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Insight

14 April 20

AFR – the Hungarian Retail Instant Payment System

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. In order to improve the efficiency of domestic payments, Hungarian banks launched a local currency Instant Payment System (AFR) based on the SEPA Instant Credit Transf

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EPC Members

The European Payments Council is the European association dedicated to payments, managing payment and payment-related schemes.

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What is a payment scheme?

The payment schemes developed by the EPC are used by thousands of payment service providers (PSPs) in Europe to facilitate some 50 billion transactions each year.

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What we do

The EPC designs and manages euro payment and payment-related schemes that contribute to the creation of a single payments market in Europe and facilitate economic exchanges in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) for citizens and businesses alike.

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News

05 March 20

Publication of the updated SEPA Proxy Lookup scheme rulebook

Today the EPC has published version 2.0 of the SEPA Proxy Lookup (SPL) scheme rulebook which consists of a set of rules, practices and standards that makes it possible to operate, join and participate in the SPL scheme. The rulebook will come into effect on 1 June 2020. The updated SPL rulebook,

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News

23 July 20

Updated Intra-EU Mobility infographic

The Single Euro Payments Area Proxy Lookup (SPL) scheme covers the exchange of the data necessary to initiate payments between proxy-based mobile payment solutions on a pan-European level, aiming to facilitate interoperability between participating payment solutions. For those interested in

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Insight

26 January 21

Instant payment environment in Slovenia

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Since November 2020, the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme has been in use in Slovenia, where six payment service providers (PSPs) have joined the scheme

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EPC contribution to a SEPA for cards

When citizens travel in Europe or shop online on websites based in other European countries, they should be able to withdraw cash or pay by card as easily as they do in their home country.

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