Money20/20 Middle East Returns to Riyadh for 2026 Edition

Money20/20 Middle East will return to Riyadh for its 2026 edition, scheduled for 14-16 September. The event will take place at the Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Centre in Malham. It is hosted by the Financial Sector Development Program, the Saudi Central Bank, the Capital Market Authority and the Insurance Authority, with Tahaluf and Fintech Saudi co-organising.

The 2026 edition is expected to draw more than 38,000 attendees. Organisers have lined up 350 exhibiting brands, over 350 speakers, more than 600 investors and 150 startups. An initial speaker line-up has already been announced.

Among the speakers are Ryan Rugg, Global Head of Digital Assets TTS at Citi; Mostapha Tahiri, Chief Operating Officer at State Street; Tony Ashraf, Managing Director at BlackRock; Joy Adams, Chief Operating Officer for Digital Assets Transformation at Deutsche Bank; and Hosam Arab, Co-Founder and CEO of Tabby. Visa and Tamara are Founding Partners for the 2026 edition. Strategic Sponsors include BARQ, ELM, Tiqmo and Arab National Bank. Platinum Sponsors include Foodics, Hakbah, Gulf International Bank, Safqah Capital and Al Rajhi Takaful.

The programme spans six content pillars: The Future Financial Architecture, Trust by Design, Autonomous Finance, Empowered Finance, The Next Era of Payments, and The Future of Capital. Separate segments include The Executive Summit, NextGen Money, The Bridge, The Capital Stage, The Boardroom, Off The Record and MoneyPot.

Annabelle Mander, Executive Vice President at Tahaluf, said Money20/20 Middle East has redefined what a fintech event can achieve. Riyadh, she added, has become a key meeting point for the global fintech community.

Registration for the 2026 event is now open. Further details are available at www.money2020middleeast.com.

The scale of this edition is one more sign that Saudi Arabia is building a genuinely global fintech gathering. The country is strengthening its position as one of the world's fastest-growing fintech markets, and the presence of senior executives from Citi, State Street, BlackRock and Deutsche Bank suggests international institutions see Riyadh as a serious destination for financial innovation. Whether that interest turns into long-term commitments will be clear only after the event closes.