Release 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
DetailsPublic Consultation for SEPA Card Clearing 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 clearing of card based transactions resulting in the “SEPA Card Clearing Framework” (SCC Framework). The SCC Framework is a big step to making the…
DetailsEAPS joins the Berlin Group The Euro Alliance of Payment Schemes (EAPS) is a joint initiative by European Payment Schemes, enabling European cardholders and retailers to make card payments and cash withdrawals with payment card across Europe’s national boundaries. The objective of the EAPS is to enable participating schemes to offer their member banks a…
DetailsVersion 3.0 of the Berlin Group Standard published The Berlin Group is publishing today the new version 3.0 of its Card Transaction Message Standard for the Acquirer/Issuer interface. The new version incorporates the processing of special transactions as identified by the EPC cards standarisation document just published, known as “Volume”, and is compliant to the…
DetailsWhite Paper on Berlin Group Work and Workplan 2009 The Berlin Group is publishing today a White Paper on the status of the work of the Berlin Group as a standardisation initiative. In addition to an overview of the work, this document also gives an outlook on the work of the initiative for 2009. Main…
DetailsNew Form of Quarterly Reports In February 2008 the Berlin Group had started to report on implementations of the Berlin Group interfaces in the European market. In the early reports, figures like connected terminals or cards have been published, too. The Berlin Group has now changed this policy and will report in future on the…
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