SEPA Credit Transfer public consultation
20 February 24
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
27 September 21
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Over years and even decades, we’ve witnessed growing changes in the way Canadians pay. The payments ecosystem is rapidly evolving. Canada’s economic and financial welf
15 December 21
The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme managed by the European Payments Council (EPC) covers a set of operating rules and technical elements (including messages) that allow a Payee to request digitally the initiation of a payment from a Payer in a wide range of physical or
27 January 23
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. We continue our series of European payment landscapes with a profile of Lithuania. Lithuania’s payment service provider (PSP) community was among the first to adhere t
25 May 22
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) is launching a public consultation on possible modifications to the SEPA Request-to-Pay scheme rulebook. The consultation will run for a 90-calendar day period from 25 May up to and including 26 August 2022. All interested stakeholders are invited to part
19 November 21
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. We interviewed Thomas Egner, Secretary General, Euro Banking Association (EBA) to know more about the key findings of the Euro Banking Association (EBA)’s recent Reque
22 December 23
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) has published new versions of the SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook as well as the rulebook-related clarification paper. Version 3.2 of the SRTP scheme rulebook includes clarifications related to Enrolment and Activation processes, to be al
24 March 23
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) is launching a public request for information (RFI) for an Operational Scheme Manager (OSM). Background In the context of the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) and the SEPA Request to Pay (SRTP) schemes, the use of application programming interfaces (
21 April 23
The European Payments Council (EPC) announces that effective as of today, any technical solution provider (TSP) may undergo a SEPA Request to Pay (SRTP) homologation. A duly homologated TSP will become a “Referenced Technical Solution Provider” (RTSP) and feature on a list published on the EPC websi
19 February 21
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
03 March 23
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published version 3.0 of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-to-Pay (SRTP) Implementation Guidelines (IGs). These IGs set out the rules for implementing the relevant ISO 20022 XML message standards based on version 3.0 of the SRTP scheme rulebook