As the main UK payments body APACS forecasts payment trends, conducts market research and collates industry statistics. This area of the website is where you will find key facts and statistics on a range of UK payments, just click on the links below.

Clearing Statistics

Monthly and annual reports showing volumes and values for the UK clearings are available in PDF format by following the links below:

Annual Clearing Statistics 2007 (PDF: 122k)

Monthly Clearing Statistics 1990-2007 (XLS: 239k)

Latest Clearing Statistics - April 2008 (PDF: 47k)

Historical Statistics

Historic annual statistics dating back to 1868 are available either as a PDF document or Excel spreadsheet. For further information please contact the Statistical Unit at APACS:

E-mail: stats@apacs.org.uk