Amsterdam — Week of 1 Jun 2026

EY's third annual community gathering on risk and regulation in payments — held on the eve of Money20/20 Europe at EY Wavespace Amsterdam. The afternoon brings together payments professionals, compliance leads, fintech operators and startup founders for a focused look at the latest regulatory developments shaping European payments: fraud risk management, transaction monitoring, AML, and the practical implications of the new rule book. EY experts present good-practice use cases alongside industry peers. Run in collaboration with EWPN (European Women Payments Network), this is one of the highest-signal pre-Money20/20 events for anyone working at the intersection of payments, compliance and tech.

Europe's largest fintech conference returns to RAI Amsterdam for its 15th edition. Money20/20 Europe 2026 draws 7,400+ senior leaders from 100+ countries — banking and payments executives, fintech founders, investors, regulators and technology providers — for three days of sessions, demos and deal-making. The 2026 content pillars reflect where the money is moving right now: AI and the Agentic Age, The Great Rebundling of financial services, Money Stack Rewired (real-time payments, embedded finance, open banking), and Regulation in the Fast Lane. 400+ sessions, 100+ demos, and a conference floor that is genuinely the place where partnerships and deals happen at scale. Past editions report 90%+ C-level or VP-level attendees. If you work anywhere in the payments, banking, insurtech or fintech ecosystem, this is the unmissable week in Amsterdam.

Recurring monthly evening at I Dock that runs alongside the Startup Valley pitch night — bring a drink, meet other operators, founders and investors active in the Amsterdam scene. Lower-key than a structured pitch event; the value is the mix of people in the room and the easy entry point for newcomers to the city's tech ecosystem.

Monthly pitch night at I Dock from the Startup Valley community: 4-8 early-stage startups pitch live and get feedback from angels and VC partners in the room, followed by open networking. Hosted alongside the regular Tech & Business Networking night at the same venue so attendees can move between the two formats. Good for first-time founders sharpening their pitch and for operators/investors who want concentrated access to current Amsterdam-stage dealflow.

The recurring Startup Valley evening at I Dock — a high-signal, topic-driven monthly networking session for founders, operators and investors across Amsterdam's tech scene. Runs in parallel with the Startups Pitch to Investors night at the same venue, so attendees can move between conversation-led networking and structured pitch content over the course of the evening. A known and well-attended monthly fixture in the Amsterdam calendar.

A full-day Money20/20 side event at Fosbury & Sons' canal-side member club on the Prinsengracht. The (un)Banked Conference brings together leaders from banking, fintech and crypto to debate how financial systems are actually changing — beyond the conference-stage talking points — and what banking will plausibly look like over the next decade. Format is curated and intentionally tight: keynote talks, focused panels and properly facilitated networking, in a setting designed for senior conversation rather than badge-scanning. For founders, operators and investors working on the unbanked, embedded finance, stablecoins, real-time rails and the regulatory edges that connect them.

with Victor Knaap (Co-Founder, Media.Monks)

Intimate lunchtime session with Victor Knaap, co-founder of Media.Monks — the Dutch creative production company that scaled globally as part of S4 Capital. Knaap shares how he approached brand-building at the intersection of technology, creativity and content, and how early-stage founders can think about narrative, positioning and distinctive identity. Hosted by Startup Village at Amsterdam Science Park as part of The Nursery programme. Small format — sign up early.

with Flavia Zimbardi (Type designer / Host, Women in Type) · Aleksandra Samuļenkova (Type designer, Panellist) · Lara Captan (Type designer, Panellist) + 1 more

68th edition of Women in Type at Amsterdam design studio Thonik. Brazilian type designer Flavia Zimbardi hosts a panel with Aleksandra Samuļenkova, Lara Captan and Pooja Saxena on representation in type design — voice and visibility in visual culture for digital products. Niche but high quality for designers in the Amsterdam tech scene.

The 68th edition of the recurring Women in Type evening, hosted at Amsterdam design studio Thonik. A focused conversation about visibility, voice and representation in type design and the broader visual culture of digital products. Speakers from established type foundries and design studios share work in progress and the questions behind it. Strong fit for designers, design-leads at tech companies and anyone interested in how typography and design choices shape the brands, products and platforms we use every day.

Fourth volume of the intimate AI practitioner meetup run by Netventis at Nook in De Pijp. The format is deliberately small — about ten seats — for working AI professionals (data scientists, product owners, ML engineers, innovation leads and tech-forward marketers) to swap real applied lessons on what AI is changing inside their organisations. Lightning intros from each attendee, then open conversation over drinks. A different kind of room from the big AI conferences: fewer attendees, no badges, more honest exchange about what's actually working in production.

An hour-long, interactive workshop inside the PublicSpaces Conference at Pakhuis de Zwijger — Amsterdam's best-known venue for tech-and-society programming. The session reframes the standard 'tech in your organisation' question: what would democratic technology actually look like in practice — collective ownership and governance instead of centralised control, technology serving the mission rather than serving the platform? Run by DIGISET in collaboration with PublicSpaces, the workshop is built for senior people at SMEs, non-profits and cooperatives thinking about their digital choices. Ticket includes free full-day access to the PublicSpaces Conference.

A working hackathon-style afternoon at Huis De Pinto — the historic merchant house turned community venue in the Nieuwmarkt area — built around the Public Stack model. Run as part of the PublicSpaces Conference and funded by the EU's DIGISET programme, the session has participants map their organisation's full digital landscape (materials, protocols, business model, interfaces) and explicitly test how their values translate into technology choices. The format is most useful for impact-driven founders, non-profit and cooperative SMEs, and tech companies working on public-interest infrastructure. Ticket includes free access to the morning and afternoon PublicSpaces Conference at Pakhuis de Zwijger the same day.

Demo Day for the eighth cohort of the AMS Startup Booster — AMS Institute's 20-week urban-tech accelerator. Ten ventures present what they have built after months of customer discovery, prototyping and testing, working on circular materials, climate resilience, digital infrastructure for cities and social inclusion. Audience includes corporate innovation leads, public sector partners, academic researchers and investors looking for Amsterdam-grounded urban-tech deal flow.