About us
Payments NZ is the leading governance organisation dedicated to the interoperability, efficiency, safety, openness, and innovation of the payments systems for Aotearoa. Our clearing systems support inter-bank payments exceeding $8 trillion annually, and we lead a progressive, future-focused industry committed to delivering world-class payments for Aotearoa.
Learn more about our work
Industry registers
See our Bank Branch Register, EFTPOS Device Register, Device Dates Register, Device Registration application form and more information about the EFTPOS device life cycle.
Clearing Systems
Our clearing systems process millions of transactions daily, ensuring funds flow safely and efficiently between banks and businesses. We govern the rules for the core payments systems that underpin a trusted, seamless, and secure flow of money across Aotearoa.
How our clearing systems work
API Centre
The API Centre is accelerating open banking and data sharing in Aotearoa. We provide the frameworks, standards, and tools that enable secure, seamless, and customer-focused innovation across the financial ecosystem.
Explore our API Centre
Payments Direction
Our Payments Direction workstream is shaping the future of the payment systems in Aotearoa. Together with industry, we’re exploring faster, data-rich, and always-on payments to meet the needs of people, businesses, and the economy.
Discover Payments Direction
Industry events
We run regular industry networking events throughout the year to bring people together to listen, learn, share ideas and mingle. You can subscribe to receive invitations to individual events, or register for our biannual payments conference, The Point.
Latest news and insights
Interoperability is the difference between a payments system that works – and one that does not
Interoperability sits behind every successful payment. This Payments NZ thought leadership paper explains why seamless connections across the ecosystem are critical to trust, resilience, and innovation – and why fragmentation is one of the most significant risks facing payments today.
Read more 22 May 2026The Hub – modernisation and resilience: a strategic view
We welcomed members, participants and key stakeholders in payments to hear from global payments and data thought leader David Birch, at our Hub breakfast event in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Read more 6 May 2026Payments NZ announces new Board Chair
Payments NZ has today announced the appointment of Michael Ahie (Taranaki, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Ruanui) as Chair of its Board.
Read more 4 May 2026