The Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme developed by the European Payments Council (EPC) is based on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). For enabling  cross-border  interoperability and reachability between participants of the VOP scheme - as well as between these participants and th

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council.Instant payments are shaping the future of cross-border transactions. In this interview, Juan Luis Encinas Sánchez, CEO of Iberpay, discusses the company’s participation i

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 Isabelle Olivier about Visa Direct's impact on global payments, the challenges in the retail and account-to-account (A2A) payments markets, and Visa's contri

The European Payments Council (EPC) has released guidelines for the EPC Directory Service (EDS) Web Graphical User Interface (GUI), providing detailed instructions on its usage. The EDS is accessible by scheme participants and their technical providers (e.g. Routing and/or Verification Mechanisms (R

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