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The payments landscape is evolving rapidly, and we’re at a pivotal moment of change. At the Future of Payments Forum in Amsterdam, we connected with industry leaders from across the ecosystem. The quality, openness, and depth of ideas shared reinforced the value of coming together to shape what’s next. Key themes included: - The surge in instant payments and A2A models offering real alternatives. - Opportunities to transform cross-border payments by improving speed and transparency. - Digital money is going mainstream, from tokenized deposits to programmable value. - Payment foundation models - enabling unified intelligence and faster innovation across the enterprise. Thank you to all of our speakers and participants for such a valuable exchange. Explore our latest report on modernizing fraud prevention and the future of payments in the comments.