If you have trouble reading this e-mail or wish to go directly to the web version, click here. SEPTEMBER 2017
We are now just two months before the start of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst) scheme, which will go-live on 21 November. Among other things, you will discover in this Rep(l)ay edition the names of the first payment service providers (PSPs) who have announced their readiness to propose SCT Inst solutions in November. And do not forget to participate in our new poll on the year the scheme would reach its critical mass!

Highlight 21 September 2017 Greece’s progress towards a ‘less cash’ society

Due to both government demands to reduce cash use, and to the growing appetite of customers for alternative methods of payment, electronic payments are gaining ground in Greece. Vassilis Panagiotidis of the Hellenic Bank Association tells us more about this progress.


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Insight 12 September 2017 Update on UK Open Banking

This article uncovers some of the challenges and opportunities of the UK Open Banking programme, as well as its implications with PSD2.


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James Whittle

Director International Standards and Services, Payments UK

News 11 September 2017 The names of the first payment service providers ready for SCT Inst are revealed

134 PSPs from four countries (Austria, Estonia, Latvia and Spain) have already adhered to the forthcoming SCT Inst scheme.


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26 July 2017 Results of our first poll on the best use-cases of the SCT Inst scheme: consumer-to-business payment situations win the majority of votes!

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Technical documents Agenda and minutes of the 4th meeting of the EPC Scheme End-User Forum (June 2017)
31 August 2017 Agenda and minutes of the 6th meeting of the EPC Scheme Technical Forum (June 2017)
31 August 2017

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Poll 5 September 2017 When do you think the critical mass of SEPA Instant Credit Transfer transactions will be reached across Europe? Have your say!



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