19 February 21
Request for Proposal to find an Homologation Body for the applicants to the SRTP scheme
As part of the launch of the new SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme and following the publication of its first rulebook on 30 November 2020, the European Payments Council (EPC) launches today a request for proposal for an homologation body for applicants to the SRTP scheme. The purpose is to find and...
05 February 21
Clarification Paper on the SEPA Request-to-Pay scheme rulebook
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published its clarification paper on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook which can be found in “related document”. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and, where feasible, recommendations to the...
01 February 21
SEPA Request-to-Pay Implementation Guidelines Version 1.0
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published version 1.0 of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-to-Pay (SRTP) Implementation Guidelines (IGs). These IGs set out the rules for implementing the relevant ISO 20022 XML message standards based on version 1.0 of the SRTP scheme rulebook,...
01 February 21
Call for input on the SEPA Proxy Lookup (SPL) scheme
The EPC launches a public call for input to gather suggestions on the opportunities, potential evolution and improvements related to the SEPA Proxy Lookup (SPL) scheme. The purpose of this call is to understand what are the market needs to ensure that any future development of the SPL scheme will...
11 February 21
The opportunity for the LEI in 2021
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is the body responsible for managing the implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) - a unique global identifier...
26 January 21
Instant payment environment in Slovenia
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Since November 2020, the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme has been in use in Slovenia, where six payment service providers (PSPs) have joined the scheme to...
07 January 21
Programmable instant payments in DLT networks and distribution of digital money
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. In July 2020, five Spanish banks successfully completed a proof of concept (POC) for an interbank smart payments’ platform managed by Iberpay. To complete the POC, Iberpay...
15 December 20
SRTP: the newest EPC scheme
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. On 30 November 2020, the European Payment Council (EPC) launched the first version of its Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-To-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook. The SRTP...
Read a long-time expert’s views about the ongoing and future developments on the European and Dutch payments scenes… https://t.co/3a59cx7YqA
We are happy to announce our new poll on #SRTP scheme that starts today: https://t.co/Ck0C7fclAG https://t.co/Kaa56LDSQt
We invite all persons or organisations with a legitimate interest to submit their input regarding the SEPA Proxy Lo… https://t.co/HJX8DZrIId
Update: we have published the SEPA XML Schema Definitions (XSDs) related to the SRTP IGs: https://t.co/44LzSTQKlH https://t.co/UZoDXLqvJS
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