19 February 21
Request for Proposal to find an Homologation Body for the applicants to the SRTP scheme
As part of the launch of the new SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme and following the publication of its first rulebook on 30 November 2020, the European Payments Council (EPC) launches today a request for proposal for an homologation body for applicants to the SRTP scheme. The purpose is to find
Toolkit for new scheme participants
SEPA Direct Debit Additional Optional Services
EPC Members
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
20 February 24
Update on the forthcoming Request for Proposal for the EPC Directory Service
The European Payments Council (EPC) will be launching a request for proposal (RFP) for selecting a technology service provider in charge of developing and operating an EPC Directory Service (EDS). The EDS service provider was formerly known as Operating Scheme Manager (OSM) and the forthcoming RFP f
06 January 20
EPC calls for independent candidates for its Dispute Resolution Committee
The European Payments Council’s Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) – the body responsible for the compliance function of scheme management) will enter into office on 1 April 2020, when the revised EPC By-laws as well as the Dispute Resolution Committee Mandate become effective. As of that date, the
Participating in the schemes
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
03 February 22
Call for European standardisation initiatives in the field of PSD2 API’s to participate in the API Work Block of the SEPA Payment Account Access Multi-Stakeholder Group
At its 24 November 2021 meeting, the EPC Board accepted the Euro Retail Payments Board’s (ERPB) invitation to act as Scheme Manager for a new Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme. To develop the scheme, the EPC Board established the SPAA Multi-Stakeholder Gr
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SEPA Credit Transfer rulebook and implementation guidelines