How will we pay for things in the metaverse? These new virtual worlds will create new customer behaviors and expectations, requiring innovative payment options that build trust and make it seamless for consumers to jump from real life to any virtual world they want. Synchrony has started to think about how payments will fit into these worlds. Mike Storiale of Synchrony can discuss what it will take to make payments successful and how businesses can start researching and preparing now.

• The metaverse won’t succeed without a reliable, trusted, and easy way to pay for products and services.

• Whichever system or systems are created, forecasters predict there will be trillions in value exchanged within the next decade.

• The sky’s the limit for innovation. In these early days, businesspeople should be thinking about how the metaverse can be incorporated into business and sales goals.