Our Role
The role of the Payments Council Standards Unit is to develop and support the development of national and international standards for the payments industry.
We also co-ordinate UK payment standards activities on behalf of the Payments Council, interest groups, and the clearing companies. When doing so we ensure there is a clear and consistent policy and business rationale wherever possible.
Other work:
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Issuer identification number: Issuer identification numbers (IINs) (ISO/IEC 7812) – covers UK National, UK International and Overseas
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Registered identifiers (Terminal IDs): Registered Identifiers (RIDs) for the Terminal Identification Scheme
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Registered identifier number: Registered identifier number for application identifiers (AID) (ISO/IEC 7816-5)
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Registered identifiers: Registered identifiers (RIDs) for the application providers in integrated circuit cards (ISO/IEC 7816-6)
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IBAN: International Bank Account Number
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Frequently asked questions: Standards, IINs, RID’s, IBANs
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Glossary: Standards bodies
Further reading:
Other areas covered and sponsored by the Standards Unit include:
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National Standardisation
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ISO (International Standards Organization)
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JTC1 Information and Communication Technologies
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SC17 Cards and personal identification
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TC68 Financial Services
Click here for a brief summary on the above areas.