{
  "id": 18101196,
  "title": "EPC publishes new Verification of Payee matching recommendations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/epc-publishes-new-verification-of-payee-matching-recommendations",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-04T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Finextra",
    "slug": "finextra",
    "url": "https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/48697/epc-publishes-new-verification-of-payee-matching-recommendations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The European Payments Council (EPC) has published an updated set of recommendations for matching processes under its Verification Of Payee (VOP) scheme, providing additional guidance on character handling and the assessment of beneficiary names ahead of payment initiation.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}