The 2025 CB Summit has established itself as the hub for innovation and sovereign card and mobile payments in France
This event brought together all stakeholders in the sector to discuss the major challenges facing the payments industry and outline the prospects for its sovereign, secure, and innovative future.
A meeting place for the ecosystem to exchange ideas and expand networks: an accelerator for innovation and collaboration.
Leading industry exhibitors, showcasing the dynamism of the payments sector:
With 70 exhibitor booths, the 2025 CB Summit brought together a wide range of key players in the payments industry. Banks, manufacturers, start-ups, associations, and professional federations showcased their latest innovations, underscoring the richness and diversity of this ever-evolving ecosystem.
Relive the highlights of the day
Recordings of the speeches and presentations:
Speech by Jean-Paul Mazoyer, Chair of CB:
Speech by Philippe Laulanie, CEO of CB:
Interview with Luc Ferry:
1. Conference - Sovereignty:
2. Conference - Transport & Mobility:
3. Conference - Artificial Intelligence:
4. Conference - Digital:
5. Conference - Combatting fraud:
6. Conference - Special payment instruments:
7. Conference - Form factors:
8. Conference - Quantum computing & payments:
9. Conference - Resilience of payment systems:
10. Conference - Accessibility and inclusion:
The CB Innovation Awards:
Winners of the 2025 CB Innovation Awards
Philippe Laulanie, CEO of CB, accompanied by the three winners of the 2025 CB Innovation Awards — SOLLY, KAMAE, and MEELO — as well as the members of the panel: Emmanuelle Fenard (CB), Emmanuel Jouvé (La Poste), Sabrina Hedroug (Mission French Tech), and Jacek Szpakiewicz (CB)
The CB 2025 Summit also provided an opportunity to recognise the most innovative initiatives in the AI and CSR categories with the presentation of the CB Innovation Awards. This year, three start-ups stood out:
🏆 AI Award: Meelo, for its use of artificial intelligence to secure payments.
🏆 CSR Award: Kamaé, for its simple, gamified cybersecurity awareness platform.
❤️ Audience Choice: Solly, for its brand-new charity card for the homeless.
Charity and sporting initiative:
In a spirit of solidarity, the CB Summit once again held its iconic charity event, organised in partnership with the FDJ/Suez team and the French Cycling Federation. Thanks to the participants’ efforts, 500 km were covered, setting a new record.
Philippe Gaboriau, Executive Director of the Louvre Museum Endowment Fund / Philippe Laulanie, CEO of CB
