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The United Kingdom (UK) and European Parliaments have now ratified the UK Withdrawal Agreement, paving the way for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020. The UK will then enter the agreed transition period, which currently runs from 1 February until 31 December 2020. Therefore,

On 7 March 2019, the EPC published its decision paper on Brexit and United Kingdom’s (UK) payment service providers’ (PSPs) participation in the EPC SEPA payment schemes, approving UK Finance's application for the continued participation of UK PSPs in the EPC SEPA payment schemes, even in the event

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Giorgio Andreoli took up the post of Director General of the European Payments Council (EPC) on 1 April 2023. We interviewed him to shed light on his first impressions

As of 1 January 2021 the United Kingdom (UK) is set to leave the single market and customs union, either with an European Union (EU) - UK deal, negotiated during the transition period, or without it (i.e. "no-deal" Brexit). The UK will at that point maintain participation in the Single Euro payments