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Nordea readies for PSD2 with Open Banking API site

Nordea has set up a site for developers to experiment with the bank's Open Banking APIs in a quest to become the "go-to hub" for banking APIs in the Nordics.

01 March 2017

News/Sepa

EBA Clearing begins testing instant payments system

EBA Clearing has begun the testing phase for its pan-European instant payment infrastructure platform ahead of a slated November launch.

18 January 2017

News/Sepa

ICBPI partners Nets for Italian instant payments

Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (ICBPI) has enlisted Denmark's Nets to help it build an instant payments platform for the Italian market.

06 June 2016

News/Sepa

EPC launches public consultation on pan-European instant payments scheme

The European Payments Council is pushing ahead with plans for a pan-European instant credit transfer scheme, launching a public consultation on the details of the blueprint to bring real-time money transfers across the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa).

12 April 2016

News/Sepa

Payments UK launches Sepa directory and open API

Trade association Payments UK has launched a directory designed to make it simpler for anyone making cross-border payments into Britain to check routing data.

01 February 2016

News/Sepa

Card fraud rises across Europe - ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) has reported an eight percent increase in fraud among cards issued or acquired within the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) for 2013.

22 July 2015

News/Sepa

Port of Antwerp ditches cheques

One of the world's largest ports, Antwerp, is ditching paper cheques in favour of a direct debit-based service from local outfit Twikey.

18 June 2015

News/Sepa

Swift Nordics Conference - Live Blog Day 2

The main theme for the Swift Regional Conference in Copenhagen this year is disruption. The programme will explore the different challenges arising from newcomers, technology and regulation. It will look at how the financial industry can cope and turn these challenges into opportunities.

05 March 2015

News/Sepa

Swift Nordics Conference - Live Blog Day 1

The main theme for the Swift Regional Conference in Copenhagen this year is disruption. The programme will explore the different challenges arising from newcomers, technology and regulation. It will look at how the financial industry can cope and turn these challenges into opportunities.

04 March 2015

News/Sepa

Swift bags BIC-to-IBAN data mandate for UK banks

The UK Payments Council has contracted with interbank messaging network Swift to provide a BIC-to-IBAN data platform, enabling the nation's banks to conform to new EU regulations on cross-border payments in the euro zone.

10 February 2015

News/Sepa

Immediate payments 'next frontier' for European integration - ECB

With progress towards a single euro payments area well in train, the European Central Bank has identified instant payments with immediate availability of funds as the industry's next frontier for harmonisation and cross-border collaboration.

09 December 2014

News/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.

16 October 2014

News/Sepa

Deutsche Bundesbank and EBA Clearing team on XML-based card clearing service

Germany's central bank is working with EBA Clearing to build a new XML-based infrastructure for clearing debit card transactions for the country's financial institutions.

30 September 2014

News/Sepa

Finally, Sepa migration deadline day arrives

After a 15 year slog, the Single euro payments area (Sepa) hits a major milestone today with the full implementation for credit transfers and direct debits in the euro area.

01 August 2014

News/Sepa

EBA Clearing's MyBank Mandate service opens for registration

EBA Clearing has opened the doors to registrations for its MyBank Mandate service, with Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit the first banks to sign on.

10 June 2014

News/Sepa

Finnish banks seek supplier for real-time payments system

Finland's banking industry has laid out its intention to establish a real-time payments system and invited potential suppliers to make their pitches.

27 May 2014

News/Sepa

EBAday 2014 set for record turn-out

The Euro Banking Association and Finextra are preparing for a record turn-out at EBAday 2014, Europe's pre-eminent annual payments event, with over 800 bankers and treasury professionals from across Europe expected to attend the two-day conference and exhibition.

23 May 2014

News/Sepa

Euro Board to fix post-Sepa focus on mobile and 'innovative' payments

The newly-convened Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) is to set up two working groups to explore the role of mobile and 'innovative' payments methods, as Europe begins the transition to a Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa).

22 May 2014

News/Sepa

ECB steps up Sepa for cards plans

With direct debits and credit transfers finally out of the way, the European Central Bank (ECB) is turning its attentions to Sepa for cards.

29 April 2014

News/Sepa

Swift Business Forum - London 2014 - Live Blog

Welcome to Finextra's live blog from the Swift Business Forum, London 2014, which was held Monday at the Brewery venue in the City of London, UK. This fourth instalment of the financial services Forum in the UK capital is entitled 'Doing good business in an era of re-regulation'.

29 April 2014