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June 2014: Creation of the European Card Payment Association

Decision to bring together in a non profit association “regional card schemes”: card schemes whose brand is currently used only within the European Economic Area (EEA) organisations which manage essential functions such as type approval only within the European Economic Area (EEA)

THE GOAL: to represent the interests of its Members’ interests in discussions by monitoring, evaluating and reacting to initiatives concerning EU regulation impacting the use / users of payment cards or similar payment instruments,
measures intended to promote the creation of a single European market for card payments security and standardization concerning cards and similar payment instruments.