; qualification is confirmed by the organiser. |
| Founder discounts | For the 2026 edition, the organiser advertised $250 off each startup pass through 2026-09-11: Early Stage was $1,545 and Growth Stage was $1,855 during that offer. The full listed rates after the offer are $1,795 and $2,105 respectively. No additional general founder promo code is published by the organiser. |
| Sponsoring | The organiser’s 2026 materials name Elite and 5-Star sponsors, and its sponsor listing displays 3-Star, 4-Star and 5-Star labels. Public sponsorship package prices are not shown; the organiser describes packages as tailored to business goals and directs prospective sponsors to request options and pricing. |
| Investor pass | Apply or purchase through the Investor Pass option in the official pass picker; the investor page also describes a form for investor opportunities. source |
| Press | The 2026 Press pass is free and application-only. The organiser says eligible applicants include journalists and analysts from recognisable publications, podcasters, analysts from reputable groups, broadcast/video crew members with an outlet, and editorial staff of media partners. The application requests a LinkedIn profile, live website, media activity/audience information and three examples of recent articles or interviews. |
| Application required | No, tickets are purchased |
Money20/20 Startup Pitch Competition
| Format | The organiser promotes a live startup pitch competition in the Startup Hub; its investor page describes startups demonstrating their solutions in real time. No 2026 round structure, judges or detailed competition rules are published on the pages reviewed. |
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Winners
- Virtue AI (2025) — Money20/20 Startup Pitch Competition winner; prize amount not published source
- Project Nemo (2025) — Diamond Grand Prix source
- Fiserv (2025) — Diamond Award source
- Bolttech (2025) — Startup Grand Prix source
- Taktile (2025) — Startup Gold source
- Eloquent AI (2025) — Startup Silver source
- Tunic Pay (2025) — Startup Silver source
- Agree.com (2025) — Startup Bronze source
- Closinglock (2025) — Startup Bronze source
- Cleo AI (2025) — Banking Grand Prix source
- JP Morgan Payments (2025) — Banking Gold source
- Oscilar (2025) — Banking Silver source
- Jazzcash (2025) — Banking Silver source
- Wysh (2025) — Banking Silver source
- Better.com (2025) — Banking Bronze source
- Credcore (2025) — Banking Bronze source
- LTS Ventures (2025) — Banking Bronze source
- Yellow Card Financial (2025) — Payments Grand Prix source
- Mynt (2025) — Payments Gold source
- Zero Hash (2025) — Payments Gold source
- Ant Group (2025) — Payments Silver source
- Supportpay (2025) — Payments Silver source
- Agree.com (2025) — Payments Bronze source
- Branch (2025) — Payments Bronze source
- Socure (2025) — Payments Bronze source
- Greenlight Financial Technology (2025) — Partnerships & Strategic Alliance Grand Prix source
- Storfund (2025) — Partnerships & Strategic Alliance Gold source
- Mastercard and TOMRA (2025) — Partnerships & Strategic Alliance Bronze source
Meeting investors there
Founders can use Money20/20 Connect to find attendees and request meetings, meet investors in the Startup Hub lounge and at investor-focused sessions, and seek visibility through the live pitch competition. Sm∆rtMeet is a separate structured route for suppliers to meet qualified buyers. The Investor Pass is designed for investors and provides curated lists and its own networking benefits; it is not a founder pass. source
| Investors attending | The organizer’s 2025 recap and brochure do not state a total number of investors attending. source |
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| Matchmaking | Money20/20 Connect source |
| Formats | Startup Hub networking lounge and investment-focused content; the organiser also promotes live startup pitches there. · Money20/20 Connect: AI-powered attendee matching, attendee search, meeting requests and booking, and in-app messaging. · Sm∆rtMeet: curated, pre-scheduled 15-minute meetings. Suppliers can meet qualified decision-makers; the 2026 organiser page says applications are closed. · Investor Pass benefits include curated startup and investor lists, investor-focused Startup Hub sessions, an exclusive investor networking event and a post-show report. |
| Meetings arranged | The organizer’s 2025 brochure describes “4 months of meetings in 4 days” (2025), but gives no total number of meetings facilitated. source |
Investor firms the organiser lists (2025 completed-edition outcomes; 2026 announced next edition (2026-10-18 to 2026-10-21, Las Vegas).)
Fin CapitalFT PartnersMissionOGPSG EquityQED Investors LLC
The full investor list is available to registered attendees; see the official investor page.
Before you go: the hub's cold email to VCs playbook covers the pre-event outreach that fills a meeting calendar, and Causo matches your stage and thesis to the funds in its database so you know who to ask for a meeting.
