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Exploring FIDA: revised rules on financial data sharing access

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27 September 23

Call for candidates for the Scheme End-User Multi-Stakeholder Group and for the Scheme Technical Player Multi-Stakeholder Group

In 2021, the European Payments Council’s (EPC) Board entrusted the Scheme End-User Multi-Stakeholder Group (SEU MSG) and the Scheme Technical Player Multi-Stakeholder Group (STP MSG) with the mission to maintain a formal and regular dialogue between the EPC and representatives of associations of end

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03 July 23

The EPC updates its members’ list

The European Payments Council (EPC) is glad to count among its members one additional organisation: • Insignia Cards Limited (Based in Malta) The EPC now represents 78 payment service providers and their associations.

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30 June 23

Publication of the OCT Inst Implementation Guidelines and version 1.1 of the 2023 OCT Inst Rulebook

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published the Customer-to-Payment Service Provider (PSP) (C2PSP) and the Inter-PSP implementation guidelines (IGs) based on version 1.1 of the 2023 One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst) rulebook. Version 1.1 of the 2023 OCT Inst rulebook has also be

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27 June 23

Publication of the “Interoperability of MSCTs based on NFC or BLE” document

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) is publishing the “Interoperability of mobile initiated SEPA (instant) credit transfers (MSCTs) based on Near Field Communication (NFC) or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)” document that has been prepared by the multi-stakeholder group on Mobile Initiated (instant

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18 September 23

What do the PSD3 and PSR mean for the payments sector?

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council or the European Commission. On June 28, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published a set of new legislative proposals, notably for a Third Payment Services Directive

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28 July 23

Payments in wartime: the story of the National Bank of Ukraine

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Ever since, martial law has made ensuring the country’s economic and financial stability a challenge for the National Bank

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18 July 23

The Croatian payment landscape

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Croatia became the 20th EU Member State to join the euro on 1 January this year. Since the end of June, the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme has been in

Insight

22 June 23

The role of payments in driving positive climate action

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. We continue our series of interviews focusing on sustainability in the payments industry with the contribution of Valerie Nowak, the Chief Product and Innovation Offic

We are happy to announce our new poll on proximity technologies at the physical point of interaction that starts to… https://t.co/SmTTA9wbz8

EPC_SEPA

30/03/2022

Request for Proposal to find an Economic Consultant for the definition of a possible business model for the SPAA Sc… https://t.co/wCzPq3j7WC

EPC_SEPA

30/03/2022

New #interview with our Chair, Javier Santamaria, on the evolution of European payments and more particularly on th… https://t.co/TTbzcNzFyX

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29/03/2022

We look forward to your views about the [Instant] Euro One-Leg Out Credit Transfer Arrangement Rulebook. We appreci… https://t.co/US8IqzsbEB

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28/03/2022