Results of the EPC poll on future share of SCT Inst volumes

Results of the EPC poll on future share of SCT Inst volumes

24 November 20

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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. Since its launch, the SCT Inst scheme has kept on growing, and the latest Register of Scheme Participants, published in November 2020, reveals that the scheme now includes 2,287 PSPs (over fifty-seven percent of the total) from 23 countries in Europe. 

Furthermore, the estimated share of the SCT Inst volumes in total volumes of Credit Transfer (SCT plus SCT Inst) is growing rapidly and reached 7.47 percent in the third quarter of 2020. Against that background, the EPC invited professionals working in the payments industry to provide their views on the Q4-2022 level of the share of SCT Inst volumes, by participating in a poll.  

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                Estimated share of SCT INST volumes in total CT (SCT+SCT INST) volumes Q3 2020 

The question asked over the last two months to all interested stakeholders was the following: “In your opinion, what will be the SCT Inst volumes’ estimated share in total CT volumes (SCT + SCT Inst) in Q4-2022? (Latest data: 7.47% in Q3 2020)”

The results were as follows:
Less than 10% (20%)
11-20% (22%)
21-30% (20%)
31-40% (19%)
Above 40% (20%)

The results were spread virtually equally across the various ranges showing a wide diversity of opinions, but it is however worth highlighting that substantially more than half of the voters (59%) agreed on a predicted share of SCT Inst volumes in total CT volumes above 20% by end-2022. Remaining voters chose 11-20% (22%) or less than 10% (20%). See you in January 2023 for the reality check!

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