About the The Payments Association

The Payments Association is the largest community in payments. Founded in the UK in 2008, the association now operates communities in the UK, EU and Asia, helping almost 300 companies enhance their commercial interests, solve societal problems such as financial exclusion and evaluate new opportunities for innovation in payments.

Our purpose is to empower the most influential community in payments, where the connections, collaboration and learning shape an industry that works for all.

We operate as an independent representative for the industry and its interests, and drive collaboration within the payments sector in order to bring about meaningful change and innovation.  We work closely with industry stakeholders such as the Bank of England, the FCA, HM Treasury, the Payment Systems Regulator, Pay.UK, UK Finance and Innovate Finance.

Through our comprehensive programme of activities for members and with guidance from an independent Advisory Board of leading payments CEOs, we facilitate the connections and build the bridges that join the ecosystem together and make it stronger.

These activities include a programme of monthly digital and face-to-face events including our annual conference PAY360 and awards dinner, CEO round tables and training activities.

We run seven stakeholder working groups: ESG, Inclusion, Regulator, Financial Crime, Cross-Border, Digital Currencies and Open Banking.  The volunteers within these groups represent the collective view of The Payments Association members at industry-critical moments and work together to drive innovation in these areas.

We also conduct exclusive industry research which is made available to our members through our Insights knowledge base. These include monthly whitepapers, insightful interviews and tips from the industry’s most successful CEOs. 

The Payments Association is the trading name of Emerging Payments Ventures Limited.

Meet the Team

Ben Agnew

Chief Executive Officer

Tony Craddock

Director General

David Hunter

Chairman

Tory Batten

Company Secretary

Emma Banymandhub

Events Director

Keri Farrell

Commercial Director

Riccardo Tordera Ricchi

Director of Policy & Government Relations

Sophie Boissier

Membership Director

Tom McCormick

Sales Director

Content Department

Benjamin David

Head of Intelligence

Tom Brewin

Head of Projects

Natasha Healy

Project Coordinator

Zara Evans

Projects Executive

Member Sales Team

Gavin Geddes

Sales Manager

Charlie Lane

Business Development Manager

Ana Movileanu

Business Development Manager

Emma Dickson

Business Development Manager

Spex Sales Team

Jonathan Owusu

Senior Business Development Manager

Ben Dale

Senior Business Development Manager

Callum Kenmure

Senior Business Development Manager

Ben Shea

Senior Business Development Manager

Member Engagement Team

Ellie Herold

Senior Membership Engagement Manager

Emily Jones

Member Engagement Manager

Freddie Marewa

Member Engagement Manager

Mei-Ann Bartram

Member Engagement Manager

Sam Gibbons

Member Engagement Manager

Marketing Team

Richard Jones

Head of Events Marketing

Isabelle Smith

Marketing Manager

Billie Pursey

Marketing Executive

Operations Team

Catherine Beck

Head of Operations

Cristina Gaitens

Operations Manager

Orlanna Morris

Senior Operations Executive

Aisha Waris

Events Executive

Production Team & Support

Kate McKenzie

Conference Producer

Veena Sivathasan

Conference Producer

Malik Smith

Executive Assistant to C-Suite & Policy & Government

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