Explore associations, standards bodies, infrastructure operators, and policy groups that shape payments and fintech worldwide.
Merchant Risk Council (MRC) is a global nonprofit community for ecommerce payments and fraud prevention professionals. It connects merchants, payment companies, issuers, card brands, solution providers and other ecommerce risk stakeholders through education, collaborati...
Nacha is a United States payments association and rulemaking body that governs the ACH Network. Founded in 1974 and based in Herndon, Virginia, it maintains the Nacha Operating Rules for ACH payments used by banks, credit unions, businesses, government agencies, payment...
National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a nonprofit financial innovation ecosystem for Canada’s crowdfunding, fintech and alternative finance sectors. It connects entrepreneurs, fintech companies, investors, regulators, government stakehol...
nexo standards is a not-for-profit standards association developing open ISO 20022-based specifications for payment acceptance. Founded in 2014 and based in Brussels, it works to make communication between merchants, terminals, acquirers, processors, PSPs, schemes and p...
Open Banking Excellence(OBE) is the UK organisation behind the Open Banking Standard. It was created to deliver the open banking remedies set out by the Competition and Markets Authority. OBL develops and maintains the API, security, customer experience and operational...
Open Finance Association (OFA) is a fintech trade association focused on open finance policy in the UK and European Union. Launched in 2022, it represents companies working to give consumers and businesses more secure ways to use financial data and account-based payment...
Pay.UK is the recognised operator and standards body for the United Kingdom’s interbank retail payment systems. Established as the New Payment System Operator in 2017 and based in London, it runs the Bacs Payment System, Faster Payment System and Image Clearing System....
Payments Europe is a trade association representing card-based payment solutions providers active in Europe. Founded in 2019, it brings together card issuers, card acquirers, card schemes, and other stakeholders involved in the European card payments ecosystem. The asso...
Payments NZ is the governance organisation for Aotearoa New Zealand’s core payment systems. It develops and maintains the rules, standards and industry processes that support safe, efficient and reliable payment clearing in New Zealand. Payments NZ is relevant to banks,...
PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) is a global standards body that develops and maintains security standards for payment card data protection. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, it serves payment card ecosystems including merchants, PSP...
RoFintech, the Romanian Fintech Association, is a professional entrepreneurial association representing Romanian-founded fintech companies developing proprietary technological solutions. Established in January 2020 and based in Romania, it supports the growth of the Rom...
Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) is a cross-industry, non-profit association representing Singapore’s fintech ecosystem. Founded in 2016, it connects more than 700 members across fintech, financial services, technology and ecosystem support. SFA supports collaboratio...
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