About Settle

Why Settle exists.

A conference for the people who move money, run by people who used to.

Since 2025

Payments conferences had turned into trade shows: panels of five, sponsored keynotes and badge scans. We started Settle in 2025 to put the operators back on stage and the questions back in the room. One building, four rooms, every session recorded.

/The rules.

Six rules we have kept since the pilot.

No panels of five.

Three people on stage, at most. Usually one.

No panels of five.

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Three people on stage, at most. Usually one.

No paid speaking slots.

Partners get logos and rooms, not talks. Every session goes through the same review.

No paid speaking slots.

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Partners get logos and rooms, not talks. Every session goes through the same review.

Every session is recorded.

Pass holders get replays the same evening. Everyone else after 30 days.

Every session is recorded.

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Pass holders get replays the same evening. Everyone else after 30 days.

Questions are questions.

Ninety seconds at the microphone. The moderator cuts speeches.

Questions are questions.

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Ninety seconds at the microphone. The moderator cuts speeches.

Regulators take questions.

Unscripted, from the floor, every year.

Regulators take questions.

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Unscripted, from the floor, every year.

No badge scanning.

Partners only get your details if you choose to give them.

No badge scanning.

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Partners only get your details if you choose to give them.

/Past editions.

Settle 25

Pilot · Shoreditch · 1 room

412 operators · 36 speakers

Settle 26

Coalhouse · 4 rooms · 96 sessions

2,412 operators · 118 speakers

Settle 27

Coalhouse · 14–15 May 2027

3,000 expected

/The team.

Amara Lewis

Founder · Programme

Picks every talk. Ran payments partnerships at a European bank for nine years.

Amara Lewis

Founder · Programme

Picks every talk. Ran payments partnerships at a European bank for nine years.

Jonas Weber

Partnerships

Sells logos and rooms, never stage time. Former fintech founder.

Jonas Weber

Partnerships

Sells logos and rooms, never stage time. Former fintech founder.

Mei Tanaka

Operations

Runs the building, the badges and the replays. Ten years producing live events.

Mei Tanaka

Operations

Runs the building, the badges and the replays. Ten years producing live events.

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