User-Needs Front and Centre

The PSR established the Payments Community to influence the work programme of the Forum.

Participation is open to everyone. The Community currently includes people and organisations with an interest in payment systems and services, who have indicated that they would like to contribute to shaping the Forum's work.

The Payments Community provides a flexible way for all interested individuals and organisations to engage and shape the Forum's work.

The PSR uses various channels to engage the Community in the work of the Forum. Examples include website updates, meetings, roundtables and events.

Contact Groups

The Forum secretariat is continuously engaging with and growing the Payments Community.

In line with the engagement strategy approved by the Forum at its first meeting, the Payments Community has been split into five categories for targeted engagement, these being:

  • Small Users (e.g. consumer representatives, SMEs)
  • Large Users (e.g. corporates, government, retailers)
  • Payment Service Providers (e.g. banks, building societies, credit unions, agency banks)
  • Technology and Infrastructure Providers (e.g. infrastructure providers, software suppliers, vendors, aggregators, fintechs)
  • Industry Experts (others, including scheme operators, consultants)

Roundtable Discussions

Roundtables for each Contact Group have been scheduled throughout 2016 and dates are provided below.

An additional set of Roundtables is planned for August 2016 to support the Payments Community during consultation on the draft strategy. Dates will be announced shortly.

Participants wishing to attend are requested to register their interest by emailing Forum@psr.org.uk.

As space is limited, it may not be possible to accommodate late requests.

 

Date Time Group
Round 1 (CONCLUDED)
25th January 2016 10.00 - 12.00 Small Users
  14.00 - 16.00 Large Users
26th January 2016 10.00 - 12.00 Tech and Infra
  14.00 - 16.00 PSPs
    Presentation
Round 2 (CONCLUDED)
15th March 2016 14.00 - 16.00 Small & Large Users
16th March 2016 10.00 - 12.00 Tech and Infra
  14.00 - 16.00 PSPs
    Presentation
Round 3 (CONCLUDED)
24th May 2016 14.00 - 16.00 Small & Large Users
25th May 2016 10.00 - 12.00 Tech and Infra
  14.00 - 16.00 PSPs
    Presentations

Payments Community Events

The Payments Community met for the first time in London on 17 September 2015 ahead of the first Forum meeting.

The Community identified a Priority List of Items that were presented to the Forum, which decided to use it as its basis for discussion.

On Wednesday, 13 July 2016 a second Payments Community event took place .

The event was held to:

  1. Launch the first draft of the strategy developed by the Forum;
  2. Launch a 9-week written consultation period from 13 July to 14 September 2016; and
  3. Provide an opportunity for members of the Payments Community to familiarise themselves with the content of the draft strategy.

The Draft Strategy and copies of the presentations delivered on the day may be found here.

Individual Meetings

The Forum secretariat keeps an open door for members of the Payments Community that would like to discuss issues in-person.

Meeting requests can be sent via email to Forum@psr.org.uk.

Joining the Payments Community

If you would like to join the Payments Community, you can register your interest by sending an email with your name, organisation and email address to Forum@psr.org.uk.