Finance, Payments & Real Estate

BWG Forums and Primary Research

There are massive changes in where consumers are shopping, living, and working. Financial and payment models are rapidly transforming. BWG events are agnostic forums where experienced professionals discuss the critical trends impacting these industries.

Finance, Payments and Real Estate Topics

Cryptocurrencies

Credit cards

Digital and Mobile Payments - Paypal, Square, Stripe, Square

Merchant processors

Mortgage markets

Personal and auto lending

POS payments

Real Estate asset classes
- Self-Storage
- Residential - Single family and Multifamily
- Commercial - Retail and Office
- Warehouse and Industrial

Testimonial

I've known the BWG team since they started and face-face meetings were a thing; the conversations never fail to deliver. I learn, meet good people, and […]

David True Partner Paygility Advisors

BWG conversations are some of the most insightful in the industry. It’s the easiest for someone with a busy schedule like myself to understand trends, […]

Terence Leung Strategic Partnerships Manager - North America Vend

Payments space is in the mix of the biggest transformation ever. FinTech enables Instant money movement and it is taking center stage a way from […]

Igor Kogan Chief Operating Officer PayFi

An hour spent on a BWG roundtable discussion is always an hour well spent. I love hearing from industry peers and customers about their unique […]

Don Petersen Director of Marketing DAVO Technologies

FinTech and Payments is an ever changing industry where network connections play a major role - the ability to share and learn from others gives […]

Emina Zahirovic Head of Payments, North America HelloFresh US

I like hearing from my peers and what they're doing in similar situations. Also, it's good to hear from the industry side of the table […]

Charles Hoop Senior IT Category Management Aon

I've been working with BWG now for seven years. I join them because I believe the people they bring on-board are exceptionally relevant to the […]

Stuart Sim Founder & President ModernAgent by Ampify

Finance, Payments & Real Estate Categories

BWG Strategy focuses on the details of industry segments discussing key trends and vendors

Payments
Select Discussion Topics
Digital Wallets: PayPal vs Apple Pay vs Android Pay vs Samsung Pay
Real-time settlement
Outlook for merchant acquirers/processors/transfers trends
POS/mPOS trends
Real Estate
Select Discussion Topics
Commerical market trends - Retail, Office, Industrial, Multi-family, Storage, Mall and Shopping Centers
eCommerce impact on the retail transformation. Omni-channel.
Transformation of the Mall and Shopping Center landscape
Affordability trends, land prices and construction plans - starts, traffic and sales
Trends for First-time buyers (Millenials), Move Up Market, Retirement.
Homebuilders and Construction
Select Discussion Topics
Macro perspectives on demand, financing, construction costs
Labor trends and rates
Construction materials - Aggregates, Lumber, Wallboard, Roofing, Flooring
Land costs and affordability
AEC and designer software tools - BIM, cloud services and collaborative design

Payments, Real Estate, Homebuilders and Construction Insight Reports

Off the shelf and custom surveys from a network of over 75,000 professionals and a proprietary database of over 1 million contacts. Multiple reports weekly on topics across technology, media, telecom, consumer, retail, payments, and eCommerce. BWG leverages insights from in-person events to focus on the critical questions.