The Berlin Group celebrates 10-years Anniversary Established in 2004 as an open standardisation initiative for the scheme-independent switching of card-originated payment messages, the Berlin Group celebrates its 10-years Anniversary in 2014. In order to commemorate this specific milestone event, the Berlin Group organised a special Anniversary Meeting on 11 June 2014 at DZ Bank in…
View detailsBerlin Group has issued Version 2.0 Release Note 2013 of SCC The Berlin Group has issued the Release Note 2013 for Version 2.0 of the SEPA Card Clearing Framework (SCC). SCC provides the first implementation of the XML extension approach of ISO20022 to mass payment services. The new release contains some errata detected in first…
View detailsBerlin Group has issued Version 2.0 of SCC The Berlin Group has issued the Version 2.0 of the SEPA Card Clearing Framework (SCC). The new release provides the first implementation of the XML extension approach of ISO20022 to mass payment services. The new approach in relation to Version 1.1 is to move all card transaction…
View detailsBerlin Group issued Version 1.1 of SCC The Berlin Group has issued the Version 1.1 of the SEPA Card Clearing Framework (SCC). The new release is extended with support of cash management (camt) messages for Refund/Return (charge back) handling for the acquirer and includes XML schemata for the pain and pacs messages for Payment Initiation…
View detailse-rsb joins the Berlin Group SER2S is the network operator of e-rsb the card authorisation switching network. e-rsb is a trademark of SER2S. SER2S has been created the January 2011 1th, and is a subsidiary of Groupement des Cartes Bancaires CB which is the leading card scheme in France. “Berlin Group standards is a European…
View detailsRelease 3.1 of the ISO8583 based technical Specifications published; Mobile Top-Up services added The Berlin Group has published a new release of its ISO8583 based authorisation and clearing specifications. The new release contains new services around top-up functions for prepaid mobile phones. One service is the extension of funds request for a mobile top-up. This…
View detailsSepa Card Clearing (SCC) Framework Version 1.0 published Major players in the European card payments industry have joined together in the “Berlin Group” standardisation initiative to deliver the first common standard for the ISO 20022 payment message based clearing of card based transactions resulting in the “SEPA Card Clearing Framework” (SCC Framework). The SCC Framework…
View detailsResolution on SCC Public Consultation published The Berlin Group had initiated a public consultation on its work on the SEPA Card Clearing Framework (SCC), cp. Berlin Group News of November 2009. The resolutions of the comments received from the market side have now been published in the Document section of the Berlin Group. The Berlin…
View detailsDIAS Interbanking Systems S.A. joins the Berlin Group DIAS Interbanking Systems S.A. joined the Berlin Group in February 2010. DIAS was founded in 1989 by the Greek Banks and the Bank of Greece. DIAS explained the reasons for joining as follows: “DIAS, through its participation in the Berlin Group initiative, looks forward to working closely…
View detailsPayfair joins the BerlinGroup In January 2010 Payfair joined the Berlin Group initiative. Payfair explained the reasons as follows. “PayFair’s vision of SEPA is an area where stakeholders can freely chose the card payment services and brands they want, benefiting thereby from a competitive landscape, engine for growth and innovation. Such free choice will be…
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