Money20/20 Middle East Riyadh 2027

Money20/20 Middle East is the Saudi edition of the Money20/20 fintech conference brand, and its organiser calls it the leading fintech event in the Middle East. The 2027 edition is set for 14 to 16 September 2027 at RECC in Malham, Saudi Arabia, with Riyadh named as the host city. The event is aimed at the institutional side of finance. The organiser lists fintechs, government bodies and regulators, startups and investors, Big Tech, academics and innovators among the groups it expects, alongside banks and payments firms. It cites 600+ investors, 350+ speakers, 350+ brands and 150 startups, without saying which edition those numbers describe. Regulators and officials are offered private roundtables covering digital banking, open finance and AI governance. The programme is spread across named stages: NextGen Money, the Off the Record Stage, The Bridge and The Capital Stage, plus an Executive Summit and an expo floor. The Boardroom is a separate closed-door forum for senior leaders and regulators, open only to Gold Plus Pass holders. The 2026 edition ran under themes such as Future Financial Architecture, Trust by Design, Autonomous Finance, Empowered Finance and The Next Era of Payments, and its Boardroom sessions dealt with the Saudi chapter of MFTA, growth strategy for financial institutions and the regulation of agentic AI. Its speakers included the Governor and Deputy Governors of the Saudi Central Bank, the Saudi Finance Minister and executives from State Street and BNY. No agenda or speakers for 2027 have been published. Ticket prices are not public yet. Visitors can only pre-register through the organiser's online form, and companies that want to exhibit or sponsor in 2027 can send an enquiry through a separate form. Gold Plus Pass is the only pass type named on the site, and in 2026 it also unlocked workshops such as the Strategic Lab. For affiliates and media buyers the fit is indirect. None of the stages or themes covers affiliate or performance marketing, and the crowd is made up mostly of banks, regulators, payment providers and investors. The event is more useful for teams working finance and forex offers who want to understand how Saudi regulators think about digital banking and open finance, meet payment and fintech brands entering the Gulf, or look for partners before launching campaigns in the region.