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In its second meeting, on 1 December 2014, the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB), a multi-stakeholder group chaired by the European Central Bank (ECB), decided to step up work on the topics of instant payments in euro, and person-to-person mobile payments and contactless payments. Taking stock of the migration to the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), [...]

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Proving that politicians should stay out of industries they do not understand and further backing up the law of unintended consequences, Europe’s politicians are currently considering final changes in the proposed Interchange Fee Regulation. One of these changes could allow three-party cards to gain a greater share of Europe’s market. This risks making the most expensive types of [...]

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The European Payments Council (EPC), representing the European banking industry in relation to payments, has published updated versions of the SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) and SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) Rulebooks. The SCT Rulebook version 8.0, SDD Core Rulebook version 8.0 and SDD Business to Business (B2B) Rulebook version 6.0 and associated implementation guidelines will take effect [...]

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How is SEPA faring now that migration deadlines have passed, and could banks be doing more? Finally, after a 15-year wait, and a delayed 1 August migration deadline, the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) has achieved full implementation of SEPA-compliant credit transfers and direct debits in the euro area- reports Victoria Conroy. The milestone means that over [...]

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This week, Europe’s politicians begin trialogue talks to decide final rules on how much payment cards will cost merchants and consumers in card fees. The end goal is more competition and innovation in our payments market. The commerce sector fears that unless MEPs make crucial changes to the Council’s text, we will fail to achieve [...]

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