ECPA Position Papers & Documentation
3 June 2025 : SAFEGUARDING EUROPE’S FINANCIAL FUTURE : THE CASE FOR EUROPEAN CARD SCHEME LEADERSHIP
Read the Press Release here
Publication of a thought-provoking ECPA whitepaper analysing the relevance, importance and growth of European Card Schemes in today’s evolving geo-political landscape.
It underlines the proven foundations of resilience, cost-effectiveness, and market-specific solutions of local schemes and their essential role and contribution to European sovereignty.
Read the whitepaper here
5 May 2025 : The European Central Bank announced the inclusion of eCPA in the “Visionary Workstream” in the preparatory phase for the Digital Euro
By participating in the Visionary workstream, ECPA will share the views, expertise and localised knowledge of its members and actively contribute to the future of digital payments in Europe. “ See : ECB Partners with private sector through digital euro innovation platform
April 2024 : JOINT STATEMENT BY SEVERAL EUROPEAN CARD SCHEMES giving an assessment on how co-badged cards should be enrolled in pass-through wallets in order to adhere to the European Interchange Fee Regulation
A RETAIL PAYMENTS STRATEGY FOR THE EU … an ECPA Position Paper : September 2020
In accordance with its Work Programme for 2020, the European Commission (EC) has indicated that it will shortly adopt and implement a Strategy for an integrated EU Payments Market (the so-called “Retail Payments Strategy for the EU”).
This paper confirms ECPA’s support for such a policy to address the future of payments in Europe and sets out the association’s views and recommendations on the implementation of such a strategy and framework, in particular in areas where the payment card could play a major role …
CPACE Generic and Open Card & Mobile Payment application specifications
For any enquiries or to obtain CPACE specifications, please contact Carmen Carnero Silvo, CEO of European Card Payment Cooperation SC / CV (ECPC) carmencarnero@sistemapay.es
| Date | Title | Posted by | Size | Download |
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| 2016/11/28 | 2016-11-23_ecpa-eba-rts-seminar | admin | 4 MB | Download |
| 2022/03/16 | ECPA OVERVIEW … with UKRAINE suspension | Beatrice COCOZZA | 2 MB | Download |
| 2016/10/12 | 2016-10-12_ecpa-nexo-Annual-Conference | admin | 1 MB | Download |
| 2020/09/08 | ECPA – Position Paper on a retail payments strategy for the EU | Beatrice COCOZZA | 878 KB | Download |
| 2024/04/10 | JOINT STATEMENT ON USE OF CO-BADGED CARDS IN A PASS-THROUGH WALLET | Beatrice COCOZZA | 747 KB | Download |