If you have trouble reading this e-mail or wish to go directly to the web version, click here. March 2023
This month has been busy for us! We have published the first version of the One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfer (OCT Inst) scheme rulebook.
Also, we announced a new Director General, published two interesting interviews and launched a public request for information for the role of Operational Scheme Manager in the context of the SEPA Payment Account Access and the SEPA Request to Pay schemes.
And that’s not all, find out more in our March Rep(l)ay issue!

Highlight European Payments Council announces new Director General

We have announced the appointment of Giorgio Andreoli as the new Director General. Congratulations! Find out more in our press release:


Press release


Insight State of play, challenges, perspectives for European payments - Interview with Etienne Goosse

Find out more in the interview with Etienne Goosse on his views on past, ongoing and future developments and achievements in European payments and at the EPC.


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Etienne Goosse

Director General at the European Payments Council from 2011 to March 2023


Insight Integrating a more sustainable mindset to payments

We continue our series of interviews focusing on sustainability in the payments industry with the contribution of Stephen King, Vice President, Sustainability Solutions, Visa Europe. In this interview, we invite you to learn more about Visa’s commitments, challenges and plans towards more sustainable choices in the payment area.


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Stephen King

Vice President, Sustainability Solutions, Visa Europe



News Publication of the first OCT Inst scheme rulebook

We recently published the first version of the OCT Inst scheme rulebook. This new payment scheme goes live on 28 November 2023.


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Public Request for Information for the role of Operational Scheme Manager

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News API Security Framework

We published the Application Programming Interface (API) security framework that lists the minimum security-related requirements applicable to the SEPA Request-to-Pay and SEPA Payment Account Access scheme participants using APIs, whether they rely on the default European Payments Council SRTP related API Specifications or on other API specifications.


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Yearly update of the “Guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management”

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News SEPA Request-to-Pay Implementation Guidelines Version 3.0

New documents on our website: check it out if you wish to learn more about version 3.0 of the SRTP Implementation Guidelines.


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