The EPC Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme is designed to allow the payment service providers (PSPs) in the European Economic Area (EEA) to comply with the new regulatory requirements outlined in the EU Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) within the
17 July 25
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 Andrija Jovović, Director of the Payment System Department from the CBCG about the country’s journey towards SEPA integration, digital payment adoption, and
16 July 25
The European Payments Council (EPC) has published today the SEPA Request-To-Pay (SRTP) Inter-SRTP Service Provider (SP) API Specifications marking a significant milestone for the SRTP scheme. This document completes the set of documents relating to the SRTP scheme, i.e. Scheme Rulebook, Clarificatio
14 July 25
The European Payments Council (EPC) and Swift have created a set of videos explaining, along with the documentation, the functioning of the EPC Directory Service (EDS).These videos focus on registration in the EDS by VOP scheme participants, how the PSPs participating in the VOP scheme can delegate
07 July 25
Today, the European Payments Council (EPC) launched a public ‘call for interest’ to identify Directory Service Providers that own directories of BICs, official national identifiers (National IDs) and/or IBAN ranges, and allowing retrieval of BICs from customer account numbers (IBANs). These Director
30 June 25
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published version 4.0 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 4.0 of the SRTP scheme rulebo
24 June 25
As of today, the European Payments Council (EPC) has officially launched the second phase of the EPC Directory Service (EDS) Pilot in test environment . This extended phase is now open to all Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme participants and qualified Routing and/or Verification Mechanisms (RVMs).
20 June 25
The European Payments Council (EPC) is pleased to announce that its API Reference Toolbox (ART) test and self-certification platform for the Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme, in collaboration with StreamMind, is available to all payment service providers (PSPs) that are not using a Routing and/or
16 June 25
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council.Gijs Boudewijn became the new Chair of the European Payments Council (EPC) this month. With a long-standing background in payments and a clear focus on strengthening Europ
