LAS VEGAS, Nevada — October 29, 2026 — MoneyCon will bring the fintech and financial services industry together at Restaurant Row at The Venetian in Las Vegas, October 19–21, 2027, with free attendance and no badge, ticket, or registration fee. Founded by the team behind Fintech NerdCon, the event will offer three days of content, conversations, and side events, with a format designed around open industry connections rather than a traditional exhibition hall.
Key Announcement Details
| Attribute | Verified Details |
|---|---|
| Announcement Type | Event Launch |
| Announcing Entity | Nerd Events Media |
| Announcement Date | October 29, 2026 |
| Dateline | Las Vegas, Nevada, US |
| Event Name | MoneyCon |
| Event Dates | October 19–21, 2027 |
| Venue | Restaurant Row, The Venetian |
| Attendance | Free; no ticket, badge, or registration fee |
| Founders | Simon Taylor, Joy Schwartz, Colton Pond |
| Presented By | Nerd Events Media |
| Target Audience | Fintech, payments, financial services |
| Program | Three days of content, conversations, side events |
| Sponsorship | Limited partner opportunities |
| Event Information | fintechnerdcon.com/moneycon |
MoneyCon Introduces a Free Gathering for the Fintech Industry
Nerd Events Media announced MoneyCon as a new gathering for professionals across fintech and financial services, scheduled for October 19–21, 2027, at Restaurant Row inside The Venetian in Las Vegas.
The event comes from the founders of Fintech NerdCon: Simon Taylor, Joy Schwartz, and Colton Pond. According to the announcement, the gathering will maintain the informal networking environment associated with the industry’s annual October presence in Las Vegas while providing a different format for bringing participants together.
Key features include:
- Free attendance: No ticket purchase, badge, or registration fee.
- Open industry participation: Intended for the broader fintech and financial services community.
- Restaurant Row setting: Conversations and networking will take place around the restaurants and shared spaces at The Venetian.
- Three-day program: Content, conversations, and side events are planned for October 19–21, 2027.
- No traditional exhibition model: The event is positioned around industry connections rather than paid access to an expo floor.
Why MoneyCon Is Coming to Las Vegas
For more than a decade, the October gathering of fintech professionals in Las Vegas has served as an annual meeting point for the industry. The announcement notes that many valuable interactions occurred outside formal conference sessions, including in hallways, coffee lines, and restaurants.
It also describes changing sentiment around the location of the industry’s 2027 gathering. According to Nerd Events Media, one widely read fintech newsletter reported that its author polled every attendee they met at the current year’s show and found a 100% disapproval rating for the move. Another newsletter published that week called for a counter-gathering at The Venetian featuring inexpensive tickets and open restaurants.
MoneyCon is intended to provide that alternative, with no attendance charge.
The Organizers’ Vision for MoneyCon
The founders said the event is designed to make industry connections accessible without requiring participants to purchase expensive conference passes or participate in conventional exhibition activities.
Simon Taylor, co-founder of MoneyCon and author of Brainfood, said:
“The best conversations in fintech have never happened in a session,”
Taylor continued:
“They happen when you run into someone between the coffee shop and dinner at the Venetian. You can’t schedule that, you can’t sell a booth for it, and you shouldn’t need a four-thousand-dollar badge to be part of it.”
Colton Pond, co-founder of MoneyCon, described the new gathering as a distinct proposition from the original Fintech NerdCon event.
“We built Fintech NerdCon because the industry craved something different, and 1,500 operators showed up in Year 1,”
Pond added:
“MoneyCon is a different promise. Come connect with the entire fintech and financial services industry, because building together drives increased innovation to move our industry forward.”
Joy Schwartz, co-founder of MoneyCon, emphasized that free attendance would not mean an absence of organized programming.
“Free doesn’t mean unprogrammed,”
Schwartz continued:
“We’re running three days of content, conversations and side events built the way operators actually want to spend their time, with the same team and the same standard we hold at NerdCon.”
How MoneyCon Builds on Fintech NerdCon
MoneyCon is the second event from the team behind Fintech NerdCon, which launched in 2025. The original event is scheduled to return to San Diego on November 19–20, 2026, for its second year.
Fintech NerdCon follows an operator-focused model that rejects several elements of conventional trade-show formats:
- No sales booths.
- No badge scanning.
- No forced meetings.
According to the announcement, its attendees include operators from JPMorgan Chase, Stripe, Visa, Capital One, Block, Nubank, Revolut, Chime, Plaid, and Coinbase.
Past or featured speakers cited in the announcement include:
- The CTO of Plaid.
- Executives from Nubank.
- The CEO of Revolut U.S.
- Co-founders of Chime, Gusto, and Modern Treasury.
MoneyCon will apply the same underlying principle at a different scale: bring industry participants together, remove the attendance barrier, and use restaurants and shared spaces as the setting for conversations.
Sponsorship and Event Information
Sponsorship opportunities are available to a limited number of partners. Nerd Events Media has directed prospective sponsors and interested attendees to the event website for additional information and the waitlist.
- Event details and waitlist: fintechnerdcon.com/moneycon
- Event dates: October 19–21, 2027
- Venue: Restaurant Row at The Venetian, Las Vegas
- Attendance fee: Free
About MoneyCon
MoneyCon is a free gathering for the fintech, payments, and financial services industry, scheduled for October 19–21, 2027, at Restaurant Row at The Venetian in Las Vegas. Presented by Nerd Events Media, the event is designed around open participation, industry conversations, and networking without a required badge.
About Fintech NerdCon
Fintech NerdCon is a fintech conference founded by Simon Taylor, Joy Schwartz, and Colton Pond, with a format built by operators for operators. Its second edition is scheduled for November 19–20, 2026, in San Diego. More information is available at fintechnerdcon.com.
Source Attribution
Source: Company announcement
