The new service will enable payment service providers (PSPs) operating in SEPA to process incoming and outgoing international credit transfers through RT, says EBA Clearing
The service currently reaches 85 per cent of bank customers in SEPA and processes over two million transactions worth €1.5 billion euro per day on average
STEP2 concludes migration to the new continuous gross settlement, allowing banks across Europe to shorten end-to-end processing timelines for SEPA payments
EBA CLEARING, SWIFT and The Clearing House is to launch a pilot service for immediate cross-border payments to improve cross-border payments by utilising the fastest domestic payment options
The planned upgrade will enable STEP2 participants to shorten end-to-end processing timelines for retail payments in euro from hours to minutes, for the benefit of European businesses and consumers
EBA Clearing, SWIFT and TCH have completed a proof of concept as part of a new initiative to make cross-border payments as seamless as the fastest domestic payment options
The partnership will allow the banking and financial communities to send and receive payments in 10 seconds or less for a maximum amount currently set at €100,000 per individual transaction
Payment service providers and other service providers adhering to this new SEPA scheme may now exchange SRTP messages end to end, in split seconds and across Europe