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SEPA Request-to-Pay

SRTP

The scheme covers the set of operating rules and technical elements (including messages) that allow a Payee to request the initiation of a payment from a Payer in a wide range of physical or online use cases. 

The RTP is a messaging functionality. It is not a payment means or a payment instrument, but a way to request a payment initiation. 

The scheme can be considered as a complement to the payment flow because it supports the end-to-end process and lies between an underlying commercial transaction and the payment itself. An RTP as such can be seen as an enabler for digital payments.

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 Scheme evolution calendar:

  • 24 November 2022
    Publication of the third version of the scheme rulebook, entering into effect on 30 November 2023
  • Between 1 December 2022 and 29 December 2023
    Call for change requests to version 3.0 of the Scheme Rulebook
  • Q4 2022

    Publication of the Security Framework

  • Between May and August 2024

    Three-month public consultation

  • Q1 2023

    Implementation Guidelines Version 3.0

  • Q2 2023

    - Publication of the related specifications based on the version v3.0 of the scheme rulebook
    - Publication of the version 3.0 of the scheme Clarification Paper

  • November 2024

    Publication of the Scheme Rulebook (version 4.0)