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
11 June 25
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council.Javier Santamaría recently concluded his tenure as Chair of the EPC following more than a decade of leadership. With a deep involvement dating back to the organisation’s f
23 May 25
The European Payments Council (EPC) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Pilot phase of its API Reference Toolbox (ART) test and self-certification platform for the Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme. Following this milestone, the platform is officially opened to all Routing and/o
22 May 25
The European Payments Council (EPC) Board has today approved the inclusion of Serbia in the geographical scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes.The geographical scope of the SEPA payment schemes now covers 41 countries.As a result, all existing EPC payment scheme participants
