TRUSTECH takes place in Pavilion 5.2 of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from 1 to 3 December 2026, covering payments, identification, digital security and authentication technology.
The exhibition brings together card and secure element manufacturers, payment terminal and acceptance providers, biometric and identity verification vendors, government identity programme suppliers and the banks and processors that buy from them.
It is one of the few events that spans both the payments industry and the government identity sector, two markets that share underlying cryptographic and secure hardware technology while serving very different customers.
Why it matters
The payments acceptance market is in a period of unusual change. The shift from physical cards to tokenised credentials held on devices, the growth of account to account payment schemes that bypass the card networks, and new European requirements on digital identity are all reshaping what issuers and acquirers buy.
The identity half of the show has its own momentum. European digital identity wallet requirements have created a procurement cycle across member states, and the suppliers positioning for it are the same firms that have historically supplied passports, national identity cards and driving licences.
For executives in banking and financial technology the exhibition is a practical read on which authentication approaches are reaching deployment rather than pilot, which is usually several years behind the industry conversation.
TRUSTECH is organised by Comexposium across three days.
