LATEST NEWS EBA CLEARING Services successfully complete 9 October 2025 changeover 09 October 2025 PSPs across the eurozone passed an important regulatory milestone today with the support of RT1, STEP2 SCT and FPAD VOP. EBA CLEARING announced today that its RT1 and STEP2 SCT user communities have successfully completed the 9 October 2025 milestone of the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR), following the upgrade of the Company’s services to the new IPR requirements. 9 October 2025 marks a key change date for the European payments ecosystem, since the Verification of Payee (VOP) obligations for credit institutions in the eurozone and other major IPR requirements kicked in today. Aside from providing its users with upgraded RT1… Read More EBA CLEARING Services successfully complete 9 October 2025 changeover 09 October 2025 PSPs across the eurozone passed an important regulatory milestone today with the support of RT1, STEP2 SCT and FPAD VOP. EBA CLEARING announced today that its RT1 and STEP2 SCT user communities have successfully completed the 9 October 2025 milestone of the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR), following the upgrade of the Company’s services to the new IPR requirements. 9 October 2025 marks a key change date for the European payments ecosystem, since the Verification of Payee (VOP) obligations for credit institutions in the eurozone and other major IPR requirements kicked in today. Aside from providing its users with upgraded RT1… Read More Pan-European testing confirms that FPAD VOP is ready to scale 26 September 2025 With volume testing for Verification of Payee, EBA CLEARING supports PSPs across Europe in meeting key Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) requirements. EBA CLEARING announced today that its Verification of Payee… Read More Multinational banks are building reach for One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfers 18 September 2025 The 10 banks will be reachable in EBA CLEARING’s RT1 OCT Inst Service within two years. They are inviting others to join and commit to the same timeline. This move… Read More Simone Löfgen appointed Interim Chairperson of the EBA CLEARING Board 15 September 2025 The EBA CLEARING Board has appointed Simone Löfgen of Commerzbank as the Interim Chairperson of the Board. Her mandate runs until the Shareholders Meeting 2026. Simone Löfgen is Managing Director,… Read More Total transactions processed in EBA CLEARING payment services in 2024: 23 billion New volume record for STEP2 SCT transactions processed on 2 April 2024: 66 million New record day for RT1 processing on 31 March 2025: 6 million transactions New volume record for STEP2 SDD Core transactions processed on 1 April 2025: 144 million IN THE SPOTLIGHT Verification of Payee SEPA-wide VOP solution offers more effective fraud prevention Our VOP solution leverages blocks of our Fraud Pattern and Anomaly Detection (FPAD) functionality and helps combatting authorised push payment fraud. Learn more RT1 OCT Inst Cross-border transactions made easy The RT1 OCT Inst Service leverages the RT1 System for real-time cross-border payments that have one euro leg inside and one leg outside the Single Euro Payments Area. Learn more ESG ESG considerations have always been important to us Want to learn more about our environmental approach, social perspective as well as governance framework? Then explore our efforts and activities in these three key areas. Read more R2P First pan-European proof of concept showcases tremendous value of request to pay Watch our video to learn more about the key outcomes of our proof of concept and examples of request to pay exchanges for-e-invoicing. Watch video Verification of Payee SEPA-wide VOP solution offers more effective fraud prevention Our VOP solution leverages blocks of our Fraud Pattern and Anomaly Detection (FPAD) functionality and helps combatting authorised push payment fraud. Learn more RT1 OCT Inst Cross-border transactions made easy The RT1 OCT Inst Service leverages the RT1 System for real-time cross-border payments that have one euro leg inside and one leg outside the Single Euro Payments Area. Learn more ESG ESG considerations have always been important to us Want to learn more about our environmental approach, social perspective as well as governance framework? Then explore our efforts and activities in these three key areas. Read more R2P First pan-European proof of concept showcases tremendous value of request to pay Watch our video to learn more about the key outcomes of our proof of concept and examples of request to pay exchanges for-e-invoicing. Watch video Verification of Payee: why pan-European cooperation matters At EBAday 2024, Hays Littlejohn and Erwin Kulk explain how network-based fraud pattern and anomaly detection can boost the customer experience and safety provided by verification of payee checks. The pair exposes the added value that EBA Clearing’s pan-European verification of payee solution will bring as from its launch in December 2024. Cooperation on fraud mitigation was one of the biggest topics at EBAday and this practical example of a collectively designed and delivered toolset makes it clear why joining forces against fraud matters.