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What’s new in the new retail payments strategy for the EU?

09 Nov 20 @ 17:18

The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) initiative has been a key enabler for the integration of the retail payments market in the European Union: the development of Credit Transfer (SCT) and Direct... read more

Europe is building EPI – an alternative to Visa and Mastercard – might it work?

28 Sep 20 @ 14:31

Last year the European Central Bank said that it welcomed the European Payments Initiative (EPI), an initiative by some of Europe’s top banks to explore the development of a “rival... read more

The European Payments Initiative: Building partnerships or raising red flags?

23 Sep 20 @ 12:43

In July the European Central Bank welcomed the decision brought forward by 16 European banks to launch The European Payments Initiative, a pan-European payment scheme. Although the solution aims to... read more

EBA CLEARING RT1 reaches critical mass and R2P pilot goes live

30 Jun 20 @ 10:23

EBA CLEARING says that its RT1 platform has made considerable progress in building up pan-European instant payment reach across the French retail payments market: the system extends pan-European reach through... read more

Digital payments companies launch new EU trade body: EDPIA

11 May 20 @ 16:03

Ingenico Group, Nets Group, Nexi, and Worldline have announced the launch of an EU advocacy alliance bringing together Europe’s independent payment services providers. The “European Digital Payments Industry Alliance” (EDPIA)’s... read more

Instant Payment Card: Initiating a SEPA Credit Transfer at the POS

04 May 20 @ 14:51

Smart Payment Association (SPA), the global trade body of the smart payments industry, has published proposals for an Instant Payment Card that would extend SEPA instant Credit Transfer functionality to... read more

OpenPayd enhances SEPA payment capabilities

15 Apr 20 @ 10:54

OpenPayd, an API-first Banking-as-a-Service provider, has announced it has enhanced its payments capabilities with direct access to the SEPA payment scheme (Single Euro Payments Area). The new integration will see... read more

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UK fraud losses reach four-year high

16 Jun 26 @ 18:17

Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more

Visa and Mastercard move to end two-decade swipe fee battle

11 Jun 26 @ 16:00

A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more

Wero expands into Austria as Europe’s payments ambitions gather momentum

23 Jun 26 @ 18:52

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more