Who speaks (2025 completed-edition outcomes; 2026 announced next edition (2026-10-18 to 2026-10-21, Las Vegas).)
- William (Bill) Demchak, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · The PNC Financial Services Group
- Cameron Fowler, CEO · Early Warning
- Osvaldo Gimenez, CEO · Mercado Pago
- David Jegen, Managing Partner · F-Prime
- Tarek Mansour, CEO · Kalshi
- Brandon Millman, Co-Founder & CEO · Phantom
- Zach Perret, CEO · Plaid
- Andrew Reed, General Partner · Sequoia Capital
- Faraz Shafiq, EVP & Head of AI Products and Solutions · Wells Fargo
- Aravind Srinivas, CEO & Co-Founder · Perplexity
- Mariëtte Swart, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer · Adyen
Full lineup: official speakers page.
Notable past speakers
- Gunjan Kedia, Keynote speaker · U.S. Bank (2025)
- Robin Vince, Keynote speaker · BNY (2025)
- Hilary Packer, CTO · American Express (2025)
- Bret Taylor, Co-founder and CEO · Sierra (2025)
- Shawn Malhotra, CTO · Rocket Companies (2025)
- Carmen Hett, Treasurer · United Nations (2025)
Sponsors and partners
2026 Elite 5
2026 5 Star 25
2026 4 Star 30
+7 more sponsors and partners on the official partners page.
Government partners: Federal Reserve Financial Services, Fukuoka Prefectural Government, IDA Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland, POLAND
Full list: official partners page.
Startups there
Alumni the organiser highlights
- Airwallex — The organiser says Startup Hub participation in Airwallex’s early days helped it connect with investors and finalize its Series A. source
- dLocal — Highlighted by the organiser as a startup that launched at Money20/20. source
- Feedzai — Highlighted by the organiser as a startup that launched at Money20/20. source
- FISPAN — The organiser says it joined the Startup Program the same year it launched and later joined Mastercard’s Start Path accelerator. source
- Sezzle (2016) — The organiser says Sezzle appeared at Money20/20 in 2016; it later developed partnerships with Ally Lending, GameStop, and Wix. source
Programme
| Tracks | Fintech Spring (2025) · Age of Infrastructure (2025) · Global Payments Race (2025) · Securing Trust (2025) · Borderless Financial Architecture (2026) · Technology as the Great Equalizer (2026) · Partnerships as the Engine to Scale (2026) · Brave New World: Setting Guardrails (2026) · Startup Hub stage and pitch competition (2026) source |
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| Side events | Official 2026 Industry Nights include Sunday Night Live with a pre-show drinks reception and The Money Awards on 2026-10-18; Money by Night at OMNIA on 2026-10-19 (entry for Money20/20 USA 2026 attendees); and Money Row at The Venetian, open nightly until 11 p.m. with complimentary food and drinks. |
| Awards | The 2025 completed edition introduced The Money Awards, presented during Sunday Night Live. The awards recognised Banking, Payments, Partnerships & Strategic Alliance, Startups and Diamond. In the 2025 Startup category, the Grand Prix went to Bolttech; Gold to Taktile; Silver to Eloquent AI and Tunic Pay; and Bronze to Agree.com and Closinglock. Separately, Virtue AI won the 2025 Money20/20 Startup Pitch Competition. The Money Awards return in 2026 with Startup Early Stage, Startup Growth Stage, Banking, Payments, Partnerships & Strategic Alliance and Diamond categories; winners are scheduled to be announced at Money20/20 USA on 2026-10-18. |
| Call for speakers | The 2026 Call for Content is closed. The organiser required submissions through its online form and explicit consent from all proposed speakers; proposals received after the deadline would not be considered, but the page does not print the deadline. Approved speakers are offered a discounted ticket. source |
| Official app | Money20/20 Connect 2026 |
| Hashtag | #Money2020USA |
Past editions, as published
| Edition | Dates | Attendees | Investors | Startups | Recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 source | Oct 26–29, 2025 | 11,000+ attendees (2025). | — | Five startups featured in the 2025 Startup Media Session: Manifest, Casap, Ideem, Virtue AI, and Eloquent AI; Virtue AI won the 2025 Startup Pitch Competition. | recap · report · video · photos |
| 2024 source | Oct 27–30, 2024 | 10,000+ attendees (2024). | — | — | report |
| 2023 source | Oct 22–25, 2023 | — | — | Seven Startup Network members (2023): TodayPay, Themis, Skipify, Ansa, TripleBlind, Hypercard, and Kamino. | recap · report |
| 2022 source | Oct 23–26, 2022 | — | — | — | |
| 2021 source | Oct 24–27, 2021 | 8,000+ attendees from 2,800+ companies (2021). | — | — | |
| 2020 · In-person Money20/20 USA was cancelled (2020); the organizer presented MoneyFest as an on-demand virtual alternative (2020). source | — | — | — | — | recap · report |
Cities: Las Vegas (2025)
Who attends
| Breakdown | 1 in 3 attendees were C-suite; 7 in 10 were decision-makers (2025) source |
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| Geography | Attendees from 85 countries (2025) source |
| Roles | Founders, Investors, Corporates, Press, Policy & government, Partners |
| Stages | Pre-seed, Seed, Growth |
Official links and socials
Travel & apps
In the press
- Acrew Capital and Money20/20 Index Finds 76% of Financial Service Companies Have Announced an AI Initiative — Business Wire (2024)
- At the country’s biggest fintech conference — Fortune (2024)
- OpenAI, Anthropic, Money20/20 — Bloomberg (2024)
- Interview: Ali Ghodsi, Databricks CEO — CNBC / Fortt Knox (2023)
Prepare for it
- How to cold email VCs — book the meetings before you land.
