The Nordic Payments Council (NPC) creates and manages Nordic schemes to facilitate payments within the Nordic countries. The main objective for the NPC is to contribute to harmonised payments in the Nordics.

The NPC is a non-profit member association combining four Nordic bankers’ associations, banks and payment institutions covered by the PSD2 directive.

The membership requirements are objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate.

NPC Information Meeting March 17, 2026

A digital information meeting will be held on March 17. To regitrer follow this link.

More information about the meeting is found here.

The NPC Payment Scheme Rulebooks and Implementation Guidelines Have Been Updated

NPC has released updated versions of the 2025 Credit Transfer and Instant Credit Transfer Rulebooks. The updates reflect the EPC’s decision to bring forward the phase-out of unstructured address formats to 15 November 2026, aligned with the SWIFT Standards MX Release. 

Read more here.

Call for change requests for the NPC payment schemes

Currently there is a call for change request ongoing between August 15 and December 15, 2025 as a start of the next change management cycle for our payment schemes NPC Credit Transfer Rulebook and NPC Credit Transfer Inst Rulebooks. All information for submitting a change requests if found on this page. 

The NPC Manager officially launched

The new NPC Manager has officially been launched. The NPC Manager is the main gateway for NPC members to get a comprehensive overview of their engagement with NPC. Through this platform, potential members can easily apply for membership, while existing members can manage their scheme participation and gain insights into their organisation's involvement with the NPC etc.

A link to the NPC Manager and other relevant information regarding the service is found on this page.

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