Tagged: payments association

June 11, 2025 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The Payments Association has asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, to clarify the position on stablecoins. The Association notes that during her last comment addressing digital assets this past April, it did not include any updates on the stablecoin sector. In November 2024,… Read More

May 2, 2025 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoins are poised to become payments 3.0 as the technology represents an upgrade to the existing global payments rails. In the UK, the government has just released draft legislation which is deemed to be nearly complete, designed to support privately issued digital currency. Today, the… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

As polls close and everyone expects a landslide win for Labour, the Payments Association in the UK has invited the next Chancellor of the Exchequer to “show leadership” and support the payments sector and Open Banking ambitions. The Payments Association has drafted a letter outlining… Read More

June 18, 2024 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Payments Association is asking policymakers and the Fintech sector to support consumers with community finance. This will take place in a Sandbox that pairs community lenders with Fintechs. Tony Craddock, Director General of The Payments Association, says financial inclusion remains critically important, as… Read More

November 26, 2023 @ 11:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Payments Association, which claims to be the most “influential” community in payments, has welcomed the release of the report following the Future of Payments Review, commissioned by the Chancellor. The report calls for a National Vision and Strategy for Payments considering “the importance of… Read More

September 24, 2023 @ 8:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Payments Association, a United Kingdom-based payments organization, presented its report, Navigating the rising cost of living: Payments innovation as a game-changer at Parliament last week. The report identifies three groups of people newly at risk of financial exclusion and provides recommendations for building a… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 12:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from the United Kingdom-based The Payments Association suggests the area’s burgeoning Fintech sector can play a key part in helping folks emerge from poverty. Navigating the rising cost-of-living: Payments innovation as a game-changer analyzes the cost-of-living crisis and poverty premium in the… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 9:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Payments Association, which celebrates innovation and collaboration across the payments industry, has released a new whitepaper examining the current arrangements for sharing data to prevent economic crime in the UK, “citing collaboration between regulated entities and between public and private sector is key to… Read More