EBA Clearing - News, Articles & Research

Ramp-up of instant payments & preparations for RTP roll-out in Europe

Hays Littlejohn, CEO, EBA Clearing gives his View From Sibos on how the ramp-up for instant payments is evolving across Europe and how RT1 can help PSPs to connect to TIPS. We also learn about the Request to Pay infrastructure service R2P going live in November this year and how we can expect this space to develop moving forward.

05 October 2020

News/payments

Real-time payments - seize the momentum at EBAday 2020

Mastercard and ACI Worldwide announced they were partnering to provide a range of global real-time payments solution, aiming to offer “best in class central infrastructure” to banks and other financial solutions.

02 October 2020

News/payments

EURO1/STEP1 ISO 20022 migration delayed to align with T2-T2S timetable

In a confidential letter sent to the participants of EURO1 large value payments and the STEP1 platform Wednesday, EBA Clearing announced delays to testing and live implementation dates.

01 October 2020

News/startups

EBAday to run virtual pitching session for EU startups

Finextra and the Euro Banking Association are inviting startups from across Europe to apply for one of 10 spaces available to network with banking executives attending EBAday 2020 on our dedicated digital platform.

28 August 2020

News/payments

EBAday 2020 goes digital

EBAday 2020 is to run in digital format this year, offering virtual panel discussions, chatrooms, fintech pitches and new interactive tools for networking across our pan-European community.

22 July 2020

News/payments

Capitalising on Eurosystem changes to bolster instant payments

The benefits of implementing a cohesive instant payments system are manifold and well documented. As evidenced by the incoming European Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG) and the need to integrate interoperable systems across Europe, the ability to access infrastructure that facilitates instant payments is vital.

03 July 2020

Company announcement/payments

EBA Clearing demos pan-European request to pay infrastructure

EBA CLEARING today announced the timely start of the testing phase for its pan-European request to pay infrastructure (R2P) service, which is scheduled to go live in November 2020 in line with the launch of the SEPA Request to Pay Scheme by the European Payments Council (EPC).

02 July 2020

News/payments

Will SCA delays stall Request to Pay’s momentum?

Request to Pay (R2P) services originally scheduled to launch later this year have been expected to play a major part in transforming the UK and EU’s payments ecosystem.

14 May 2020

News/payments

Open Banking Europe publishes draft signature standards for bank APIs

Open Banking Europe, the entity operated by EBA Clearing subsidiary Preta, has published a draft API signature specification, as part of an attempt to provide a coherent standard for fintechs connecting to bank APIs.

13 May 2020

Company announcement/payments

Swedbank connects to EBA Clearing's RT1 with SIA and TietoEvry

Swedbank, the major bank in the home markets of Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has selected SIA, the leading European hi-tech company in the payment services and infrastructures sector, to enable instant payments through RT1, EBA Clearing’s panEuropean system with the real-time payments platform of TietoEVRY, a leading digital services and software company.

13 February 2020

News

EBAday 2020 to address 'the turning point in payments transformation'

Registration has opened for EBAday 2020, Europe's premier payments and transaction banking conference, taking place this year in The Hague between 19-20 May.

07 February 2020

Company announcement

Open Banking Europe launches a TPP Authorisation Number Lookup tool

Open Banking Europe (OBE) has officially launched on its website the TPP Authorisation Number Lookup tool.

06 February 2020