MoneyLIVE North America 2026

MoneyLIVE North America 2026 took place September 14–15, 2026, at The Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago.

MoneyLIVE North America was billed as drawing 900+ industry leaders from the USA and Canada. About 70% were billed as holding C-level, Director, VP or Head-of titles, and 60% as working at financial institutions.

MoneyLIVE North America 2026 was held at The Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago.

Attendees were billed as 70% C-level, Director, VP or Head-of level and 60% from financial institutions. The event was billed as bringing together Tier 1 banks, leading regional banks, neobank challengers, community banks and credit unions, regulators and FinTech solution providers.

Junior practitioners or anyone seeking deep technical hands-on training would have gotten less from it, because the audience skewed senior and the exhibitors ranged from AI tech giants to startups, which points to a buyer-and-seller meeting ground rather than a workshop.

Attendees at banking and payments conferences usually wear business attire, with suits or blazers common among bank executives and business casual acceptable for vendors. Chicago in mid-September can be mild or cool in the evening, so a light jacket was sensible.

The audience was billed as spanning Tier 1 banking titans, leading regional banks, neobank challengers, community banks and credit unions, regulators and FinTech solution providers. Exhibitors were billed as ranging from AI technology giants to strategic consultancies and startups with new solutions.