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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

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09 October 23

Around the web - a compilation of interesting reports about payments

The views expressed in the below reports are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Staying up to date with the latest news and trends in the industry? We’ve put together a list of free recently published payment-related reports from differen

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18 September 23

What do the PSD3 and PSR mean for the payments sector?

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council or the European Commission. On June 28, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published a set of new legislative proposals, notably for a Third Payment Services Directive

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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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18 July 23

The Croatian payment landscape

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Croatia became the 20th EU Member State to join the euro on 1 January this year. Since the end of June, the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme has been in

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22 June 23

The role of payments in driving positive climate action

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 interviews focusing on sustainability in the payments industry with the contribution of Valerie Nowak, the Chief Product and Innovation Offic

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News

25 May 22

Important updates related to the EPC SEPA payment scheme rulebooks

Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published the version 1.0 of the 2023 EPC SEPA payment scheme rulebooks. All 2023 EPC SEPA payment scheme rulebooks enter into force on 19 November 2023. To ensure planning security for all market participants, the publication of the 2023 rulebook versions f

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15 December 20

SRTP: the newest EPC scheme

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. On 30 November 2020, the European Payment Council (EPC) launched the first version of its Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-To-Pay (SRTP) scheme rulebook. The S

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12 May 21

Using CoP to mitigate fraud and mistakes in online payments

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. SurePay was founded in 2016, providing the Confirmation of Payee (CoP) to all major Dutch banks since 2017 and recently implemented this service in the United Kingdom

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25 March 21

The PCI Security Standards maintaining payment security

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) is a global organisation that maintains, evolves and promotes PCI standards for the safety of cardholder

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28 September 23

Exploring FIDA: revised rules on financial data sharing access

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council or the European Commission. In June 2023 the European Commission put forward a proposal for a Regulation to further digitalise and improve competitiveness in the Europe

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26 January 21

Instant payment environment in Slovenia

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Since November 2020, the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme has been in use in Slovenia, where six payment service providers (PSPs) have joined the scheme

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13 July 20

UK’s rollout of Confirmation of Payee

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. After a few years in development, a new Confirmation of Payee (CoP) system was rolled out last month by UK banks. In short, the CoP enables consumers to see whether th

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31 May 23

A pathway to improve the security of card payment systems

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. The Smart Payment Association (SPA) is the trade body of the cards and mobile payments industry and addresses the challenges of a fast-evolving payment ecosystem, prom

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