Publications

Spring 2006 Fraud the Facts 2006 (PDF: 1009k)
The definitive overview of plastic card, cheque and online banking fraud - and measures to prevent them.

The Banking Code (PDF)
A booklet describing the voluntary Code followed by banks and building societies in their relations with personal customers in the UK (March 2005)

Plastic Card News (PDF: 257k)
Recent developments in the plastic card industry (November 2006)

APACS also produces consumer friendly information guides on a range of payment topics. These can be downloaded from the APACS website.

A full range of APACS publications can be viewed here.

Latest press releases

APACS: Debit cards continued to be consumers’ first choice during 2007
30/06/2008 - APACS’ latest publication The Way We Pay 2008: UK Plastic Cards shows that in 2007, for the 7th year running, debit cards continued to dominate consumer card spending, accounting for 62 per cent of the total plastic card spending during the year.
APACS: Standing order payments rollout starts through new faster payments service
06/06/2008 - Millionth payment to be made through Faster Payments Service today.
APACS: Faster Payments Service debut payments pass the £200 million mark
30/05/2008 - Over 315,000 payments to a value of £200 million processed through new infrastructure in first 3
APACS: Faster payments service now live
27/05/2008 - Payments industry marks opening of new service with £10,000 donation to Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone A

Publications

Publications

Latest press releases

APACS: Debit cards continued to be consumers’ first choice during 2007

APACS: Standing order payments rollout starts through new faster payments service

APACS: Faster Payments Service debut payments pass the £200 million mark

APACS: Faster payments service now live