05 December 19
What’s next for RTP?
*The views expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. The landscape of payment solutions in the retail market is undergoing transformation and Request to Pay (RTP) is gathering momentum. Last week we issued a guidance document...
29 November 19
The Mobile Initiated SEPA (Instant) Credit Transfer Interoperability Guidance is published
Developed by the ad-hoc multi-stakeholder group (MSG) on Mobile Initiated SEPA Credit Transfers (MSCT), including SEPA Instant Credit transfers (SCT Inst) (MSG MSCT), the draft MSCT Interoperability Implementation Guidelines (IIGs) (including SCT Inst) went through the public consultation until the end...
SEPA INSTANT CREDIT TRANSFER SCHEME
0 payment service providers
have already joined the scheme:
0% of European PSPs.
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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.
520+
million citizens
139
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.
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Get ready for the Instant Credit Transfer scheme
The Instant Credit Transfer ( Inst) 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 Inst scheme via the website as receivers of transactions and / or payers in order to give it momentum and meet customer needs.
News and Insights
29 November 19
The Mobile Initiated SEPA (Instant) Credit Transfer Interoperability Guidance is published
Developed by the ad-hoc multi-stakeholder group (MSG) on Mobile Initiated SEPA Credit Transfers (MSCT), including SEPA Instant Credit transfers (SCT Inst) (MSG MSCT), the draft MSCT Interoperability Implementation Guidelines (IIGs) (including SCT Inst) went through the public consultation until the end...
27 November 19
E-invoice Presentment and Payment: 2019 report
The Multi-stakeholder Group on E-invoice Presentment and Payment (EIPP), the group responsible for coordinating the work on standardisation of ISO 20022 messages for EIPP, completed its task for 2019. Today the EPC publishes the MSG’s report which sets out the work done in 2019 and provides...
26 November 19
Request-To-Pay: specifications for a standardisation framework
The Request-To-Pay (RTP) Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) has been set up last year aiming to analyse and prepare the concrete and rapid exploitation of the RTP functionality from a broader perspective. Today, the EPC published a guidance document called “RTP: Specifications for a standardisation framework”...