Account-to-Account (A2A) Payments Roundtable Update: March 2026 Meeting

Number:2026-2

Date:26 March 2026

At the sixth meeting of the A2A Payments Roundtable held on Monday 23 March 2026 in Sydney, attended by representatives from AusPayNet, AP+, the RBA and the Commonwealth Treasury, Roundtable participants discussed the following:

Development of the A2A Vision.

The Roundtable discussed progress made on the A2A Vision’s development and the valuable feedback received from stakeholders when they met with the Roundtable in February and March 2026. The feedback covered several themes, including business and government needs, system safety, resilience, interoperability and economics, where greater clarity and prioritisation may assist in achieving a common understanding of the desired future state for A2A payments in Australia. The Roundtable is addressing this feedback and expects to release a draft of the A2A Vision for wider public consultation in April 2026

Development of the A2A Industry Roadmap.

The Roundtable reviewed a high-level plan for developing the A2A Industry Roadmap by the end of 2026. The Roundtable discussed how the A2A Vision will anchor the assessment of the industry’s options at the overall ecosystem level for the A2A Industry Roadmap, and acknowledged that the A2A Industry Roadmap work might also identify areas where the A2A Vision benefits from greater clarity. The Roundtable noted that, if that is the case, it would look to publish an updated A2A Vision alongside the A2A Industry Roadmap. The Roundtable also discussed enhancing the governance and coordination arrangements for this next phase of work to ensure appropriate direct Roundtable engagement with stakeholders, including industry participants and end-users.

AusPayNet’s assessment of options for the future of the BECS system.

AusPayNet provided an update on their assessment of options for potential maintenance and upgrades of the BECS ecosystem that may be required to achieve the A2A Vision. The findings of this assessment will inform the industry options analysis at the overall ecosystem level and the A2A Industry Roadmap. AusPayNet confirmed that it remains on track to provide direction on the options for BECS by the end of March 2026 together with a list of areas for further analysis which will be completed as part of the development of the A2A Industry Roadmap.

Update on the AP+ Move to NPP program.

AP+ provided an update on the work underway looking at the possible development of a new service on the NPP to support the processing of bulk payments.

The next meeting of the A2A Payments Roundtable will be held on 15 April 2026.