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APACS is the UK trade association for payments and for those institutions that deliver payment services to customers. It provides the forum for its members to come together on non-competitive issues relating to the payments industry. We currently have 31 members whose payment traffic volumes account for approximately 97% of the total UK payments market. APACS is the payments industry voice on a wide range of topics and the industrys representative in Europe. APACS forecasts payment trends, conducts market research, carries out lobbying activities, collates industry statistics, gets involved in developing industry standards and best practices. One of APACS key responsibilities is co-ordinating a whole range of activities to tackle payment-related fraud. One of the most visible recent initiatives has been the introduction of chip and PIN, which has been achieved hand-in-hand with the retail industry. APACS works to develop and promote world-class standards for use in payments systems in the UK. At the heart of APACS role is the need to ensure that the UK payments industry operates to the highest international standards and that payments are safe, reliable and resilient.

 

Address: Mercury House,Triton Court,14 Finsbury Square,London EC2A 1LQ
Telephone: 020 7711 6200
Fax: 020 7256 5527
Website: http://www.apacs.org.uk/