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Identity & Payments:
Security Trends in the Digital Era

Feb. 24-26, 2025 • San Diego

The Identity and Payments Summit will bring together leaders from the payments, identity and access communities to tackle industry challenges head-on, share first hand how those challenges impact each stakeholder, and provide a platform for all parties to learn and benefit from a more robust ecosystem. Together, we can not just address issues, we can transform the landscape across all industries.

2025 Identity & Payments Summit Recap

Mobile Driver’s License Demos, Bracing for Quantum Computing, Payment and Transit Innovation

The Secure Technology Alliance is celebrating the success of its Identity & Payments Summit. It brought together a record number of attendees to explore emerging security trends in today’s digital era and the way payments, access, transit and identity converge. More than 420 professionals from nearly 200 organizations gathered in San Diego, California, for the Summit’s immersive education sessions and networking opportunities.

What is The Summit?

It is the annual event where identity, access, and payments converge. Thought leaders, innovators, fortune 500 companies, and start-ups meet in one place to chart the course for a more secure digital world.

As a member-driven organization, the Secure Technology Alliance embraces convergence, pushing identity and payments forward. It’s two forums – the Identity and Access Forum and the U.S. Payments Forum – join together at the Summit to explore the cross-market technologies and issues.

200+

leading companies

60+

sessions and panels

15+

years of thought leadership

mDL Technology Showcase

Mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) are revolutionizing the way we identify ourselves in the digital age and empowering people to ditch their physical wallets. It’s a secure, contactless and privacy-focused identity credential for age verification, traveling through TSA, online transactions and more!

Some of our featured speakers

Founder, President
AuthenticID
Director of Technology Engagement
MAG
Program Specialist, ID Management
AAMVA
Chief Customer Experience Officer
Metro Los Angeles
Executive Director
Secure Technology Alliance
VP – EMV Products, North America
Visa Inc.
Digital Identity Strategist
Decipher Identity, LLC
Director Business Development
PQShield
Director of Engagement and Operations
EMVCo
TotalEnergies
Lead Analyst
Javelin Strategy & Research
Chief Product Officer
Onfido, an Entrust Company
Technical Director
Schellman Compliance
Managing Director
Rebel Payments
Executive Director, USA & Americas
ATM Industry Assoc.
Senior Technical Director
FIDO
Vice President, Smart Credentials
IDEMIA
CEO
Anonybit

Why did the industry gather in San Diego?

This was the 15th year and the Summit is stronger than ever. Supported by a member base including more than 200 of the world’s leading identity and payments companies, San Diego became the spot for 2025’s go to event.

We enjoyed engaging keynotes, panels and educational sessions as well as thought leadership from the industry luminaries with a focus on payments and identity trends, mobile drivers license use cases and trends in the transportation sector with a focus on how all of these things are converging to bring a more secure and user friendly ecosystem to the world . We had over 400 attendees who enjoyed the networking opportunities with a diverse group of industry participants, saw product demos in the exhibit hall and actively engaged with secure technology thought leaders.

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This year's attendee companies:

Infineon • ABCorp NA Inc. • Accenture • Accountant General’s Department • Acesso Digital Tecnologia da Informação SA • AdvanIDe • Aila Technologies • American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators • American Express • Anonybit • Apple • AppyWay • Arcot by Broadcom • Argotechno • Ascertia • ATM Industry Association • AU10TIX • AuthenticID • AuthID Inc. • Aware, Inc • AWS – Amazon One • B2 Payment Solutions • BairesDev • Bank of America • Barnes International Limited • Best Buy • Biometric Update • Bulloch Technologies • California Department of Transportation • Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority • CardWare, Inc • CHS Inc • Clevor Consulting Group • Community Transit • Conexxus • Consult Hyperion • CPI CardGroup • Credence ID • Cryptomathic Inc • Cubic Transportation Systems • CypherFace • Daon • Datawatch Systems Inc. • Decipher Identity, LLC • Department of Driver Services (DDS) • Diebold Nixdorf • Discover Financial Services • Discover Global Network • Dongwoon Anatech USA • Edgewise Network • Elavon Inc. • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Ellipse • EMVCo • Entersekt • Entrust Corporation • Epic • Equinox • Explicit Selection • Exponent • Facephi • Fast Enterprises • Federal Authority For Identity Citizenship Security • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta • Federal Reserve Financial Services • Feitian Technologies US Inc • FFIEC • FIDO Alliance • Fime • Fingerprint • FIS/AFFN • Fiserv • Forza • Fraud Fighter • Future • Giesecke+Devrient • Global Payments, Inc. • Go Validate • Google • GoValidate • Government • Grid Technology INC • HID Global • Icomera US Inc. • ICP, Abu Dhabi • IDEMIA • Identification Technology Partners • Identity Woman • IDMERIT LLC • InComm Payments • Infineon Technologies • Innovatrics • Interac Corp • INTRUST BANK • Intuit • Invenco by GVR • Invoke Tech • IPS Group Inc • Jack Henry • Javelin Research & Strategy • JCB International Credit Card Co., LTD. • Karta Gift Cards • Keyless- Zero Knowledge Biometrics • Kuester Consulting LLC • LA Metro • LexisNexis Risk Solutions • LexisNexis VitalChek • Linxens • Los Angeles Football Club • MagTek • Marketing Card Technology (MCT) • Mashgin • Mastercard • Matica Group • MATTR • Merchant Advisory Group • Metro • Metropolitan Transportation Commission • Mitek Systems • MoCaFi • Montner Tech PR • MTC • MTL • Multos International • netnumber • nexo standards • NextTech Communications • NFC Forum • Nidec Instruments (America) Corporation • NIST • NXP Semiconductors • Oneproof Inc • Onfido • OpenID Foundation • P97 Networks, LLC • Panini • Paravision, Inc. • PAX Technology, Inc. • PayGility Advisors • PayHuddle • Payment Atelier Inc. • PEAK IDV • Perfect Plastic Printing • Pete Costello, LLC • PQShield • Private Identity® • Prove • Q-Card Company • Qualcomm • Rebel Group • Reef Karson Consulting, LLC • Samsung • San Diego Metropolitan Transit System • Schellman Compliance LLC • SCIL/Secure Payments Academy • SCRRA – Metrolink • Scytales AB • SEK • Sentry Enterprises • SHAZAM • Skavi Dev • Socure • Sparsa Inc • SPS • State of California – DMV • STMicroelectronics • Swissbit • switstack • TD Bank • Thales • The Stewart Group • Tools for Humanity • TOPPAN Digital • TotalEnergies | nexo standards • TransUnion • Trinsic • U.S. Bank, Voyager • U.S. Bank/Elavon • UBS Bank USA • UC San Diego • UNICO • Urban FT • USAA • USPS • Velera • Velocia • Veridocs • Veridos Identity Solutions • Verifone • Visa Inc. • W3C • Walmart • WEX Inc • Woodforest National Bank • WSP • XTec, Inc

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