The Payments Council has released a set of customer commitments and a report on progress on their cheque replacement work this year.

Payments Council press release (PDF, 37Kb).

Cheque replacement programme (PDF, 465Kb).

Progress Report (PDF, 3MB).

A report of the workshops, conducted by the independent research agency Optimisa Research, sets out how charity and voluntary organisations use cheques and their requirements for alternatives. The full Optomisa Research Report from the workshops is available on the Payments Council website (PDF, 3.3MB).

Please see the Payments Council's website for all further details (External link).