Automated payments are at the heart of the UK’s financial system, providing an essential service for bill payers and billers, employees and employers, charities and donors, clients and suppliers, and government.

Direct Debit is the payment option chosen by thousands of companies to automatically and securely collect important payments from millions of people and organisations. Bacs Direct Credit is used to pay eight in ten employees in the UK, whether that’s wages, salaries, or benefits, as well as for settling business-to-business invoices.