EPIF is delighted to share with you its position paper on the proposal on the legal tender of euro banknotes and coins. EPIF very much welcomes the European Commission’s double objective on the proposal to promote the acceptance and the access to euro banknotes and coins. We see cash availability and acceptance as a crucial [...]
EPIF, together with other EU Associations, continues to call on co-legislators to re-consider the proposed rules for exempting certain low-value, low-risk e-money products from the requirements under the AML Regulation. Both consumers and retailers greatly benefit from the current e-money exemption under the 5th AML Directive which should thus be maintained in the AMLR. In [...]
EPIF is delighted to share with you the joint statement on EUCS co-signed by EPIF together with AFME, EBF, EPIF, ESBG and Insurance Europe regarding the cybersecurity certification scheme for cloud services (EUCS). The ongoing process of developing a cybersecurity certification scheme for cloud services (EUCS) has been raising serious concerns amongst the EU financial services [...]
EPIF is delighted to share with you its position paper on the Financial Data Access proposal. We very much welcome the European Commission’s ambition to create a new market-driven, scheme-based framework that leverages a data-driven economy and promotes innovation and competition across the financial sector. In the payments space, the Open Banking provisions have led [...]
EPIF is delighted to share with you its position paper on the proposal establishing the digital euro. EPIF has been an active stakeholder in the various workstreams of the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB), including the Rulebook Development Group. We very much welcome the ECB’s work to involve the industry in this important exercise of [...]
EPIF is delighted to share its position paper on the recent proposals on payment services (PSD3/PSR). EPIF very much welcomes these proposals, in particular the ambitious approach taken by the European Commission to move towards a Single Rulebook. This is an important step to further deepen the EU’s Single Market for payments and reduce divergences [...]
EPIF is happy to share with you its Press Release on the impact of the AML Regulation on low-value gift cards and e-money products. The Head of the EPIF Secretariat, Nickolas Reinhardt, stated that “The proposal to remove the exemption is not necessary and disproportionate. There is a very low risk of such products being [...]
Please find below the Joint Statement by EPIF, together with the ETTPA, the European Fintech Association, the European Digital Finance Association and AEFI on the EU eIDAS Regulation. The Joint Statement highlights the importance of keeping payments under the scope of the Regulation. Digital identity should be able to substitute physical identity documents in [...]
EPIF is delighted to share with you its views and recommendations ahead of the expected proposal by the European Commission revising the PSD2. EPIF members have always been supportive of the PSD2's goals of being a maximum harmonisation Directive. With this in mind, our recommendations focus on the areas we believe warrant a closer and more urgent [...]
EPIF is delighted to share with you its position on the ongoing Digital Euro project. As an active stakeholder in the various workstreams of the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB), including the Rulebook Development Group, EPIF members are closely following the developments. At a high-level, EPIF would strongly discourage any rushed procedures in the Digital [...]