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The SEPA Payment Account Access Multi-Stakeholder Group (SPAA MSG) is entering a new, more operational phase. To support this transition, the group’s Terms of Reference (ToR) have been updated and the SPAA MSG will be recomposed in line with these revisions. Today, the EPC issues a call for candidat

The European Payments Council (EPC) published today the yearly update of the “Payment Threats and Fraud Trends Report” which provides an overview of the most important threats and other “fraud enablers” in the payments landscape, with focus on recent attacks and outline of the broader attack vector

Today, the European Payments Council (EPC) has published version 4.0 of the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook, which covers the set of operating rules and technical elements (including messages) that allow a Payee to request the initiation of a payment from a Payer in a wide range of physic

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published the five 2025 EPC payment scheme rulebooks and the related Implementation Guidelines (IGs). These rulebooks enter into force on 5 October 2025.Exceptional entry-into-force date in OctoberThis exceptional October entry-into-force date – deviating fr