Single Euro Payments Area

• Benjamin Hanssens
• Ana Fernandez Bedoya
• 10 pages
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Austria

Community body	Austrian Payments Council (APC)
Contact	http://www.austrianpaymentscouncil.at/
Chair	Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Bankhaus Carl Spängler & Co				Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKO)
Bankhaus Schelhammer & Schattera
BAWAG/P.S.K.
ERSTE Bank
Hypo Holding
RZB
Schoellerbank
Unicredit Bank Austria
Verband österreichischer Banken und Bankiers
Volksbank AG
3 Banken Gruppe

Belgium

Community body	The Steering Committee on the Future of Means of Payment
Contact	http://www.nbb.be/sepa/en
Chair	National Bank of Belgium
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Febelfin		ATOS Worldline	SPF Finances – Trésorerie	GOC
Chair of Paysys Committee			SPF Technologie de l’information et de la Communication – FEDICT	OIVO-CRIOC
Postal Office			SPF Budget et Contrôle de la Gestion	Test-Achats / Test-Aankoop
			FOD-SPF Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie	UNIZO
			CSVCPRW – Conseil Supérieur des Villes, Communes et Provinces de la Région wallonne	UCM
			SPF Sécurité sociale	VBO/FEB
			Cabinet du Ministre du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale	USS/Synergie4
			Ministère de la Communauté Française – CFWB	FEDIS
			Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale	NSZ
			Ministère de la Région Wallonne
			Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
			Ministerium der Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft
			UVCW – Union des villes et communes de Wallonie
			VVSG – Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten

Cyprus

Community body	SEPA Steering Committee
Contact	http://ww.centralbank.gov.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=2822
Chair	Central Bank of Cyprus
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Association of Cypriot Banks		JCC (banks’ joint venture company for cards and other payments’ infrastructures)	Ministry of Finance	Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Association of International Banks			Treasury/ Accountant General of the Republic	Employers and Industrialists Federation
Cooperative Sector			Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance	Small shops association
Bank of Cyprus			Ministry of Commerce	Consumers association
Marfin Popular Bank
Hellenic Bank

Estonia

There is only a national forum for banks.

Éire/Ireland

There is only a national forum for banks.

Finland

Community body	The Core Group of the SEPA Stakeholder Forum in Finland
Contact	http://www.fkl.fi/www/page/fk_www_4538 http://www.fkl.fi/www/page/fk_www_4065
Chair	Bank of Finland
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Federation of Finnish Financial Services		Card payment companies	State Treasury	Consumer Body
Major Finnish Banks			Ministry of Finance	Federation of Finnish Commerce
			The Social Insurance Institution of Finland	Federation of Finnish Enterprises
			Finnish Tax Administration	Finnish Oil and Gas Federation
				Insurance companies
				Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
				Finnish Information Society Development
				Centre, Mobile Operators, Oil Companies
				Confederation of Finnish Industries
				Administration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
				Payment terminal vendors
				Major IT companies
				Financial management and payroll processing services companies

France

Community body	French national SEPA Committee
Contact	http://ww.sepafrance.fr
Chair	Banque de France & French Banking Federation
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Banque de France		GCB (CB Bank Card consortium)	DGFiP (public finance department)	5 members named by the Conseil du commerce de France
Banque Populaire		STET (Technological Systems for Exchange and Processing)	DGME (government modernisation department)	5 representatives of consumers associations: ADEIC, AFOC, CLCV, Indecosa CGT, UFC Que Choisir
BNP Paribas			DGTPE (treasury and economic policy department)	AFTE (French Association of Corporate Treasurers)
Caisses d’Épargne			DGCCRF (competition, consumer protection and fraud repression department)	CGPME (General Confederation of Small and Medium sized Enterprises)
Caisse des dépôts et consignations			DGDDI (customs and indirect taxes department)	MEDEF (French Business Confederation)
Crédit Agricole			DSS (social security department)	A member of Parliament
Crédit Mutuel – CIC			Ministry of Justice	A senator
HSBC			Principality of Monaco – Budget and Treasury Direction	A representative of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council
La Banque Postale				AMF (French Mayors Association)
Société Générale				The CCSF Chairman (Consultative Committee on the Financial Sector)
IEDOM (French Overseas Departments Note-Issuing Bank)				A representative of the press
OCBF (Office for Banking and Financial Coordination)
The CFONB Chairman (French Committee for Banking Organization and Normalisation)
ASF (French Association of Financial Companies)
Monaco’s Banking association

Germany

Community body	Forum “Endnutzer”
Contact	–
Chair	Central Credit Committee (Zentraler Kreditausschuss, CCC)
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
			Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen)	Association of German Development Non-governmental Organisations (VENRO Verband Entwicklungspolitik deutscher Nichtregierungsorganisationen e.V.)
			Federal Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium der Justiz)	Association of German Transport Companies (Verband deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen)
				BVI German Investment and Asset Management Association (Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management e.V.)
				Federal Association of Non-statutory Welfare (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege)
				Federal Office of the Building and Loan Associations (Bundesgeschäftsstelle Landesbausparkassen)
				Federation of German Consumer Organisations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V.)
				Federation of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.)
				Federation of German Newspaper Publishers (Bundesverband deutscher Zeitungsverleger)
				Federation of German Wholesale and Foreign Trade (Bundesverband des Deutschen Groß- und Außenhandels e.V.)
				German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft Unternehmerverband Deutschland e.V.)
				German Association of Credit Banks (Bankenfachverband e.V.)
				German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag)
				German Association of New Energy Suppliers (Bundesverband neuer Energieanbieter e.V.)
				German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.)
				German Insurance Association (Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V.)
				German Leasing Association (Bundesverband Deutscher Leasingunternehmen)
				German Retail Federation (Hauptverband des Deutschen Einzelhandels e.V.)
				Organisation of German Magazine Publishers (Verband deutscher Zeitschriftenverleger e.V.)
				Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband – Gesamtverband e.V.
				Several (socially oriented) lotteries (e.g. TV-Lotteries, “Aktion Mensch”)

