If you have trouble reading this e-mail or wish to go directly to the web version, click here. NOVEMBER 2017
21 November 2017, which marks the date of the very first euro instant credit transfers in SEPA, is a major milestone for the European payment community. The SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme is effective, yet this is just the - promising - beginning of the journey towards instant payments. This Rep(l)ay issue naturally focuses on this new EPC scheme (do not miss our latest infographics about its top benefits and use cases!), and provides a testimony of a Spanish early adopter, and information about the European Central Bank’s TIPs service.

Highlight 21 November 2017 Instant credit transfers are now a reality in eight European countries

Since 21 November, it is possible to transfer up to 15,000 euros in less than ten seconds. 585 PSPs, from eight SEPA countries already participate. In total some 1,000 PSPs – representing close to twenty-five percent of all European PSPs - have already committed to propose SCT Inst-based services by July 2018. And more might reveal their plans in the coming months.


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Insight 28 November 2017 A very early adopter of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme tells us about the Spanish experience

Beatriz Kissler explains the Spanish PSP community’s decision to widely implement the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme in November 2017, and what she thinks the future holds for SCT Inst.


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Beatriz Kissler

General Manager of Banking Operations at GDS CUSA (CaixaBank Group)
Insight 2 November 2017 All about TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS): a new actor in the European payments landscape as from November 2018

ECB’s Marc Bayle de Jessé highlights the key characteristics of the Eurosystem’s TIPS service and its complementarity with other clearing services.


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Marc Bayle de Jessé

Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments at the European Central Bank



News 6 November 2017 EPC calls for independent candidates for its Compliance and Adherence Committee (CAC) and its Appeals Committee

The CAC (the EPC body responsible for the compliance functions of scheme management) and the Appeals Committee (responsible for handling appeals brought in respect of decisions taken by the CAC) will be partially renewed in 2018. Applications are invited by 15 December.


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Technical documents SEPA Credit Transfer Scheme Interbank Implementation Guidelines 2017 version 1.1 14 November 2017 | Updated version : 1.1 SEPA Instant Credit Transfer Scheme Interbank Implementation Guidelines 2017 version 1.2 14 November 2017 | Updated version : 1.2 Guidance on reason codes for SEPA Direct Debit R-transactions 20 November 2017 | Updated version : 4.0 Guidelines for the appearance of mandates in the SEPA Direct Debit schemes 20 November 2017 | Updated version : 3.0 Creditor Identifier Overview 20 November 2017 | Updated version : 5.0 Clarification paper on SEPA Direct Debit Core and SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-Business rulebooks 20 November 2017 Clarification paper on SEPA Credit Transfer and SEPA Instant Credit Transfer rulebooks 20 November 2017 Press release - The EPC’s SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme is operational 21 November 2017 Press kit - Launch of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme 21 November 2017 Questions & Answers on the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer Scheme 21 November 2017 | Updated version : 2.0 Agenda and minutes of the 7th meeting of the EPC Scheme Technical Forum (October 2017) 23 November 2017 Agenda and minutes of the 5th meeting of the Scheme End-User Forum (October 2017) 23 November 2017

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