The European Payments Council (EPC) is pleased to announce the launch of its API Reference Toolbox (ART) test and self-certification platform for the Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme, in collaboration with StreamMind. StreamMind will deliver and operate both the platform and support services. Stre

The European Payments Council (EPC) is launching a call for candidates for Routing and/or Verification Mechanisms (RVM) in the Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme to participate in the pilot of the EPC VOP API Reference Toolbox (ART).The VOP scheme allows Payment Service Providers (PSPs) to meet the

The European Payments Council (EPC) announces today the launch of a formal qualification process for organisations intending to offer services as Routing and/or Verification Mechanisms (RVM) in the EPC Verification Of Payee (VOP) Scheme.The VOP scheme, developed by the EPC, will come into effect on

The European Payments Council (EPC) is pleased to announce that the Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme adherence process is now open. All current and future SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) and/or SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme participants  affected by the amended SEPA Regulation pro

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 offer guidance to the European payment industry concerning cryptographic algorithms and related key management issues.This new

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) Board has approved the inclusion of the Republic of North Macedonia and Moldova in the geographical scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes. The geographical scope of the SEPA payment schemes now covers 40 countries. All exist

The European Payments Council (EPC) published today the EPC Directory Service (EDS) Local File, downloadable in XML, JSON, or CSV format. The file contains key identification, adherence data, and Application Programming Interface (API) endpoint related information.Generated daily, the EDS Local File

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council.We had the pleasure of speaking with Anna Hibino, Global Bank Partnerships Lead at Stripe, a new member organisation that joined the European Payments Council (EPC) on 1 J

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council.We spoke with Ivo Gueorguiev, the co-founder of Paynetics, which joined the European Payments Council (EPC) on 1 January 2025. We discussed Paynetics’ unique approach, cha