The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), established in 2008, brings the payments community together to encourage innovation and collaboration, to drive the industry forwards and ensure profitable business growth for payments companies. Its goals are to strengthen and expand the payments industry to the benefit of all stakeholders.

It achieves this by delivering a comprehensive programme of activities for members with help from an independent Advisory Board, which addresses key issues impacting the industry. These activities include:

The EPA has over 130 members from across the payments value chain; including payments schemes, banks and issuers, merchant acquirers, PSPs, retailers, and more. These companies have come together, from across the UK and internationally, to join our community and speak with a unified voice.