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
30 September 20
Call for an independent member for the Scheme Management Board
The EPC Scheme Management Board (SMB) – the body responsible for the administration and evolution of the EPC Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes – is inviting interested parties to apply for a vacancy for an 'independent member', effective from 18 November 2020 to 28 April 2021, with th
12 December 22
Call for Candidates for the SPL SPG
The SEPA Proxy Lookup Scheme Participants Group (SPL SPG) - the body responsible for the scheme management of the SPL service - will be renewed in 2023. The EPC invites all interested eligible candidates to apply by 31 January 2023. Who can participate? The call is open to all European Payment
29 November 23
Call for participants in the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) Scheme Interest Group
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
01 February 21
Call for input on the SEPA Proxy Lookup (SPL) scheme
The EPC launches a public call for input to gather suggestions on the opportunities, potential evolution and improvements related to the SEPA Proxy Lookup (SPL) scheme. The purpose of this call is to understand what are the market needs to ensure that any future development of the SPL scheme w
01 December 22
Call for Change Requests to the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) Scheme Rulebook
The European Payments Council (EPC) is launching today a call for change requests for possible modifications to be introduced into the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook v3.0. The call starts on 1 December 2022 and will run until 29 December 2023. How to participate? Stakeholders are k
14 December 22
Call for independent candidates for the Payment Scheme Management Board (PSMB)
The EPC Payment Scheme Management Board (PSMB) – the body responsible for the administration and evolution of the EPC Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes will be renewed in 2023. In addition to the seats allocated to scheme participant representatives (maximum 22), three seats (includin
01 December 21
Call for Change Requests to the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) Scheme Rulebook (version 2.0)
The European Payments Council (EPC) is launching a call for change requests for possible modifications to be introduced into the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook (version 2.0). The call starts today and will run until 25 February 2022. How to participate? Any person or organisation w
22 December 20
Call for independent candidates for the Scheme Management Board (SMB)
The EPC Scheme Management Board (SMB) – the body responsible for the administration and evolution of the EPC Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes will be renewed in 2021. In addition to the seats allocated to scheme participant representatives (maximum 20), three seats (including the Cha
25 October 21
Call for participants in the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme’s interest group
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
30 August 21
Call for candidates for the SEPA Payment Account Access Multi-Stakeholder Group (SPAA MSG)
The SEPA Payment Account Access Multi-Stakeholder Group (SPAA MSG) is expected to be established by the EPC following an invitation from the ERPB at its 28 June 2021 meeting for the EPC to take up the role of manager of a pan-European scheme in relation to access to payment accounts , in line with t
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
27 September 23
Call for candidates for the Scheme End-User Multi-Stakeholder Group and for the Scheme Technical Player Multi-Stakeholder Group
In 2021, the European Payments Council’s (EPC) Board entrusted the Scheme End-User Multi-Stakeholder Group (SEU MSG) and the Scheme Technical Player Multi-Stakeholder Group (STP MSG) with the mission to maintain a formal and regular dialogue between the EPC and representatives of associations of end
20 January 21
Call for nominations for five open seats in the MSG MSCT Plenary
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
Evolution of the EPC payment schemes
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
29 November 22
EPC calls for independent candidates for its Dispute Resolution Committee
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
01 October 21
Call for candidates for the Scheme End-User Multi-Stakeholder Group (SEU MSG) and for the Scheme Technical Player Multi-Stakeholder Group (STP MSG)
The EPC Board recently resolved that the scope of the two existing SEPA payment scheme stakeholder groups - i.e., the Scheme End-User Forum (SEUF) and the EPC Scheme Technical Forum (ESTF) - will be extended from the four SEPA payment schemes to all SEPA schemes, including payment-related schemes su
SEPA Direct Debit
Terms of Reference Scheme Technical Player Multi-Stakeholder Group (STP MSG)
Register of Participants
SEPA goals and benefits
20 December 21
Call for nominations for open seats in the MSG MSCT Work-Stream on Interoperability of MSCTs based on NFC or BLE
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
29 September 22
Specification of Quick-Response (QR)-codes for Mobile (Instant) Credit Transfers (MCTs) submitted to ISO
The multi-stakeholder group on Mobile Initiated (instant) SEPA Credit Transfers (MSG MSCT), which is facilitated by the European Payments Council, has developed a new document on the specification of Quick-Response (QR)-codes for Mobile (Instant) Credit Transfers (MCTs) for submission to ISO (
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