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It gives members a year-round opportunity to connect with key stakeholders from across the payments value chain.

What is The Payments Association?

The Payments Association is a thriving community of payments professionals whose goals are to strengthen and expand the payments industry to benefit all stakeholders.

Since 2004 we have been instrumental in helping to connect the ecosystem, encourage innovation and profitable business growth.

We achieve this by shaping a comprehensive programme of activities for over 150 member companies with help from our independent board, which addresses key issues impacting the industry.

These include targeted events, conferences, award ceremonies, critical industry projects and lobbying activities.

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"What others consider impossible, just takes passionate teamwork from the Payments Association"

Our projects

The Payments Association’s five projects drive industry change to shape the future and present of the payments landscape for all stakeholders. Our projects bring together more than 80 high level volunteers from across the payments industry.

This valuable work would not be possible without our Project Benefactors, whose strategic and financial support enables the project team to deliver with high output and high influence:

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