Unlock key insights into the payments industry with Payments Intelligence

What is Payments Intelligence

Payments Intelligence is The Payments Association’s flagship intelligence platform, designed exclusively for members. It turns complex data and industry trends into clear, actionable insight for senior leaders

Market trends reports

Stay ahead of industry-shifts with in-depth analysis and forecasting of emerging payment trends, technological advancements, and competitive market dynamics shaping the future of payments.

Industry and regulatory guidance

Navigating the complex world of payments regulation with clear, expert-driven analysis of compliance requirements, policy updates, and legislative changes impacting the industry.

Consumer behaviour and sentiments analysis

Gain valuable insights into customer payment preferences, habits, and expectations, helping you tailor strategies to evolving consumer needs.

Why Payments Intelligence matters

Payments Intelligence equips leaders across the financial and fintech ecosystem with the insight they need to navigate complexity, respond to change, and stay competitive. From regulatory foresight to consumer behaviour trends, it turns information into action—supporting confident, informed decision-making at every level.

Grounded in industry voice

Every issue features real-world insight from peers across the industry, ensuring content is not only relevant, but rooted in the lived challenges of payments professionals.

Navigating regulatory change

Stay ahead of regulatory and compliance shifts with expert analysis and practical breakdowns—minimising risk and ensuring your teams are prepared.

Informed strategic planning

Gain foresight into market trends, innovation cycles, and risk factors—enabling better budget planning, product development, and organisational direction.

Benefits

Save time

Cut through the noise with curated analysis.

Stay ahead

Anticipate regulation and market shifts before they hit.

Build credibility

Evidence to back strategy and policy conversations.

Unlock growth

Insight that helps members capture revenue opportunities.

Our reports

Annual payments trends report

Each year, Payments Intelligence publishes a comprehensive overview of the trends, technologies, and regulatory shifts shaping the global payments ecosystem. The 2024 edition brings together expert analysis, member insight, and live market data in a fully interactive dashboard—designed to support informed, forward-looking decisions across product, compliance, and strategy teams.

Use the report and dashboard to:

Visualise transaction trends across key global markets
Track emerging technologies like AI, tokenisation, and mobile wallets
Identify shifts in consumer adoption and digital commerce
Understand regulatory developments and compliance impact
Support strategic planning with data-led insight

Quarterly regulatory & compliance briefing

Our regulatory roadmap report provides clear, structured guidance on upcoming legal and compliance developments that matter to payments professionals. Issued quarterly, it breaks down key proposals, timelines, and jurisdictional trends—helping you anticipate change and act early.

Identify potential legal risks and strategic implications
Understand what’s changing, why, and when.
Get jurisdiction-specific breakdowns (UK, EU, global)
Access actionable recommendations on compliance readiness
Use as an internal planning resource for teams and leadership

Designed for legal, risk, and compliance teams, the briefing cuts through policy complexity to deliver practical, forward-looking insight.

Our readers

C-suite leaders

Strategic insight to support decision-making, investment planning, and business transformation across the payments ecosystem.

Product & innovation teams

In-depth analysis and consumer trends to inform roadmap development, user experience, and competitive positioning.

Compliance & risk professionals

Regulatory updates and horizon scanning to help you stay ahead of legal changes, obligations, and operational risks.

Policy & strategy specialists

Forward-looking commentary and thought leadership that explores the evolving regulatory, geopolitical and market landscape.

Member contributions

The Payments Intelligence team

Benjamin David - Head of Intelligence

Benjamin leads the editorial direction and research for Payments Intelligence, delivering data-driven insights and strategic analysis for the payments industry. With a background in financial journalism and market intelligence, he translates complex trends into clear, actionable content for members, regulators and industry stakeholders.

Jack Robertson - Data Journalist

Jack delivers strategic data analysis and research for payments intelligence, drawing on experience across finance, healthcare, and public sector consulting. With a proven track record in transforming complex datasets into actionable intelligence, he provides critical market insights that inform industry leaders.

James Hurren - Data Journalist

James has an MSc in Computational and Data Journalism and professional experience in market reporting and data analytics content. He applies this experience to the digital currencies, regulation, cross-border payments, and open banking working groups, distilling signal from noise to deliver meaningful insights from data.