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EPC contribution to a SEPA for cards
26 March 24
Call for Interest: development of SEPA Payment Account Access compliant API specifications
Today, the European Payments Council (EPC) launched a public ‘call for interest’ to identify European Application Programming Interface (API) standardisation initiatives that already developed or intend to develop API specifications compliant with the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme rulebo
13 March 24
Yearly update of the “Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management”
The European Payments Council (EPC) published today a new version of the document called “Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management”. Its purpose is to offer guidance to the European payment industry concerning cryptographic algorithms and related key management issues.This new
SEPA Instant Credit Transfer
20 February 24
Update on the forthcoming Request for Proposal for the EPC Directory Service
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
13 March 23
Yearly update of the “Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management”
The European Payments Council (EPC) published today a new version of the document called “Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management”. Its purpose is to provide guidance to the European payment industry in the field of cryptographic algorithms and related key management issues.
07 March 22
Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management
The European Payments Council (EPC) published today a new version of the document called “Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management”. Its purpose is to provide guidance to the European payment industry in the field of cryptographic algorithms and related key management issues.
16 March 21
Guidelines on Cryptographic Algorithms Usage and Key Management
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published a new version of the guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to the European payment industry in the field of cryptographic algorithms and related key management issues.
01 February 21
SEPA Request-to-Pay Implementation Guidelines Version 1.0
Today the European Payments Council (EPC) published version 1.0 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 1.0 of the SRTP scheme rulebook
09 March 20
New version of the guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management
Today the EPC published a new version of the guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management in order to provide guidance to the European payments industry, more precisely to security officers, risk managers, system engineers and systems designers. Although its content does not a
26 July 21
Digital payments in Cyprus
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Although electronic payments are gaining popularity in Cyprus, cash is still king. Nevertheless, there are clear signs that the Cypriot payments landscape is entering
28 July 23
Payments in wartime: the story of the National Bank of Ukraine
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Ever since, martial law has made ensuring the country’s economic and financial stability a challenge for the National Bank
15 April 21
Around the web – a compilation of some interesting reports about payments published last quarter
*The views expressed in the below reports are solely those of the authors and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. During the first quarter of 2021, we gathered a list of recent and free reports that shine a spotlight on payments future and trends as well as other interestin
22 September 20
Some 2020 change requests entering into force in November 2023
In September 2020, the EPC decided to migrate all its SEPA payment schemes to the 2019 version of the ISO 20022 message standard by 19 November 2023 i.e. the entry-into-force date of the 2023 EPC SEPA payment scheme rulebooks. This implementation combined with possibly new/amended business and/or fu
22 March 23
Integrating a more sustainable mindset to payments
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 Stephen King, Vice President, Sustainability Solution
29 January 20
The payment landscape of Luxembourg
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 Luxembourg, which is characterised by the highest banking internationalisation rate in Europe a
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
28 November 22
SCT Inst scheme – where are we now and where are we heading?
This time of the year is very special for the European Payments Council (EPC): the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Instant credit transfer (SCT Inst) scheme is celebrating its fifth anniversary! To mark this occasion, we are sharing the most significant achievements of the SCT Inst scheme, its oppo
20 September 22
The Irish payment landscape: a digital transformation
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 the profile of Ireland, and we interviewed Gillian Byrne Head of Payments, at Banking & Payments Federat
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
30 November 20
The EPC publishes the first SRTP scheme rulebook
Following a three-month public consultation, and in close collaboration with stakeholders from the entire payment value chain, the EPC publishes today the first version of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Request-To-Pay (RTP) scheme rulebook. The SRTP scheme covers the set of operating rules and
10 June 20
SRTP scheme – facilitating a seamless way to pay within SEPA
On 2 June 2020, the EPC launched a three-month public consultation on the rulebook for the new SEPA Request-to-Pay (SRTP) scheme, which will provide a new way to request a payment initiation. We interviewed the ad-hoc RTP Task Force (RTP TF) chair Jean-Yves Jacquelin to shed some light on the future
SEPA Direct Debit Core Rulebook - Public Consultation Document on 2024 Change Requests and Response Template
07 October 21
Digitalisation trends in the Swiss payment landscape
The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be attributed to the European Payments Council. We interviewed Dieter Goerdten, Head of Products & Services at SIX BBS Ltd. and Michael Montoya, CEO of SIX Interbank Clearing Ltd. to know more about the latest u