EPC QR code

The European Payments Council Quick Response Code guidelines define the content of a QR code that can be used to initiate SEPA credit transfer (SCT). It contains all the necessary information in clear text. These QR code guidelines are used on many invoices and payment requests in the countries that support it (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands) enabling tens of millions to pay without requiring manual input leading to lower error rates.

The EPC guidelines[1] are available from the EPC itself. Another version[2] has also been published by the Federation of Finnish Finance Services (FFI).

EPC QR code to pay 1 € to the Belgian Red Cross
EPC QR code to pay 1 € to the Austrian Red Cross

Sample content
Service Tag: BCD
Version: 001
Character set: 1
Identification: SCT
BIC: BPOTBEB1
Name: Red Cross
IBAN: BE72000000001616
Amount: EUR1
Reference: Urgency fund
Information: Sample EPC QR code

History

In the course of 2012, Stuzza defined the content of a QR code that could be used to initiate money transfers within the Single Euro Payments Area.

In February 2013, the European Payments Council (EPC) published the document 'Quick Response Code: Guidelines to Enable Data Capture for the Initiation of a Credit Transfer'. [3]

These guidelines were quickly adopted by the Austrian banks. These QR code can be recognized thanks to the words "Zahlen mit Code" on the right.[4]

These guidelines were later on used in Finland (2015[5]), Germany (2015[6]), the Netherlands (2016[7]) and Belgium (2016[7]).

Generators

Various generators are available online to generate the QR code following the EPC guidelines:

See also

References
  1. EPC guidelines
  2. Federation of Finnish Finance Services guidelines
  3. "Quick Response Code Guidelines to enable data capture for the initiation of a sepa credit transfer". In February 2013, the European Payments Council (EPC) published the document 'Quick Response Code: Guidelines to Enable Data Capture for the Initiation of a Credit Transfer'
  4. Stuzza "Zahlen mit code"
  5. Guidelines from the FFI
  6. Girocode in Germany
  7. Scan2Pay (General information of the EPC QR code usage in the EU)

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