Greece

Community body	SEPA Forum
Contact	–
Chair	Bank of Greece
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Hellenic Bank Association (HBA)		DIAS SA (local ACH)	Ministry of Finance	Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce
SEPA Coordination Committee of the HBA			Public Utilities	Federation of Greek Industries
				Athens Chamber of Commerce
				Consumer Associations

Italy

Community body	National Migration Committee
Contact	http://www.bancaditalia.it/sispaga/sms/sepa
Chair	Banca d’Italia & Italian Bankers’ Association
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Italian Bankers’ Association		CO.GE.BAN (Convention for the management of the Bancomat trademark) (observer status)	Ministry of Finance	AITI – The Italian Association of Corporates’ Treasurers
Post Office				Consiglio Nazionale dei Consumatori e degli Utenti (CNCU) (National association of Consumers and Users)
				Centro Nazionale per l’Informatica nella Pubblica Amministrazione (CNIPA) National Centre for Information Technology in Public Administration
				Confapi – Confederazione italiana della piccola e media industria privata – (Italian Association of SMEs)
				Confcommercio (Italian General Confederation of Enterprises, Professional Occupations and Self-employment)
				Confesercenti (Association of businesses from commerce, tourism, services and crafts and from among small-medium sized businesses)
				Confindustria (the main organisation representing Italian manufacturing and services companies)
				Confartigianato (Association of SMEs)
				Federdistribuzione (Association of enterprises)
				LegaCoop (National Association of Consumer Cooperatives)
				Interbank Convention on Automation (CIPA
				Consorzio CBI (Association for Interbank Corporate Banking (observer status)

Latvia

Community body	National SEPA working group
Contact	http://www.sepalatvija.lv
Chair	Latvijas Banka
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Latvijas Banka		Ltd “First Data Latvia”	Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia	Latvian Consumer Rights Protection Centre
Association of Latvian Commercial banks		JSC “Itella Information”	Treasury of the Republic of Latvia	Latvian Merchant Association
		Latvian Information Technology and Telecommunications Association	State JSC “Latvijas Pasts”	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts Consultative Committee
				Employers’ Confederation of Latvia
				Member of the European Commission Expert Group on e-invoicing

Luxembourg

Community body	Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL) / commission moyens de paiement
Contact	http://ww.sepaluxembourg.lu
Chair	ABBL
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Major retail banks		Bancomat, national debit cards scheme	Ministry of finance (invited on ad-hoc basis)	Consumers’ association (invited on ad-hoc basis)
Banque centrale du Luxembourg		Cetrel (main card processor and operator of the national direct debit scheme)		Professional associations (retailers, industries, insurance, etc.) (invited on ad-hoc basis)
Banking supervisors				Chamber of commerce (invited on ad-hoc basis)

Malta

There is only a national forum for banks.

The Netherlands

Community body	National Forum on the Payment System – Consultative Platform SEPA
Contact	http://ww.sepanl.nl http://ww.dnb.nl
Chair	De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Netherlands Bankers’ Association			Ministry of Finance	Dutch Senior Citizens’ Association)
Currence			Ministry of Economic Affairs	Dutch Consumers’ Association
DNB				Federation for the Visually Handicapped
				User Platform for the Payment System
				Dutch Association of Catering Establishments
				Council of Dutch Retail Business
				Dutch Home Shopping Organisation
				Netherlands Petroleum Industry Association

Portugal

There is only a national forum for banks.

Slovakia

Community body	Slovak Committee for SEPA
Contact	–
Chair	–
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Slovak Banking Association			Ministry of Finance SR	Corporates/SMEs representative
Národná banka Slovenska (NCB)			The State Treasury	Slovenská pošta (The Slovak Post)

Slovenia

Community body	National SEPA Forum
Contact	http://ww.zbs-giz.si http://ww.sepa.si
Chair	Slovenian Bank Association
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Banka Slovenije		Bankart d.o.o.	Ministry of Finance	Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia
Members of the Slovenian Bank Association			Public Payments Administration	Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
				Consumer Protection Office
				Slovenian Chamber of Commerce

Spain

Community body	SEPA Observatory
Contact	http://ww.sepaesp.es
Chair	Banco de España
List of members
Financial institutions		Card schemes and payment infrastructures	Public administrations	Customers representatives (and other representatives)
Banco Popular		Euro6000	Social Security Treasury	ANGED (Retailers – large)
Banco Sabadell		Servired	State Treasury	CEC (Retailers – S&M)
Caixa Galicia		Sistema 4B		ASSET (Corporate treasurers)
Grupo BBVA		Iberpay (CSM)		ADICAE (Consumer association)
Grupo Santander				UCE (Consumer association)
La Caixa
CECA
AEB

Banco Cooperativo

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