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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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Our organisation

As a membership association, the EPC relies on the active contributions of its members with expertise in different aspects of payments.

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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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About SEPA

The introduction of the euro as the common currency for millions of Europeans was a great advance in European integration, but it was just the first step towards European payments harmonisation.

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Insight

19 February 24

Introducing a new EPC member: PostePay

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. At the start of 2024 we were delighted to welcome a new member: PostePay. We spoke to PostePay’s General Manager, Laura Furlan, about payment trends, PostePay’s role w

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Insight

23 February 23

How the Dutch became the frontrunners in payment transformation

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. The Netherlands has a fascinating and ever-changing payment landscape where card payments are increasing each year and are preferred over cash payments. We wanted to k

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Insight

27 January 23

How Lithuania’s payment landscape is changing

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

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04 November 20

Country profile: cashless Iceland

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Did you know that bank cards are ubiquitous in Iceland and that local banks are all involved in projects to increase public awareness on the importance of financial li

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