Merchant Payments Ecosystem

Merchant Payments Ecosystem MPE is Europe's largest payment acceptance conference & community.

01/06/2026

๐ŸŽฅ ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ โ€” ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?

In conversation with ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น from ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐˜†, one thing became very clear:

๐Ÿ’ฅ Payment sovereignty is no longer theoretical in Europe
๐Ÿ’ฅ Merchants are being forced to rethink their entire payment and digital commerce strategy

"๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด."

Merchants are trying to balance:
โœ” Global expansion
โœ” Conversion optimisation
โœ” Cost control
โœ” Payment performance
โœ” Operational simplicity

But every new payment method, provider, and orchestration layer adds another level of complexity.

๐Ÿ‘‰ How do merchants prepare their payment infrastructure not just for 2026 โ€” but for the rest of the decade?

๐ŸŽฌ Watch Voice of the floor with ๐——๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ft. ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น from ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐˜† โœจ
More conversations from MPE Live TV coming soon.

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28/05/2026

๐Ÿšจ Commerce is becoming programmable faster than most businesses realize.

The rise of agentic commerce ๐Ÿ“ˆ will reshape how consumers search, decide, get advised, and pay, and the companies exploring it now will be best positioned for whatโ€™s next.

In this episode, Dr. Ruth Wandhรถfer and Mathieu Altwegg from Visa discuss the future of AI-driven commerce and what merchants should already be preparing for today.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Key topics:
โ€ข Programmable payments
โ€ข Agent identity & orchestration
โ€ข Why this shift is accelerating now
โ€ข Where merchants should start exploring agentic commerce

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/rDk7G96qVVI
๐ŸŽง Listen to the podcast on your favorite platform here: https://www.merchantpaymentsecosystem.com/intelligence/what-happens-to-commerce-and-payments-in-a-programmable-world-w-visa/

22/05/2026

How are businesses adopting stablecoins for B2B payments?

At MPE 2026 in Berlin, ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ shared their perspective on the operational realities of stablecoin-based payment infrastructure.

The underlying challenge is familiar: traditional payment rails are constrained by banking hours, slow settlement, and operational complexity, whether for transfers between entities or internal treasury movements.

Stablecoins introduce a structurally different approach:
๐Ÿ‘‰ 24/7 availability, independent of banking schedules
๐Ÿ‘‰ Near-instant settlement
๐Ÿ‘‰ Programmable, on-demand fund movements

Adoption is already taking shape, particularly among payment service providers and large enterprises. Fipto highlighted three core use cases: receiving stablecoins as a payment method, paying suppliers and merchants, and optimising internal payment flows. The latter is proving especially impactful: by enabling precise, on-demand payments internally, businesses can reduce working capital requirements and improve treasury efficiency.

Fipto's approach is grounded in a strong regulatory framework (MiCA CASP and Payment Institution licences) enabling compliant operations across Europe.

Watch the full interview to see how stablecoin payments are moving from concept to infrastructure.



๐Ÿ‘‰ For more information about MPE and sponsorship opportunities:
https://www.merchantpaymentsecosystem.com/become-a-sponsor/

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜—๐˜Œ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

โ—How much revenue are you losing at checkout without even realizing it?Failed authorizations.Unclear settlement flows.Li...
21/05/2026

โ—How much revenue are you losing at checkout without even realizing it?

Failed authorizations.
Unclear settlement flows.
Limited visibility into whatโ€™s really happening behind your payments.

For many merchants, these challenges go far beyond technical issues. They directly impact growth, operational control, and day-to-day financial performance.

Thatโ€™s exactly what weโ€™ll explore in our upcoming webinar with ING Wholesale Banking and Silverflow. Sandra Mianda๐Ÿ–‡, together with Alexander Luijt and Robert Kraal, will discuss:
๐Ÿ’ฅ how payment infrastructures are evolving,
๐Ÿ’ฅ what merchants increasingly expect from modern payment setups,
๐Ÿ’ฅ and how to create greater transparency, predictability, and control across the payments.

Youโ€™ll leave the webinar with a clearer understanding of how modern payment setups can support scalable growth, strengthen financial control, and combine the stability of global banking with the flexibility of modern payment technology.

๐Ÿ“… May 27th
๐Ÿ•“ 4:00 PM CET
โ—Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5117723076355/WN_MdepdapxQTeshoZ8dVM70Q โ—

18/05/2026

๐ŸŽฅ What are merchants focusing on most right now?

In this ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ episode, ๐——๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ is joined by ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—›๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ from Signifyd to discuss one of the biggest conversations happening across MPE 2026: agentic commerce.

As commerce evolves, so do the challenges around fraud, trust, identity and authentication.

๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€:
โšก Agentic commerce โ€” and why identity + intent remain central to fraud prevention
๐ŸŒ Cross-border fraud โ€” why different markets require different approaches
๐Ÿค Diversity & inclusion โ€” and why representation in fintech still matters
๐Ÿš€ Breaking into payments โ€” the importance of networking, research and putting yourself out there

"๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ โ€” ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด."

