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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.   

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

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

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) publishes the updated version (1.1) of the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme rulebook, which replaces with immediate effect version 1.0 (published in November 2022). Version 1.1 of the rulebook will come into effect on 30 November 2023. The main c

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) has published the new versions of the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook as well as the rulebook related clarification paper. The SEPA Request-to-Pay scheme rulebook version v3.1 Version 3.1 of the SRTP scheme rulebook, includes some clarificat

The European Payments Council (EPC) announces that effective as of today, any technical solution provider (TSP) may undergo a SEPA Request to Pay (SRTP) homologation. A duly homologated TSP will become a “Referenced Technical Solution Provider” (RTSP) and feature on a list published on the EPC websi

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 2023, we gathered a list of payment related reports that shine a spotlight on payments’ future and trends as well mobile payments and

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) publishes the first One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst) scheme rulebook. Version 1.0 of the 2023 OCT Inst scheme rulebook focuses exclusively on the Euro Leg of international instant credit transfer-based payment transactions. About the scheme

The European Payments Council (EPC) publishes today the Application Programming Interface (API) security framework that lists the minimum security-related requirements applicable to the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) and SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme participants using APIs, whether they rel

The European Payments Council (EPC) published today a new version of the document called “Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management”. Its purpose is to provide guidance to the European payment industry in the field of cryptographic algorithms and related key management issues.