18 July 19
Results of the EPC poll on electronic identification (eID)
The financial sector has seen a rapid increase in adoption of electronic identification (eID), therefore, the EPC invited professionals working in the payments industry to share their views on the future of eID by participating in the poll. The question asked over the last two months to all interested...
08 July 19
Publication of guidance on the usage of ERI and updated recommendation on ISO 20022 customer reporting of SCTs and SDDs
As of the entry into force of the 2019 Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Credit Transfer (SCT) rulebook on 17 November 2019, the SCT scheme contains a new annex V describing the Extended Remittance Information (ERI) option. The EPC published today a guidance document which provides detailed information...
28 June 19
Public consultation: Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment – draft documents for submission to ISO 20022 of new servicing messages
In 2019, the Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment Multi-Stakeholder Group (EIPP MSG) has been working on developing technical standards for the servicing messages based on the design delivered in 2018 and seeks to submit the ISO 20022 Registration Authority request to ISO 20022 by October 2019....
07 June 19
White Paper: Non-NFC based Mobile SEPA Card Proximity Payments
In recent years, non- Near Field Communication (NFC) proximity technologies (e.g. QR-codes, Bluetooth-Low-Energy (BLE)) have been introduced in the market for various mobile payment services to enhance the consumer experience and to bring additional functionality and services to the customer (e.g. integration...
04 July 19
Instant payments are the new normal in the Netherlands; who will follow?
*The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. The Dutch payment service providers (PSPs) community is one of frontrunners in the instant payments field: some Dutch PSPs were among the first to adhere to Single Euro...
19 June 19
Public consultation: draft Mobile Initiated SEPA Credit Transfer Interoperability Implementation Guidelines (including SCT Inst)
* The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Developed by the ad-hoc multi-stakeholder group (MSG) on Mobile Initiated SEPA Credit Transfers (MSCT), including SEPA Instant Credit transfers (SCT Inst) (MSG MSCT),...
05 June 19
MADRE: a Banque de France blockchain project
In 2017, Banque de France launched MADRE, a project using blockchain to improve the interbank system to enable the exchange of Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) creditor identifiers between SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) scheme participants. Today, four large French banks have already joined the project and...
15 May 19
Instant Payments System in Romania
* The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Transfond developed a local currency Instant Payments (IP) system based on the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer Scheme (SCT Inst) in Romania. The system was recently launched...
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Ruta Murnikaite
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