The Payments Association
For payments institutions, big & small. We help our members navigate a complex regulatory environment and facilitate profitable business partnerships.
Our purpose is to empower the most influential community in payments, where the connections, collaboration and learning shape an industry that works for all.
Why join The Payments Association?
- Membership of The Payments Association guarantees you up to 25 introductions a year – We believe in the personal touch. Through 1-to-1 introductions at our networking events, electronic intros sent from our Director General and the online community member platform we actively connect you with senior executives from organisations across the entire payments ecosystem where we believe there is potential for you to build future, profitable business partnerships.
- We will help you navigate the complex regulatory environment – As a member of The Payments Association you get direct access to the regulators. Join a workshop with the FCA or Bank of England and get your voice heard by collaborating on one of our consultation responses.
- Get access to exclusive market insights and industry benchmarks – As a member of The Payments Association you gain access to our exclusive research, whitepapers and interviews with the most influential players in the payments space, allowing you to draw from their experiences and apply their learnings to your own business.
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Service Now
“What others consider impossible, just takes passionate teamwork from The Payments Association"
Monica Eaton Cardone, CEO of Chargebacks911
and Advisory Board Member at The Payments Association
Our projects
The Payments Association’s 5 projects drive industry change to shape the future of the payments landscape. Our projects bring together more than 80 high level volunteers from across the payments industry who represent the collective view of The Payments Association members at industry-critical moments.
Our events
2nd Annual Payment Systems Regulation and Innovation Summit
- October 19, 2021 8:30 am - 5:45 pm
- Online
How can Open Banking pave the way to Open Finance?
- October 21, 2021 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Financial Crime 360
- November 9, 2021 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Royal Lancaster London
Payments 101
- November 30, 2021 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Our latest Insights
How can Open Banking pave the way to Open Finance?
Our Webinar on "How can Open Banking pave the way to Open Finance?" was hosted on the 21st of October 2021. Our expert speakers discussed the challenges and opportunities of the implementation of Open Banking, what the future landscape may look like, the growth of Open Banking globally and what might be the key drivers for a broader move towards open finance and open data.
- October 22, 2021
PSD2 & beyond: From imagining the future to filling in the gaps
Download Ekata and Allyiz's latest eBook where they explore what these global merchants are seeing in the market - the ultimate temperature check on all the effort undertaken by the various payments players in the ecosystem.
- October 20, 2021
Power to the People: How Open Banking is Transforming how we Access and Manage our Money
PENDING RELEASE - This guidebook will bring to life lots of use cases within the Open Banking space that have the potential to transform the lives of consumers as well the cost, speed, and security of other stakeholders in the financial services industry.
- October 19, 2021
VRP Part 2: Where are we on this revolutionary open banking payments journey?
This month's insightful podcast is supported by Payments Association Project Knowledge Partner, Discover Global Network. Our expert speakers discussed some key and challenging questions on open banking - what are variable recurring payments? Where does it sit within open banking and what has been mandated by the CMA? Tune in to find out more!
- September 30, 2021