- The 12-slide seed deck — what to have ready when a partner says "send me the deck".
- Pitch Deck Roaster — a slide-by-slide pass before you submit to Money20/20 Startup Pitch Competition.
- Accelerator deadlines — the application windows that open around the event.
Sources
Every fact above was read from one of these official pages on Oct 7, 2026:
- money2020.com/show-update
- assets.ctfassets.net/zfifjkc7y6ct/5YDfl42GoAGtBHDM5Y9TxK/dbfec9fcd270f746d699a774ce1a5ec5/Money20_20_USA_Attendee_Brochure_2026.pdf
- assets.ctfassets.net/zfifjkc7y6ct/7sbzZhcENLztvHpTDfkxrL/b9d05c6bd176519f9e3b29ef4d08cadb/usa21prospectus_01_14.pdf
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- us.money2020.com/agenda/agenda
- us.money2020.com/agenda/call-for-content
- us.money2020.com/agenda/speakers
- us.money2020.com/attend/faq
- us.money2020.com/attend/investors
- us.money2020.com/attend/passes
- us.money2020.com/attend/plan-your-trip
- us.money2020.com/attend/plan-your-trip/venue
- us.money2020.com/attend/startup-hub
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Money20/20 USA: frequently asked
When is Money20/20 USA 2026?
Money20/20 USA 2026 runs Oct 18–21, 2026 at The Venetian Las Vegas, Las Vegas, according to the organiser's published dates.
How much does Money20/20 USA cost?
Published ticket prices run Free (qualified Press pass, application required)–$5,995 (Platinum Pass) (2026). Startup rates: $1,795 Early Stage and $2,105 Growth Stage (2026).. Startups: Apply for an Early Stage or Growth Stage Startup Pass in the pass picker. The organiser reviews the application; if approved, log back into the account to complete the purchase. ($1,795 Early Stage; $2,105 Growth Stage (2026 full rates).).
How do startups get into Money20/20 USA?
Apply for an Early Stage or Growth Stage Startup Pass in the pass picker. The organiser reviews the application; if approved, log back into the account to complete the purchase. Eligibility as published: Early Stage: in operation for less than 3 years (incorporation after 2023-10-01 accepted) and raised less than $5M (2026 criteria). Growth Stage: in operation for less than 7 years (incorporation after 2019-10-01 accepted) and raised less than $30M (2026 criteria). Neither pass is for advisers, consultants, law firms, advisory-board members, VCs or accelerators; qualification is confirmed by the organiser.
How many investors attend Money20/20 USA?
The organiser reports The organizer’s 2025 recap and brochure do not state a total number of investors attending. investors. Founders can use Money20/20 Connect to find attendees and request meetings, meet investors in the Startup Hub lounge and at investor-focused sessions, and seek visibility through the live pitch competition. Sm∆rtMeet is a separate structured route for suppliers to meet qualified buyers. The Investor Pass is designed for investors and provides curated lists and its own networking benefits; it is not a founder pass.
What is Money20/20 Startup Pitch Competition?
Money20/20 USA's pitch competition.
How big is Money20/20 USA?
11,000+ attendees attendees (2025), The organizer’s 2025 recap and brochure do not state a separate startup-attendance total. startups, from 85 countries countries, per the organiser.