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MERGE Madrid sits at the intersection of Web3 and traditional payments. Sponsors regularly include Visa, PayPal, Circle, Tether and Paxos.
That sponsor list tells you who is in the room. MERGE is one of the few events where card networks, stablecoin issuers and crypto companies are all present with commercial intent rather than as observers - which makes it unusually relevant for a card and stablecoin business.
Step 1 · The ticket
Priced in dollars. Paid in dollars. Nothing lost in between.
Passes get more expensive the longer you wait, and the good side events fill up from the main ticket list. Book the pass first. Then the travel.
Step 2 · The flight
Search around the conference dates.
Fares climb sharply in the four weeks before a major conference. Long-haul from APAC - pairs well with other European dates.
Step 3 · The room
A conference week empties a city of rooms. Book early.
Know before you tap
Converts once, at a flat 1.8% Forex Charge.
The machine will offer to charge you in dollars instead. It sounds helpful. It is not. Choose the local currency - baht, yen, won, whatever is on the screen - and your money converts once, at a flat 1.8% Forex Charge.
Taking the dollar option is called dynamic currency conversion. The shop sets that exchange rate, not Visa, and it usually costs you 3% to 7%. You will never see it listed as a fee, because it is hidden inside the rate. That is the point of it. Say no, every time.
Nothing to convert, nothing to pay. 0%.
Booking sites, conference tickets and airlines often quote in dollars already. That is not a conversion trick. That is just the price. Your money is already in dollars, so there is nothing to convert and nothing to pay. 0%.
Hotel in dollars. Flight in dollars. Ticket in dollars. Three charges, no conversion on any of them.
Experience borderless finance with Kite.
You are leaving Kite to finish this booking. Pay with your Kite card and the dollar price stays the dollar price.
Kite does not process the booking. Prices, availability and terms are set by the partner, not by us.