TRANSACT 2024. A show about how money moves.

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, 17 to 19 April 2024. A week after LeadsCon closed, five of us went to listen to the payments people.

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On the record
  • ShowTRANSACT
  • WhereMandalay Bay, Las Vegas
  • When17-19 April 2024
  • We wereOur team was there
Entrance of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas

The entrance of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Photo Adam Caudill, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

The payments floor.

TRANSACT is the show of the Electronic Transactions Association, whose members are payments and fintech companies. Its 2024 theme was Where Payments Meets Business.

Ad accounts look like a media problem until you see how much of the job is moving money.

The towers of Mandalay Bay and Delano and the Luxor pyramid, seen from the convention centre

Mandalay Bay and Delano, from the convention centre. Photo patrick thibodeau, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

Where your ad money sits.

In the panel, your balance is what you recharged minus what you allocated to accounts. A top down moves unspent budget from a live account back to that balance.

See when the balance runs out, before it stops.Sample dataUSD wallet$32,400$38,400
Wallet

Where the money sits and what is still spendable.

Add funds
BALANCE
$32,400$38,400
Coverage74%170%
Recharge to stay covered. Send by , 02:00 PM via SEPA, before funds run out on , 05:10 PM.Covered. At the current rate you have funds until .
Payment detectedWallet credited+$6,000
Crypto · credited automaticallyToday
Bank transfer · proof of payment requiredMon
When it runs outSpending forecast
  • USD wallet5 days left8 days left
Forecast spend tomorrow$6,120
Budget still live$41,300

Where does your ad money sit tonight?

Ask us how a deposit moves to an account and back, with your platforms and monthly spend.

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