11 Aug 2025
A global meeting where payment systems, politics, and public trust collide.
As the currency ecosystem shifts under the pressure of geopolitical frictions, accelerated digitalisation, and renewed public concern for resilience, the Global Currency Forum 2026 arrives at a moment thick with consequence. When delegates gather in Antalya this April, the questions on the table won’t be abstract puzzles; they will be the daily realities of treasuries, central banks, commercial banks, and the industries that connect them.
This year’s programme turns deliberately towards the junctions where these pressures collide. Sessions examine how nations balance the convenience of fast payments with the stability offered by cash; how technology vendors and policymakers can jointly bolster supply-chain continuity; and how societies navigate the political symbolism of currency design, circulation, and access.
A particular emphasis falls on public trust. Several panels will explore the renewed public appetite for touchable, dependable means of payment at a time when digital infrastructures show their fragilities. Others will focus on catalysing innovation without sidelining communities who still depend on physical money to remain visible in economic life.
Set against Antalya’s dramatic coastline, the Forum offers a space to move past slogans and wrestle with the tensions shaping monetary systems. The aim is not consensus for its own sake, but clarity on what a resilient, plural payment future must look like—and what it will demand of the institutions tasked with delivering it.