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SEPA Direct Debit
The two EPC SEPA Direct Debit schemes offer consumers and businesses a convenient and secure means of paying bills. They are used to facilitate over 20 billion transactions every year in SEPA.
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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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SEPA Direct Debit Additional Optional Services
The SEPA Direct Debit schemes (SDD) provide the sets of rules that enable a harmonised application by all participating payment service providers (PSPs) in Europe. PSPs can also provide additional services to meet specific customer needs.
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Register of Participants
The Register of Participants lists all payment service providers (PSPs) and other eligible institutions who adhere to the EPC payment and payment related schemes.
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Evolution of the EPC payment schemes
The EPC payment schemes are used to facilitate billions of transactions every year in Europe and beyond.
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SEPA Direct Debit B2B rulebook and implementation guidelines
The SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-Business (SDD B2B) scheme is an optional scheme, offered exclusively to business payers.
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Introducing the EPC
The European Payments Council (EPC) is one voice for payment service providers (PSPs) on all European payment issues.
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Clearing and Settlement Mechanisms
Clearing and Settlement Mechanisms (CSMs) are the processes underlying all payment transactions exchanged between two payment service providers (PSPs).
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SEPA for cash
The SEPA project and the EPC’s drive to improve payments harmonisation and innovation in Europe both encourage a shift from cash to electronic payments.
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SEPA goes mobile
Mobile payments are soaring in Europe. The EPC aims to facilitate the use of all SEPA instruments with a mobile while ensuring the convenience, safety, reliability and cost-effectiveness of these payments.
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