Becky Clements

Becky is currently Head of Industry of Engagement for the New Payments Architect at Pay.UK, bringing with her all of the experience in her previous role as the Director of Payments for UK Finance. Here she led a strong team with deep domain knowledge delivering thought leadership on policy, working closely with the regulators in the UK and Europe for the good of the membership.

In her current role, Becky is leading the engagement on the New Payments Architecture, working together with the industry and regulators to create and implement the smartest way to move money.

She has been a member of SWIFT UK Board as an observer and represented the UK on the European Payments Council Board. Becky has close involvement with the UK Payment System Regulator (PSR) and has sat on the Advisory Panel and the Payment Strategy Forum and chaired the Working Group for Implementation Planning for the New Payments Architecture which was part of the Payment Strategy Forum set up by the PSR.

She was also chosen to be part of the Delivery group commissioned by the Bank of England and the PSR for the consolidation of the three Retail Payment schemes representing small and mid-sized financial organisations.

Becky was a member of the Bank of England Advisory Board for the replacement of RTGS and has held non-executive Directorship positions for Pay.UK, Faster Payments Scheme, Payments UK and the setup of UK Finance.

At Metro Bank she was Head of Industry Engagement, responsible for payments and card change activity, as well as leading industry and third-party engagement.

Becky has extensive experience of working with the payments industry and delivering long-term, sustainable value to both customers and business.