06^th March 2015 The EBA is launching an Open Forum on Instant Payments where practitioners from member institutions as well as other stakeholders have the opportunity to exchange views and experiences in relation to the development and delivery of instant payment services in euro at a pan-European level. To learn more about this open forum or to participate in the first meeting, please [click here].

25^th February 2015 The SEPA Migration Action Round Table (SMART) has published an overview of the country-specific particularities that create local flavours in the customers’ payment experience and may represent obstacles affecting the seamless exchange of euro retail credit transfers and direct debits from a single payment account with counterparties across Europe. To download the brochure, please [click here]. Paper copies can be requested from the EBA Secretariat.

09^th February 2015 The European Payments Council (EPC) published the SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) Core Rulebook version 9.0 and SDD Business to Business Rulebook version 7.0 taking effect in November 2016. For further information, please visit our [EBA Portal].

28^th January 2015 The Board of the Euro Banking Association (EBA) appointed Henrik Bergman (SEB), Frank Hubloue (Belfius Bank) and Jürgen Wendt (DZ BANK) as new Board members. For a list of all EBA Board members, please [click here].

05^th January 2015 The Euro Banking Association (EBA) has published an opinion paper on infrastructure requirements for next generation alternative retail payments. The paper aims to facilitate a discussion on the impact of these requirements on retail infrastructures. To download the paper, please [click here].