New RT1 volume peaks on 28 November and 1 December By Bettina Hessler | December 3, 2025 RT1 SCT Inst kicked off December with a volume peak of 9.6 million transactions. It was preceded by a volume spike on Black Friday of 9.1 million transactions. Throughout 2025, transaction volumes in the RT1 SCT Inst Service have been rising steadily to 6 million per day on average in November, increasing to 6.7 million… Read More
CBI, EBA CLEARING, and Nexi enable Italian citizens to use request to pay when paying public administration bills By Bettina Hessler | October 29, 2025 CBI, EBA CLEARING, and Nexi have signed a partnership agreement to enable the transmission of “request to pay” messages between citizens and the public administration. This collaboration enables the practical application of request to pay in Italy, thanks to the use of the CBI Globe infrastructure, EBA CLEARING’s R2P Service and Nexi’s technology. Payments to… Read More
EBA CLEARING quality survey reveals high customer satisfaction in 2025 By Bettina Hessler | October 14, 2025 Between May and June 2025, EBA CLEARING invited its users to provide feedback on general satisfaction and on specific areas of interaction. Representatives of 108 financial institutions responded to the annual survey. EBA CLEARING received excellent feedback with a general user satisfaction rate of 4.3 out of 5 and a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of… Read More
EBA CLEARING Services successfully complete 9 October 2025 changeover By Bettina Hessler | October 9, 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… Read More
Pan-European testing confirms that FPAD VOP is ready to scale By Bettina Hessler | September 26, 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 (VOP) solution has been tested at scale by a large group of STEP2 and RT1 users. This wide pan-European community of payment service providers (PSPs)… Read More
Multinational banks are building reach for One-Leg Out Instant Credit Transfers By Bettina Hessler | September 18, 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 is an important step towards further improving cross-border payments for end users. EBA CLEARING announced today that 10 major multinational banks have expressed that… Read More
Simone Löfgen appointed Interim Chairperson of the EBA CLEARING Board By Bettina Hessler | September 15, 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, Global Head of Payment Platforms, Commerzbank, and has been serving on the EBA CLEARING Board since 2022. Read More
EBA CLEARING Board elections 2025 By Danielle Katchui Yampang | May 27, 2025 At the EBA CLEARING Shareholders Meeting which took place on 26 May 2025, Niklas Lemberg was elected as new Deputy Chairperson of the Board, succeeding Robert Heisterborg of ING Bank who retires from the Board. Furthermore, Annelinda Koldewe (ING Bank) was elected into office, and EBA CLEARING Board members, Simone Loefgen (Commerzbank) and Frantz Teissèdre… Read More
Annual Report 2024 now available By Danielle Katchui Yampang | May 27, 2025 Learn more about our services and activities in 2024. Download Report Read More
Strong uptake of EBA CLEARING’s FPAD VOP solution By Bettina Hessler | May 22, 2025 Over 55 RT1 and STEP2 Participants across 14 countries to adopt FPAD VOP FPAD VOP timely enhanced with various extra options to ensure full reach EBA CLEARING announced today that over 55 RT1 and STEP2 Participants across 14 countries are preparing to adopt its Fraud Pattern and Anomaly Detection (FPAD) Verification of Payee (VOP) solution… Read More