Payment initiation

SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (SCT Inst)

SCT Inst happy path (≤10s)

Full instant euro credit transfer: PISP initiates instant-sepa-credit-transfers, debtor bank submits pacs.008 with LclInstrm=INST via TIPS/RT1, creditor confirms ACSC, both sides notify.

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The baseline Instant Payments Regulation journey. If anything is slower than ten seconds end-to-end, you are off the scheme SLA.

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Technical view of SEPA Instant, PISP A2A, A2A Overlay

Messages · pacs.008 → pacs.002 → camt.054

instantsct-insttipsrt1iprpacs.008pacs.002

Transaction flow

PSUUserTPPProviderASPSPBankCSMClearingCreditorBank01 Choose instant transfer0102 Initiate SCT Inst via XS2A02 POST03 SCA / authorisation0304 pacs.008 INST → TIPS/RT104 pacs.00805 Forward to creditor PSP05 pacs.00806 pacs.002 ACSC acknowledgement06 pacs.00207 Confirmation to debtor PSP07 pacs.00208 camt.054 credit notification08 camt.05409 API status ACSC + notify PSU09 GET
PSU: UserTPP: ProviderASPSP: BankCSM: ClearingCreditor: Bank
API hop Clearing hopClick a tag on an arrow (pacs.008, …) for info, usage and sample
Messages
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Choose instant transfer

API layer

PSU opts into instant (or IPR makes it the default for euro CT). Show fee parity vs standard SCT where required.

psutpp

No payload

This step is a redirect, a wait or an out-of-band event — there is no message on the wire to inspect. Steps with a payload are marked with a method or a message id in the diagram.

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