- QUBE Events’ Africa Payments & RegTech Forum explores digital payments, RegTech, and regulatory innovation across diverse markets of the continent
- Senior leaders from banks, fintechs, regulators, and technology firms are brought together in Johannesburg
- The Forum’s agenda features keynotes, panels, roundtables, and one-to-one meetings driving practical collaboration
- Discussions address inclusion, interoperability, fraud prevention, AI adoption, and regulatory harmonisation
QUBE Events’ Africa Payments & RegTech Forum, scheduled for June 25th, 2026, at the Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch in Johannesburg, South Africa, positions itself as one of the continent’s premier events focused on the intersection of digital payments, financial services innovation, and regulatory technology. Hosted in Johannesburg, a city renowned as Africa’s financial and economic hub, the Forum convenes senior leaders and innovators from banking, fintech, payments, regulatory bodies, and technology sectors to explore the forces shaping financial ecosystems across the continent.
An Influential Base and a Strategic Gateway
The Forum’s participants include senior representatives from commercial banks, mobile money operators, fintech innovators, regulatory agencies, and technology firms offering compliance, security, and payment solutions. The presence of such a broad constituency reflects the multifaceted nature of Africa’s payments landscape, where public‑private collaboration and innovation intersect to address market fragmentation, expand financial inclusion, and enhance systemic resilience.
By situating this forum in Johannesburg, organizers leverage the city’s role as a gateway to innovation and financial leadership within the region. The event positions itself as a critical forum for those invested in shaping Africa’s payment infrastructure and regulatory frameworks. Through a blend of strategic insight, sector dialogue, and connection‑building, the Africa Payments & RegTech Forum 2026 underscores the continent’s momentum toward inclusive, scalable, and technologically integrated financial ecosystems.
Tickets are now available for USD 230 on the official event website, use promo code qube10 for 10%off.
Programme and Agenda
The Forum’s agenda offers both strategic perspective and operational insight. As is custom for QUBE Events’ forums, keynote sessions frame discussions around global and regional payment trends, assessing how digital wallets, cross‑border payment initiatives, and mobile money platforms are transforming economic participation. In an environment where financial inclusion remains a standing priority, such keynote addresses unpack how technology can expand access to payment services while maintaining security, reliability, and compliance with emerging regulatory frameworks.
High‑level panel discussions bring together diverse voices to reflect on topical issues and challenges associated with scaling digital payment infrastructure across non-homogenous markets. Regulators, industry executives, and solution innovators contribute to these panels, illuminating how policy, technology, and market forces converge to influence strategic pathways forward. Themes such as interoperability, fraud prevention, and the integration of AI in transaction monitoring resonate throughout these exchanges.
The Forum’s design additionally includes roundtables and expert discussions that encourage deeper engagement with specific sector challenges. These sessions focus on how fintechs and financial institutions are navigating risk and compliance in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, how digital identity solutions get integrated to support secure onboarding, and how cross‑border payment systems get harmonized to facilitate trade and remittances within Africa and beyond. Such dialogues emphasize practical experiences and the sharing of lessons learned across jurisdictions.
Structured one‑on‑one meetings are another key component of the event, creating space for targeted networking and collaboration. These interactions support relationship building between banks, payment service providers, regulators, and technology vendors, fostering opportunities for commercial partnerships, product development initiatives, and strategic alliances. In a rapidly growing ecosystem where connectivity and interoperability matter, these curated conversations are seen as instrumental in translating dialogue into action.
More specifically, the topics addressed across the Forum will include:
- Agentic AI in Payments
- Digital Assets, Stablecoins, Tokenisation: Payments Impact and Regulation
- Financial Crime, AML, and Investigations: Smarter Controls Without Slowing Payments
- The Evolving Landscape of Digital Payments in Africa
- Identity and Biometrics for Secure, Convenient, Inclusive Authentication
- Innovation Through SupTech in Africa: The Regulator’s Toolkit
- Open Banking and Open Finance: Transitioning Toward a Commercially Driven Ecosystem
- Transforming Through RegTech: Defining Organisational Priorities for 2026
- And more. The complete detailed agenda is available here.
The speakers at QUBE Events’ upcoming Africa Payments & RegTech Forum are yet to be announced. If you would like to contribute, you are welcome to apply as a speaker here.
In a Nutshell
- When: June 25th, 2026
- Where: Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Tickets here, use promo code qube10 for 10%off
- Additional information: info@qubevents.com
Kostiantyn is a freelance writer from Crimea but based in Lviv. He loves writing about IT and high tech because those topics are always upbeat and he’s an inherent optimist!
