28 May 20
Technical interoperability of MSCTs based on payee-presented data
Following the publication of the “Mobile Initiated Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) (Instant) Credit Transfer Interoperability Guidance” (MSCT IG) document, the ad-hoc multi-stakeholder group on MSCTs has conducted, through a newly established dedicated work-stream, a more detailed analysis on the technical...
28 May 20
Public consultation on Technical Interoperability of MSCTs based on payer-presented data
The ad-hoc multi-stakeholder group on Mobile Initiated SEPA (Instant) Credit Transfers, (MSG MSCT), which is facilitated by the European Payments Council (EPC) has conducted through a newly established dedicated work-stream, a more detailed analysis of the technical interoperability of MSCTs based on...
SEPA INSTANT CREDIT TRANSFER SCHEME
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Get ready for the Instant Credit Transfer scheme
The Instant Credit Transfer ( ) scheme is effective since November 2017; it will significantly change payments as we know them.
How to participate?
All are encouraged to adhere rapidly to the scheme via the website as receivers of transactions and / or payers in order to give it momentum and meet customer needs.
We harmonise payments in Europe
We help make it possible for citizens and businesses to pay with the same ease and convenience across the Single Euro Payments Area ( ) as in their home country. We design and manage the payment schemes, which are the rules underlying most of the euro credit transfers and direct debits in Europe. We represent payment service providers ( ) on all European payment issues and contribute to shaping the future European payments landscape.
4,000+ scheme participants
must formally adhere to the schemes in order to offer their customers the ease and convenience of transactions.
527+
million citizens
146
billion electronic payments per year
36
European countries
About
(Single Euro Payments Area) is a European Union payments integration initiative to harmonise electronic euro payments in Europe. Thanks to this project, citizens and companies can use the same payment instruments – in particular, credit transfers, direct debits and cards – when making euro transactions across Europe as when paying in euros in their home country. The supports and promotes , which is driven by European institutions.
News and Insights
28 May 20
Public consultation on Technical Interoperability of MSCTs based on payer-presented data
The ad-hoc multi-stakeholder group on Mobile Initiated SEPA (Instant) Credit Transfers, (MSG MSCT), which is facilitated by the European Payments Council (EPC) has conducted through a newly established dedicated work-stream, a more detailed analysis of the technical interoperability of MSCTs based on...
20 May 20
SCT Inst scheme gaining further traction in Europe
November 2017 marked a major event in an increasingly instant world: the launch of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst), which enables credit transfers in ten seconds – or less – across the SEPA. Two and a half years on, the scheme has grown significantly, and the European...
22 April 20
Around the web – a compilation of some interesting reports about payments published last quarter
The views expressed in the below reports are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. During the first quarter of 2020, we gathered a list of recent and free reports that focus on artificial intelligence (AI), fraud and other interesting payment-related...