Firstly, under the 2023 SCT Inst rulebook, SCT Inst scheme participants can allow their customers to submit and/or receive a SCT Inst transaction for an amount higher than the default scheme maximum amount (currently at 100,000 EUR). As of the 2025 SCT Inst rulebook, a maximum amount at scheme level will no longer be applicable.
The second option is that SCT Inst scheme participants can formally commit to their respective customers to process a SCT Inst transaction faster than the default timeline defined by the scheme.
The third option is that SCT Inst scheme participants can also agree to apply a shorter hard time-out deadline.
With respect to the second and third SCT Inst scheme options, the default timeline and the hard time-out deadline have been considerably shortened as of the 2025 SCT Inst rulebook.
A SCT Inst scheme participant must have an agreement with other individual SCT Inst scheme participants, or with communities of SCT Inst scheme participants (e.g., on country-level) before it can support any SCT Inst option.
Information about SCT Inst scheme participants supporting these SCT Inst options, and their concrete characteristics, are available on the external webpages below. The EPC is not responsible for the accuracy and exhaustiveness of this list.
Information about SCT Inst scheme participants that support one of the SCT Inst options and their concrete characteristics are available on the external webpages mentioned below. The EPC is however not responsible for the accuracy and exhaustiveness of this list.
Higher maximum amount per SCT Inst transaction
Netherlands: general information and NL standard specifications
Shorter maximum execution time
Netherlands: general information and NL standard specifications
Shorter hard time-out deadline
Netherlands: general information and NL standard specifications