Latest Sepa News: Finextra Research

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

Company update/Sepa

Raphaels Bank to provide Sepa-compliant payment processing

Demonstrating its growing reputation for delivering innovative payment solutions, Raphaels Bank can now offer European transfers through the Bank’s indirect membership of The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).

16 November 2015

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

Company update/Sepa

SlimPay opens Berlin and Amsterdam offices

SlimPay, the French expert in recurring payments, is expanding in Europe and announces the opening of two European offices in Berlin and Amsterdam.

15 April 2015

Company update/Sepa

BNP Paribas launches Digicash payments app

BGL BNP Paribas has just launched its Digicash M-Payment App on the Luxembourg market.

07 April 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

Company update/Sepa

Bank of China France goes live on SAB AT payment platform

Bank of China France activity addresses private customers and corporates. The Bank was looking for a solution allowing the management of payments in an integrated way to its existing information system.

13 November 2014

Company update/Sepa

Money20/20: Verifone MX915/925 granted Sepa Common Critera certification

Verifone (PAY) today announced that its MX 915 and MX 925 payment terminals have been granted SEPA Common Criteria certification by the Dutch Certification Body (NSCIB).

04 November 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

Company update/Sepa

Sepa Migration Action Round Table issues direct debit guidance

The SEPA Migration Action Round Table (SMART) has issued an extended and updated version of its SEPA Direct Debit R-transaction guide at the Sibos conference in Boston.

01 October 2014

Company update/Sepa

Latvian banks to connect to EBA Clearing Step2 platform

Latvijas Banka, the central bank of Latvia, is scheduled to connect to the euro retail payment system STEP2 as a direct participant on 8th December 2014.

01 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

Company update/Sepa

Worldline to use MyBank Mandates for Sepa compliance

Worldline [Euronext:WLN], European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, introduces electronic mandate services for SEPA Direct Debits (SDD) supporting MyBank, an Online Banking ePayment (OBeP) solution for e/m/commerce.

29 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