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The EPC is launching today a call for (additional) participants in the SEPA Payment Account access (SPAA) Scheme Interest Group, which was set up at the end of 2021 to ensure maximum stakeholder involvement and contribution - in addition to the creation of the SPAA Multi-Stakeholder Groups (MSG) in

We continue our series of articles for the 20th anniversary of the European Payments Council (EPC). This time we interviewed Rita Camporeale, EPC Vice-Chair. We wanted to hear her thoughts on European payments and more particularly on how the EPC has changed over the years, what lessons have been le

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

At its 28 June 2021 meeting the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) formally invited the EPC to take up the role of Scheme manager of a SEPA API Access Scheme in relation to payment accounts, in line with the requirements defined in the June 2021 report of the ERPB Working Group on a SEPA API Access S

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

To contribute to the take-up of mobile initiated (instant) credit transfers (MSCT) in Europe, the EPC created in 2018 an ad-hoc multi-stakeholder group (MSG MSCT). The group has been focusing during the past years on the interoperability of MSCTs across the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and publi

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

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council nor the associations or its members he represents. Cash is the most frequently used form of payment by Europeans at the point of sale. For this reason, an adequate cash

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) publishes the yearly update of the “Payment Threats and Fraud Trends Report”. This report contributes to creating awareness on payment threats and fraud trends, and to help payment stakeholders decide on possible actions to prevent fraud. It provides a focu

To contribute to the take-up of mobile initiated (instant) credit transfers (MSCTs) in Europe, the EPC created in 2018 an ad-hoc multi-stakeholder group (MSG MSCT). The group has been focusing during the past years on the interoperability of MSCTs across Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and publishe

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. At the start of 2024 we were delighted to welcome a new member: PostePay. We spoke to PostePay’s General Manager, Laura Furlan, about payment trends, PostePay’s role w