National Payments Plan

The Payments Council is responsible for setting the strategy for UK payments.  At the forefront of that strategy is the National Payments Plan.

Developed after extensive consultation with the industry and users, the plan is a strategic document in which we set out a vision for UK payments together with the work we are doing to put the vision into practice.

Its purpose is to enhance and improve payments so that users have access to a broad range of payment methods that meet their needs making and receiving payments, and that they are confident in using them. It sets out publicly the agenda for much of the Payments Council’s work.

The first National Payments Plan was published in May 2008, just over a year after the Payments Council was set up.

In October 2011, we launched an updated Plan, with a new set of actions to be carried out between 2011 and 2014.

Useful Links:

• 2011 National Payments Plan
• 2008 National Payments Plan (PDF 667kb)
• National Payments Plan 2011 Consultation

More information about our current areas of work, including those areas which are being progressed under the National Payments Plan can be found here.