We are delighted to inform you that the Early Bird registration for the EPIF 3rd Annual Workshop is now open.

EPIF’s 3rd Annual Workshop on “European Payments: Driving the Next Technology Revolution”, will take place on 21 November 2018 in Brussels and will bring together up to 150 participants from our membership, key EU policy-makers and other important stakeholders in the payments sector.

This year, we have a full-day workshop focusing on those issues keeping the payments industry busy, including the future of payments, standard setting and access to payment infrastructure, the interaction between key pieces of data policy for the payments sector and the inter-relation between the GDPR and the PSD2 and Vice President of the Commission Valdis Dombrovskis will give a keynote speech.

We will also have a round table discussion on the Future of Payments with senior executives of EPIF members who will discuss, in the form of a fire-side-chat, the current challenges and opportunities they see for their business in Europe and the actions the EU could take to ensure the European payments market remains competitive and consumer-friendly.

EPIF is delighted to share wit you its position on the Commission’s proposal on Cross-Border Payment Fees and Currency Conversion.

Whilst EPIF agrees with the objective of the legislative proposal there are a number of areas where we provide feedback which are detailed in the position paper.

In the light of the recently adopted Council’s General approach, EPIF will update its position and share it with you soon.

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) would like  to formally invite you to the EPIF’s first annual public workshop on 9th  November in Brussels at our offices in Rue de la Science, 14B, from 9:00 to 14:15h, including lunch.

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) has organised a panel discussion on blockchain technology. This will take place on 15th March from 11.00-12.30 at Rue de la Science 14B.

EPIF is delighted to announce that Elavon has joined the EPIF Board.

At its meeting on 18 November 2015 the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) Board elected Derrick Brown of Worldpay as Chair of the Board. Derrick is succeeding Sarah Sheehan of American Express who held this position since the founding of EPIF in July 2011.

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) is pleased to announce that Nickolas Reinhardt, Head of the EPIF Secretariat, will be speaking at the Global Forum on Remittances and Development 2015 (GFRD) which is being hosted in Milan on 16th-19th June 2015.

On 26-27 March 2015 the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) hosted the ‘Private Sector Consultative Forum (PSCF)’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Brussels.

The European Payments Institutions Federation (EPIF), the European Digital Media Association (EDiMA), Ecommerce Europe, the Computer And Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Electronic Money Association (EMA) have joined forces

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) is pleased to welcome SOFORT AG as a premium corporate member.

The European Payment Institutions Federation would like to warmly welcome Alpha Card, as the newest core corporate member, and the German Federal Association of Payment Institution, (Bundesverband der Zahlungsinstitute, BVZI), as the 5th associate member.

The European Payment Institutions Federation has collaborated with the European Digital Media Association, the Electronic Money Association, the Computer and Communications Industry Association and Ecommerce Europe,

The European Payment Institutions Federation has written a letter to express its views on the draft text of the Payment Services Directive 2 to coincide with the beginning of the trilogue negotiations amongst policy makers.

The European Payment Institutions Federation is pleased to welcome Yapital and Payment Services Austria as its newest corporate members.

From September 2014, the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) welcomes Saxo Payments as its newest corporate member.

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) is pleased to welcome its newest corporate member, Checkout.com.

The European Payment Institutions Federation welcomes its newest Associate Member, the Polish Payment Institutions Association (PONIP). PONIP joined EPIF at the beginning of May and is the fourth Associate Member EPIF currently has, representing a significant market player in the EU.

The European Payment Institutions Federation is pleased to share its Position Paper on Access to Bank Services. This position paper identifies the various issues and concens of PIs in terms of accessing bank services.

The European Payment Institutions Federation representing the voice of Payment Insitutions accross Europe participated at the first Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) meeting held on 16th May 2014. EPIF enaged to an active participation in the various Working Groups who would be formed.

The European Payment Institutions Federation is pleased to share its views on the draft Interchange Fees Regulation. In its paper, EPIF articulates how a number of the central proposals in the draft Regulation would impact small market players and what this would mean for competition and consumer choice in the payments sector.

EPIF welcomes the publication of the proposal for a Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD 2). EPIF is hereby identifying some key issues that need to be addressed in order to improve the current proposal.

EPIF organised a Workshop on the future regulation of the European payments sector on 28 January 2014. The event was hosted by the Rapporteur of the PSD2, Mr Diogo Feio MEP. Attending the Workshop were Members of the European Parliament…

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) is pleased to welcome PayPal as its 7th full member and latest addition to the EPIF Board.

EPIF is glad to share its views on two main issues currently discussed at Council level with regards to the review of the 3rd Anti-Money Laundering Directive: i) the introduction of CDD requirements for transfer of funds exceeding …

EPIF organised a workshop on 4th September 2013 on ‘The interrelationship between the data protection and the AML regimes’ kindly hosted by the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Comittee Rapporteur for the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, Ms Judith Sargentini MEP.

EPIF sent a letter to the Commission in the framework of the ongoing consultation on the review of the European Supervisory Authorities. EPIF calls for a greater role and resources for the European Banking in the field of payments.

EPIF is glad to share its views on the topic of third parties accessing payment accounts to effect payments on behalf of European consumers (also called Payment Initiation Services) as well as to make four recommendations in respect of Payment Initiation Services (“PIS”).

EPIF has submitted its response to the EPIF response to the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee)  public consultation on “enhancing the coherence of EU financial services legislation”.

On 21st March 2013, EPIF (European Payment Institutions Federation) starred a panel on Payment Institutions at the EPCA (European Payments Consulting Association) Payment Summit, which is a key conference for the European payments industry.

EPIF welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for greater harmonisation of the EU data protection regime within the internal market with regard to the processing of EU personal data. With this position paper, EPIF seeks to address the concerns it has identified in the draft Regulation.

EPIF welcomes the publication of proposals for the 4 th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD). AML rules need to be calibrated to reflect the reality of PI’s operating models.

EPIF welcomes that the European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) have recently started to provide specific guidance to the financial industry regarding the supervisory, passporting and reporting regime applicable to Payment Institutions (PI) and their agent network.

In response to the invitation to comment on the report from the European Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Directive 2005/60/EC on the prevention of the use of the financial system …

One year on after its foundation, the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) now has a total of 18 members and is continuing to grow as it looks to engage with EU institutions on a number of policy and regulatory issues.

On the 11th of April, the Commission published its anticipated Application Report on the 3rd AML Directive, which provides feedback on the Commission’s review process and considers possible needs for changes.

The European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) welcomes and encourages the private stakeholder consultation that is currently taking place concerning a review of the 3rd Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive.

EPIF published a position on the Commission Staff Working Paper on AML Supervision Of, and Reporting By, Payment Institutions in Various Cross-Border Situations.

In response to the EPC’s request for detailed output as regards the proposed SEPA governance structure, the European Payment Institutions Federation has compiled the following list of outcomes which it would like to draw to the attention of the EPC, the ECB, the European Commission and the European Parliament.

The European Payment Institutions Federation’s response to the European Commission’s consultation on the green paper – Towards an integrated European market for card, internet and mobile payments.