Why use FPAD for VOP?

FPAD provides Verification of Payee at a pan-European level covering the following features:

  • high-performance name matching algorithm aligned with EPC guidelines
  • centralised VOP Request/Response management and time-out control​​
  • flexible VOP Request and VOP Response integration options​
  • 24/7 high-performing infrastructure with real-time capability
  • choice of different secure real-time connectivity options with very low latency
  • ​compliant with the Instant Payments Regulation requirements for Verification of Payee
  • compliant with the VOP Scheme of the European Payments Council (EPC), EPC API standards and EPC Directory Service (EDS)
  • caching functions to optimise performance and increase robustness to service VOP requests