30 November 22
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) publishes the first (v1.0) SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme rulebook. It consists of a set of rules, practices and standards that will allow the exchange of payment accounts related data and facilitates the initiation of payment transactions in the
29 November 22
The European Payments Council’s (EPC) Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) is the body responsible for the compliance function of scheme management. Three seats in the DRC (including the Chairmanship of the DRC) are available for “independent members”. The EPC invites all interested candidates to a
28 November 22
This time of the year is very special for the European Payments Council (EPC): the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant credit transfer (SCT Inst) scheme is celebrating its fifth anniversary! To mark this occasion, we are sharing the most significant achievements of the SCT Inst scheme, its oppo
24 November 22
The European Payments Council (EPC) publishes today the third version of the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook which takes into account the comments received in response to the three-month public consultation on the proposed change requests relating to the second version of the SRTP scheme
16 November 22
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. On 26 October the European Commission (EC) adopted a legislative proposal on instant payments in euro, fulfilling its commitment of the 2020 Retail Payments Strategy f
27 October 22
Today, the European Payments Council (EPC) has published version 1.1 of the 2023 EPC SEPA Instant Credit Transfer rulebook and related document on the SCT Inst maximum amount. This rulebook version replaces with immediate effect version 1.0 of the 2023 SCT Inst rulebook published in May 2022. It hig
26 October 22
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. The Nordic Payments Council (NPC) plays a critical role in the management of Nordic payment schemes. Newly appointed Secretary General Camilla Åkerman offers us her vi
19 October 22
The views expressed in the below reports are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Getting lost in the flow of new reports? During the third quarter of 2022, the EPC compiled a list of payment related reports that you can check out and download
14 October 22
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. The European retail payments landscape has changed due to a multitude of reasons: innovation, regulatory developments, the Covid-19 pandemic and changing consumer hab
