About
Our vibrant network supports Australia’s thriving payments system.
Australian Payments Network champions the payments system. We enable competition and innovation, promote efficiency, and control and manage risk to deliver improvements for all users of the payments system.
With a strong focus on collaboration, our role includes:
- inspiring innovation
- facilitating self-regulation
- coordinating system-wide standards
- policy development
Our network includes more than 150 members and participants and we welcome involvement from all organisations with a significant interest in payments.
Membership
Our vibrant network supports Australia’s thriving payments system.
There are four broad membership categories:
- Participant members: organisations that directly participate in the payments system
- Operator members: commercial operators of payment systems, technology companies
- Affiliate members: suppliers of goods and services to card issuers, acquirers and schemes
- Payment service provider members: technology companies that facilitate payments functions relating to the electronic payment of money in Australia
