The Bank of Italy announced a call for papers for its Conference on the Economics of Payments, scheduled to take place in Rome on 18-19 September 2025. The event is positioned as a forum for research and debate on the functioning, evolution and regulation of retail and wholesale payment systems. The scientific committee includes representatives from the Bank of Italy alongside experts from the Bank for International Settlements, Bank of Canada, Bank of Finland, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, US Federal Reserve, International Monetary Fund, Austrian National Bank and Swiss National Bank. The organising committee comprises Luca Arciero, Nicola Branzoli and Stefano Pietrosanti. Paper submissions are due by 20 April.