More from the MPE floor coming your way.
Stay tuned and subscribe to MPE TV.

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15/05/2026

Are chargebacks really fraud โ€” or something else?

At MPE 2026 in Berlin, ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ pointed to a major challenge merchants are facing today.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Around 80% of chargebacks come from customers who actually received the goods or services
๐Ÿ‘‰ Not traditional fraud โ€” but what they call โ€œdigital shopliftingโ€

Customers using the system to their advantage.

For merchants, the impact is significant:
โ€ข Lost revenue
โ€ข Time spent on disputes
โ€ข Additional fees

In many cases, theyโ€™re being penalised for delivering the product or service.

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„โ€™s focus is on changing that โ€” automating disputes, reducing workload, and helping merchants identify patterns behind chargebacks.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full interview for a closer look at how chargebacks are evolving.



๐Ÿ‘‰ For more information about MPE and sponsorship opportunities: https://www.merchantpaymentsecosystem.com/become-a-sponsor/

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜—๐˜Œ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

13/05/2026

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Extra honest podcast discussion about payment orchestration is live!๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

๐ŸŸ  Why might merchants stop seeing payment orchestration as โ€œjust another extra costโ€? ๐ŸŸ  How do you find a truly competent payment orchestrator? ๐ŸŸ  And how can merchants avoid babysitting internal teams when building orchestration in-house?

In this discussion, Andre Moeller from Volkswagen Group Charging, and Alexandru Dorobantu from Payrails go deep into the real complexity of payment orchestration, merchant expectations, BNPL performance, and the future of orchestration.

And as Alex said, โ€œEverybody wants more,โ€ so dive deeper into this discussion and find out more. ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐ŸŽง Listen to the full version of the podcast here: https://www.merchantpaymentsecosystem.com/inteligence/orchestration-layer-controlling-complexity-w-payrails/
โ–ถ๏ธ Watch the YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/4zq50dWaJF4
๐Ÿ’ก Donโ€™t forget to subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/?sub_confirmation=1

13/05/2026

๐ŸŽฅ ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ:

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.

In conversation with ๐—š๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ (Qwist), one thing became clear:

๐Ÿ’ฅ The industry is racing toward AI and agentic systems
๐Ÿ’ฅ Yet many are still underestimating the foundation

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ

Not just more dataโ€”but better data:

โžœ Clean, structured, noise-free
โžœ Enriched with meaningful context
โžœ Built on strong bank connectivity (3,000+ banks matter)

Because without that?

AI doesnโ€™t create value. It amplifies whatโ€™s already there.

But the real shift?

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ = ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ž๐—ฃ๐—œ

Not just for riskโ€”but for growth.

False positives donโ€™t just block fraud.
They block revenue.
They damage relationships.

Thatโ€™s where the shift is happening:

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น โ†’ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ.

๐ŸŽฌ Watch Voice of the floor with ๐——๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ
ft. ๐—š๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ, CEO, ๐—ค๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ โœจ

More insights coming straight from MPE. Stay tuned.

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08/05/2026

Are we ready for everyday crypto payments, or not quite yet?
At MPE 2026, CoinsPaid pointed to a clear gap in the market.

On one side:
๐Ÿ‘‰Hundreds of millions of people already use crypto.
๐Ÿ‘‰Many are familiar with wallets and ready to spend.

But on the other side:
๐Ÿ‘‰Merchant adoption of stablecoins is still limited.

The demand is there, but merchant and institutional adoption isnโ€™t catching up at the same pace.

Coinspaidโ€™s focus is on closing that gap by allowing payment businesses to quickly launch crypto processing solutions through its blockchain infrastructure. And its flagship product, CryptoProcessing, has already proven its use for hundreds of merchants.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the full interview for a closer look at where crypto payments stand today.



๐Ÿ‘‰ For more information about MPE and sponsorship opportunities: https://www.merchantpaymentsecosystem.com/become-a-sponsor/

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜—๐˜Œ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

07/05/2026

โ€œMerchants and payment providers will never get along.โ€

๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ.

At MPE 2026, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป sat down with:
๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ (Kinguin)
๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ (IXOPAY)

And brought a different perspective into the conversation:

๐Ÿ‘‰ Payments isnโ€™t just a partnership challenge โ€” itโ€™s an ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ.
When expectations donโ€™t match, friction follows.

โšก ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
โ€ข Merchants optimise for growth, conversion, profitability
โ€ข PSPs operate within regulation, risk, and scheme constraints
โ€ข Without transparency from day one, partnerships break down

And the deeper challenges:

๐Ÿ’ธ Payments still seen as a cost centre โ€” not a growth driver
๐Ÿ“Š Data is underused โ€” yet it holds the key to performance
๐Ÿค– AI is everywhere โ€” but still early, and often misunderstood

๐Ÿ‘‰ The real shift?
From transactions โ†’ to intelligence.

๐ŸŽฅ https://youtu.be/iSqisPhJCC4

More from the MPE floor coming your way.
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๐Ÿ’ฌ Whatโ€™s the bigger issue in your experience โ€” alignment or ex*****on?

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