European Payments Council

62 results about this entity

Period: 08 Jan 2007 - 20 Jan 2025

EPC publishes Sepa Cards Standardisation Volume

The European Payments Council (EPC), representing payment service providers, and the Cards Stakeholders Group (CSG), a multi-stakeholder body gathering retailers, vendors, processors, card schemes and the EPC, today published version 7.1 of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Cards Standardisation Volume (the Volume).

EPC publishes proposals for pan-European instant payments scheme

The European Payments Council has released proposals for the design of a pan-European instant credit transfer scheme, with the aim of bringing real-time money transfers across the Sinlge Euro Payments Area (Sepa) by November 2017.

ERPB pushes pan-European P2P mobile payments

The Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) says that person-to-person mobile payment providers across the continent should work together to ensure interoperability.

EPC lays out framework for handling card-not-present transactions

The European Payments Council has drawn up a blueprint for the creation of an interoperable card and terminal infrastructure to handle card-not-present transactions across the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa).

EPC calls for candidates to join Sepa scheme management bodies

The European Payments Council (EPC) is calling for independent candidates to join a host of new bodies being set up to manage the Single euro payments area (Sepa) scheme.

EPC launches consultation on evolution of Sepa credit transfer and direct debit

The European Payments Council (EPC) has launched a three month public consultation on possible changes to the Sepa credit transfer and direct debit rule-books.

EU to establish European Retail Payments Board to improve Sepa governance

The EU is poised to revise the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) governance arrangements by replacing the informal Sepa Council with a European Retail Payments Board and by adjusting the role of the bank-backed European Payments Council.

Commission drops anti-trust probe into European Payments Council

The European Commission has dropped an anti-trust probe into the activities of the bank-backed standards-setting body the European Payments Council.

EPC sets out Sepa m-payments guidelines

Banking representative body the European Payments Council (EPC) has published guidelines for mobile contactless transactions in the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa).

"There is no 'Sepa governance issue'" - EPC hits out at Brussel lobbyists

The European Payments Council, currently undergoing an anti-trust review by the European Commission over allegations that it is abusing its standards-setting role to block new entrants to the payments market, has hit out at the influence wielded by lobbyists in Brussels, who it claims are poisoning the debate over the shift to a single euro payments area (Sepa).

EC launches antitrust investigation into EPC and e-payments market

The EC has opened an antitrust investigation into whether the European Payments Council (EPC) is blocking new, non-bank, players from entering the online payments market.

EPC looks to cut cash costs through ATM standardisation

The European Payments Council (EPC) wants the continent's 400,000 ATMs to all use the same size cash cassettes, claiming standardisation will bring massive cost savings.