ETA Payments Compliance Conference 2026
4 November 2026 – 5 November 2026
The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Arlington, United States
The Payments Compliance Conference — D.C. is the Electronic Transactions Association's annual in-person conference dedicated to payments compliance, bringing together payments professionals, regulators, card networks and legal experts to discuss payments laws, regulations and network rules. Held over two days at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, it is structured around small-table morning workshops, regulatory panel sessions and card-network rules sessions, covering federal and state regulation, enforcement trends, AML/BSA/KYC, faster payments, privacy, digital assets, open banking and artificial intelligence.
25 sessions · 28 speakers
Organiser (1)
Electronic Transactions Association
Sponsors (8)
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP · Venable LLP · American Express · Discover Global Network · Visa · Mastercard · Wiley Rein LLP · Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Agenda
- Law Enforcement Trends in Payment Processing 4 November 2026 · Table 3
- Anti-Money Laundering 4 November 2026 · Table 4
- Welcome 4 November 2026
- Surcharging & Cash Discounting 4 November 2026 · Table 1
- Payment Facilitator Risk: Structure, Liability, and Exposure 4 November 2026 · Table 2
- Discussion with Regulators 4 November 2026
- Overview of the Regulatory Environment 4 November 2026
- Money Transmission: Navigating an Evolving Regulatory Landscape 4 November 2026
- Dealing with an Enforcement Action 4 November 2026
- Open Banking — Changing Payments 4 November 2026
- Threat Landscape from State Anti-Interchange Laws 4 November 2026
- Click to Cancel: Navigating the New Subscription Compliance Landscape 4 November 2026
- AI & Agentic Commerce 5 November 2026
- Digital Assets and the Future of Payments 5 November 2026
- Prediction Markets: Innovation, Regulation, and Compliance 5 November 2026
- Cannabis, Payments, and the Evolving Regulatory Landscape 5 November 2026
- Policy and Politics Intersect -Mid-term Elections: Results and Outlook 5 November 2026
- View From the Industry 5 November 2026
- Compliance with Network Rules: American Express 5 November 2026
- Compliance with Network Rules: Visa 5 November 2026
- Compliance with Network Rules: Mastercard 5 November 2026
- Compliance with Network Rules: Discover 5 November 2026
- Fireside Chat with Three Payments Networks 5 November 2026
- Q&A With Networks 5 November 2026
- Closing Remarks 5 November 2026