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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
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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Dialogue with stakeholders
The evolution of the EPC schemes is organised in close collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders in order to truly reflect market needs.
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21 April 23
SEPA Request-to-Pay scheme: homologation procedure and new types of homologation
The European Payments Council (EPC) announces that effective as of today, any technical solution provider (TSP) may undergo a SEPA Request to Pay (SRTP) homologation. A duly homologated TSP will become a “Referenced Technical Solution Provider” (RTSP) and feature on a list published on the EPC websi
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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28 November 23
The EPC One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst) payment scheme goes live
Brussels, 28 November 2023 - As of today 08h00 CET, the new payment scheme of the European Payments Council (EPC) designed for international instant credit transfers is ready for use. The launch of the OCT Inst scheme marks a significant development for the EPC as it is the EPC’s first venture outsi
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03 February 22
Call for European standardisation initiatives in the field of PSD2 API’s to participate in the API Work Block of the SEPA Payment Account Access Multi-Stakeholder Group
At its 24 November 2021 meeting, the EPC Board accepted the Euro Retail Payments Board’s (ERPB) invitation to act as Scheme Manager for a new Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme. To develop the scheme, the EPC Board established the SPAA Multi-Stakeholder Gr
SEPA Credit Transfer rulebook and implementation guidelines
SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) is among the favourite payment methods of citizens and businesses in Europe, and a convenient alternative to cash and cheques.
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22 March 22
Request for Proposal to find an Economic Consultant for the definition of a possible business model for the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) Scheme
In June 2021 the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) invited the EPC to take up the role of scheme manager for the development of a SEPA API access scheme related to payment accounts, in line with the requirements defined in the June 2021 report of the ERPB Working Group on a SEPA API Access scheme1(S
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25 October 21
Call for participants in the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme’s interest group
At its 28 June 2021 meeting the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) formally invited the EPC to take up the role of Scheme manager of a SEPA API Access Scheme in relation to payment accounts, in line with the requirements defined in the June 2021 report of the ERPB Working Group on a SEPA API Access S