26 March 24
Creating a sustainable pan-European payment method through SPAA
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council.The building blocks of an open, pan-European payment method are in place: SEPA Instant Credit Transfers (SCT Inst) and open banking to turn them into a payment method. The
26 March 24
Call for Interest: development of SEPA Payment Account Access compliant API specifications
Today, the European Payments Council (EPC) launched a public ‘call for interest’ to identify European Application Programming Interface (API) standardisation initiatives that already developed or intend to develop API specifications compliant with the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme rulebo
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13 March 24
Yearly update of the “Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management”
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
SEPA Direct Debit Core Rulebook - Public Consultation Document on 2024 Change Requests and Response Template
SEPA Credit Transfer Rulebook - Public Consultation Document on 2024 Change Requests and Response Template
12 March 24
Public consultation on change requests for the EPC payment scheme rulebooks
Today, the European Payments Council (EPC) initiated a public consultation on change requests for all five EPC payment scheme rulebooks. This consultation runs from 12 March to 9 June 2024.This public consultation is part of the change management process of the EPC payment schemes regularly organise
12 March 24
Public consultation on the SEPA Request-to-Pay scheme Rulebook change requests
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) launched a public consultation on the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook change requests. The consultation will run for a period from 12 March up to and including 9 June 2024.More information about the public consultation
