The rebrand will empower the most influential community in payments, where the connections, collaboration and learning shape an industry that works for all
London, United Kingdom. 7th October 2021: Leading payment organisations came together to celebrate innovation in the financial sector last night at the Emerging Payments Association’s (EPA) 14th annual Emerging Payments Awards (EP Awards) ceremony. Held at JW Marriot Grosvenor House Hotel, London, the event was attended by over 750 individuals from the most influential companies in fintech.
Along with the awards winners, the EPA also announced its rebrand to The Payments Association during the ceremony, with the name change taking effect throughout October. The association has seen significant growth over the past few years, welcoming names such as Nationwide, J.P. Morgan and KPMG to the community, and the new name reflects the breadth and diversity of payment businesses that are represented; unifying the entire ecosystem, catering for all things payments.
The UK’s fintech sector is booming, raising $5.7bn in the first half of 2021, more than doubling the total investment secured in the industry in 2020. Such success is down to the innovation and commitment performed by each individual fintech. Meanwhile, the EPA has increased its volume of members by 20% in the last year alone, with evolution and progression at the heart of the payments industry.
At the EP Awards, Comviva Technology Ltd were among the winners, celebrating two award wins for Best Direct Account to Account Solution and Leading Financial Services or Payments Start-up. Banking Circle took home the prize for Best Back Office Innovation for its real-time clearing and settlement global network, and Alison Donnelly, Director of fscom, came away with the Industry Contributor of the year Award.
With a record number of submissions for this year’s awards, the judging panel, made up of independent experts, had a tough job in reviewing the hundreds of submissions from across the world to select the final winners of the 20 awards.
Tony Craddock, Director General at the EPA, said: “Having hosted the awards for 14 years, it is incredibly exciting and motivating to see the growth journeys of companies big and small. This is especially true after the year we have all experienced, as we are learning about the new, innovative ways in which they are performing to evolve our payments sector. As our members have grown, so too have we and this rebrand will serve to further enrich the opportunities for our members within the payments industry.”
He continued: “The community that we have built since we were established is our most valuable asset and our aim in becoming The Payments Association is to empower the most influential community in payments, where the connections, collaborations and learning shape an industry that works for all.”
The full list of winners for 2021 is as follows:
The Emerging Payments Awards celebrate innovation, collaboration and emerging payments by recognising companies that have made significant advances in how we pay today. The celebrity host of this year’s awards was Hugh Dennis, who kept the audience entertained throughout the evening.
For more information on the work and services of the EPA, or to learn more about the rebrand to The Payments Association, you can visit: www.emergingpayments.org or contact: marketing@emergingpayments.org
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About the Emerging Payments Association (EPA)
The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), established in 2008, sets out to make payments work for everyone. To achieve this, it runs a comprehensive programme of activities for members with guidance from an independent Advisory Board of 17 payments CEOs.
These activities include a programme of digital and (when possible) face-to-face events including an online annual conference and broadcast awards dinner, numerous briefings and webinars, CEO Round Tables, and networking and training activities. The EPA also runs six stakeholder working groups. More than 100 volunteers collaborate on the important challenges facing our industry today, such as financial inclusion, recovering from Covid-19, financial crime, regulation, access to banking and promoting the UK globally. The EPA also produces research papers and reports to shed light on the big issues of the day and works closely with industry stakeholders such as the Bank of England, the FCA, HM Treasury, the Payment Systems Regulator, Pay.UK, UK Finance and Innovate Finance.
The EPA has over 130 members that employ over 300,000 staff and process more than £7tn annually. Its members come from across the payments value chain including payments schemes, banks and issuers, merchant acquirers, PSPs, retailers, TPPs and more. These companies have come together to join our community, collaborate, and speak with a unified voice.
The EPA collaborates with its licensees at EPA EU and EPA Asia to create an interconnected global network of people passionate about making payments work for all.
About The Payments Association
The Payments Association (previously the Emerging Payments Association (EPA)) is 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.
We operate as an independent representative for the industry and its interests, and drive collaboration within the payments sector in order to bring about meaningful change and innovation. We work closely with industry stakeholders such as the Bank of England, the FCA, HM Treasury, the Payment Systems Regulator, Pay.UK, UK Finance and Innovate Finance.
Through our comprehensive programme of activities for members and with guidance from an independent Advisory Board of leading payments CEOs, we facilitate the connections and build the bridges that join the ecosystem together and make it stronger.
These activities include a programme of monthly digital and face-to-face events including our annual conference PAY360 and awards dinner, CEO round tables and training activities.
We run 5 stakeholder working Project groups: Inclusion, Regulator, Financial Crime, International Trade and Open Banking. The volunteers within these groups represent the collective view of The Payments Association members at industry-critical moments and work together to drive innovation in these areas.
We also conduct exclusive industry research which is made available to our members through our Insights knowledge base. These include monthly whitepapers, insightful interviews and tips from the industry’s most successful CEOs.
Media contact
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