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

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

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

The European Payments Council (EPC) has published the Verification of Payee (VOP) API Reference Toolbox  (ART) – Test Cases document.This release is a part of the ART, a dedicated test environment developed to support Payment Service Providers (PSPs) and Routing and Verification Mechanisms (RVM

The European Payments Council (EPC) has released “EDS Onboarding and Registration Guide”, offering step-by-step instructions on how the Verification of Payee (VOP) scheme participants and Routing and/or Verification Mechanism (RVM) can register for using the EPC Directory Service (EDS) via the EDS G

The European Payments Council (EPC) has launched a public consultation to explore  how it can best support and facilitate the use of SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) at the Point Of Interaction (POI).Regulatory BackgroundThe Instant Payments Regulation amending the Single Euro Payments A

The European Payments Council (EPC) has released today the updated clarification papers aimed at enhancing the understanding and consistent implementation of the SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT), SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst), SEPA Direct Debit Core (SDD Core) and SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-B

The European Payments Council (EPC) has released today the EPC Directory Service (EDS) Application Programming Interfaces (API) specifications.This specification outlines the functionalities available through the EDS API, including the Automated Download Service for retrieving the full EDS content i