Today, the European Payments Council (EPC) launched three key updates linked to the Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme rulebook, Application Programming Interface (API) specifications, and API Security Framework which will become effective on 20 September 2026.The VOP scheme provides a set of inter-

Today, the European Payments Council (EPC) initiated a public consultation on change requests for all five EPC payment scheme rulebooks (SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT), SCT Instant (SCT Inst), SEPA Direct Debit (SDD), SDD Business-to-Business (SDD B2B) and One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst))

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 author and digital financial services advisor and commentator David Birch about the role of stablecoins in Europe’s financial landscape. From their impact on

The European Payments Council (EPC) has launched a public consultation to explore the possible role of the EPC in the interoperability of payment solutions based on the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme at the Point Of Interaction (POI). This consultation runs from 6 March to 10 April 2

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 Lillie Wall, Head of Payments, Europe at Wise, about the company’s role in shaping modern cross-border payments and the evolving European payments landscape.

The views expressed in the below reports are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council.In the last quarter of 2025, we gathered a series of reports focused on the payments industry. This collection not only explores the future and evolution of payments

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 Eivind Gjemdal, CEO of Bits, about the organisation’s role in Norway’s payment infrastructure, the strategic challenges and opportunities in the retail and a

The European Payments Council (EPC) has launched today a request for information (RFI) to identify organisations interested in providing, operating and supporting a Central Platform for its Fraud Information Distribution Arrangement (FRIDA) Scheme.The initiative anticipates the upcoming European Uni