Request to Pay

Request to Pay is a new service that will enable consumers and businesses to see all their bills in one place and choose how much they pay and when they pay.

Control & flexibility for payers and reduced cost for billers.
Increased loyalty from customer and positive friction.
Building a new ecosystem platform for today's world.

What is Request to Pay

Request to Pay (RtP) is a new proposition designed to give consumers and businesses greater flexibility when making payments. It is one of a number of new propositions the Payments Strategy Forum wishes to see adopted by the market; and is part of its vision for the future of payments in the UK. Organisations offering a flexible “Request to Pay” facility could provide the answer to many customers.

RtP has been identified as one of the Solutions that meets End User Needs in the Payments Strategy Forum strategy document: “A Payments Strategy for the 21st Century”. It is also cited as one of the key new services that will be enabled through Open Banking. The recent Bacs Direct Debit consultation also concludes with the need for an RtP service to meet the evolving needs of customers.

Our early concepts

Based on our consumer research and conversations with large utility companies and banks we have developed a demo that shows how Request to Pay works.

How we're helping to shape the proposition

Thought leadership

Bringing our ideas to industry discussions to contribute to a successful proposition. We are the market leaders in developing the proposition and understanding how RtP works.
Engaging the market

Talking to large billers and banks on how the proposition could work and some of the complexities in back office processes.
Conceptualisation

Creating a demo that brings the proposition to life and stimulates discussion
Conducting independent research

We have conducted independent consumer research on the appetite for RtP, and shared the findings with the Payment Strategy Forum, as well as making our report available on our website.

Download our RtP research report

Phase 1

We conducted a round of formative research with 200 potential RtP customers to find out what impact a flexible Request to Pay service would have on their behaviour and relationships with organisations.

Phase 2

Our next exclusive report looks at the consumer appetite for a Request to Pay app. Key findings include consumer views on the importance of bank branding, level of interest in an RtP app, and likelihood of using the app.

Download our White Paper: Payments Landscape

This white paper analyses the impact of how Mobile technology, Real Time payments, blockchain, PSD2 and Open Banking are disrupting the Payments world, and how aware businesses are of these payment initiatives.

How we can help you

We have done enough of the groundwork to come in and accelerate your development of Request to Pay. We can build the solution for you through a rapid development cycle.

Identify, Shape and Design

Based on our detailed knowledge and understanding of the RtP proposition over the last 18 months, we will help you shape and design a proposition that aligns to your business goals.
Prototype, Conceptualise and Validate

Our CX and UX professionals will work with you to design and conceptualise a vision of your business ambitions, which will be brought to life through experience maps, user journeys and a clickable prototype. We will then look to gather feedback from suitable customers to validate and iterate.
Build and Deliver

For 18 years we've been designing, developing and integrating bespoke software solutions (within a robust Scrum or Kanban Agile methodologies), where we work collaboratively to deliver a solution that aligns to your business ambitions.
Take to market

Once the proposition has gone live, we will work with you to measure and understand the success of the launched solution. The next steps will be to start shaping the backlog for enhanced features and functionality.

Want to know more?

If you would like to know more about how we can help you design, build and deliver an RtP (or any other Open Banking initiative) then contact our Head of Payments, Imran Ali, on imran.ali@answerdigital.com.