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16-09-2008

International e-invoicing pilot
On the second day of SIBOS Vienna, ICBPI Group (Italy), Isabel (Belgium) and Equens (the Netherlands) announced that they will be joining forces in e-invoicing. The main goal of the founding partners ...



15-09-2008

ICBPI Group and Equens jointly establish Equens Italia
Milan - Utrecht, 15 September 2008 - The Italian ICBPI Group and Equens SE have signed an agreement on the establishment of a joint venture: Equens Italia. ICBPI and Equens will each hold 50 percent ...



09-09-2008

Equens further expands its payments network within Europe
Equens is pleased to announce that it has implemented bilateral links for the exchange of SEPA payments with DIAS (Greece) and VocaLink (United Kingdom). The first successful exchange between DIAS an ...



09-09-2008

Prompt money transfer through Equens' parcel settlement
Equens has expanded its frequent parcel settlement for SEPA Credit Transfer payments. Equens has been offering this service to banks in the Netherlands since 2001. By expanding the service, we offer ...



08-09-2008

Press release IBM Extreme Blue
Today a group of 15 students presented the final results of extraordinary internships at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Equens, NXP Semiconductors and OPG Group. During the summer this group of students ...



Societas Europaea (SE) reflects European ambitions of Equens
Today, Equens was transformed into a Societas Europaea and became Equens SE. This legal form is in line with Equens’ ambitions and positioning as a truly European player within the European payments ...



15-07-2008

Equens Annual Report 2007 published
We present Equens' Annual report 2007. We chose 'Staying ahead' as theme for our Annual Report, reflecting our goal to remain a leading player in the increasingly dynamic European market and to suppo ...



04-07-2008

Press release Equens' subsidiary PaySquare
Today Equens' subsidiary PaySquare sent out a press release. It says that after 10 years as CEO of PaySquare and its legal predecessors, Lynn van Rooijen (57) will be succeeded by Mr. Tiny Coppens. C ...



23-06-2008

Press release OP-Pohjola Group and Equens
Today OP-Pohjola Group and Equens sent out a press release. It says that Equens started with the processing of payments for OP-Pohjola Group, the leading finance group in Finland. Equens processes SE ...



17-06-2008

Press release Albert Heijn and Equens on fingertip payment pilot
Today Equens and supermarket chain Albert Heijn will begin a pilot with Tip2Pay – pay with your fingertip. For a period of six months, customers of Albert Heijn will be able to pay for their shopping ...



10-06-2008

Changes in Equens' Supervisory Board
On 4 June 2008 Mr. E. Dralans has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Equens Supervisory Board. He succeeds Mr. D. Voigtländer who recently left DZ Bank and consequently also resigned from the ...



30-05-2008

Search for experienced professionals
Today, Equens launches an extensive campaign oriented towards the Dutch job market. The objective of this campaign is to strengthen its position as attractive employer and attract new employees. In o ...



27-05-2008

Openway, Fujitsu and Equens sign agreements for new Acquiring Back office
To meet the SEPA requirements of our clients, Equens decided to select and implement an entirely new Acquiring Back Office. After an extensive process we selected Openway's software package Way4. Way ...



29-04-2008

Equens participates in International Payments Framework
The International Payments Framework (IPF) is a multi-national effort that establishes a membership organisation providing rules, standards, operating procedures and guidelines to improve cross-borde ...



24-04-2008

Press release BHOLD on agreement with Equens
BHOLD - a provider of Enterprise Authorisation Management - has sent out a press release on 21 April 2008. BHOLD and Equens have initially entered into a 3-year agreement for supplying and implementi ...



08-04-2008

Equens passes 1,000,000 SEPA transaction mark
On 2 April, 2008 - well over two months after the official launch of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) - Equens already processed 1,000,000 SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) payments. The successful proc ...



08-04-2008

Equens started bilateral exchange of payments with Iberpay and Seceti
Equens successfully exchanged the first SEPA transactions based on EACHA's* Interoperability Framework with Iberpay, Spain and Seceti, Italy today. The parties are the first from a group of CSMs** th ...



05-03-2008

DBF and Equens close deal on Cultuurkaart
Capelle aan den IJssel/Utrecht (NL), 5 March 2008 – DataBase Fulfilment (DBF) and Equens have signed an agreement for the processing of Cultuurkaart (Culture Card) transactions. Cultuurkaart is a dig ...



18-02-2008

Equens connected to TARGET2
As of 18 February 2008 Equens successfully connected to TARGET2*. This new settlement system of the European central banks, replaces the current decentralised system with a single shared platform. Wi ...



05-02-2008

Number of SEPA payments processed by Equens takes enormous flight
Only one week after the official launch of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), Equens already processed 82,000 SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) payments. With this transaction volume Equens is the paymen ...



28-01-2008

Equens processes first SEPA Credit Transfer payments
Equens successfully processed its first SEPA Credit Transfer payments today. This means that from today, Equens’ systems are fully in line with the international agreements of the European Payment Co ...



27-12-2007

Large number of Christmas payments processed
Last weekend the Netherlands made its Christmas purchases en masse. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday were all very busy. In total Equens processed almost 30 million transactions with debit and cre ...



12-12-2007

Equens clearly displays client-orientation
Equens participates in the innovation forum Banks & Future. In cooperation with several international banks and IT partners, this forum investigates interests and research questions regarding the cur ...



11-12-2007

Protocol for payment transactions under management of C-TAP authority
Utrecht, the Netherlands, 11 December 2007 – Equens Nederland B.V. and CCV Holland B.V. have established a new organisation – Stichting C-TAP Authority – for the management of the Common Terminal Acq ...



03-10-2007

Fortis selects Equens for its SEPA payment clearing activities
Equens and Fortis Bank SA agreed that Equens will process Fortis’ SEPA payments. This collaboration, which will be effective as from 2008, shows that the free market dynamics resulting from the imple ...



02-10-2007

Five leading CSMs announce Interoperability ahead of SEPA
SIBOS, 1 October 2007 - Equens, Iberpay, Seceti, Stet and VocaLink announced that they have jointly agreed to establish interoperability for the exchange of SEPA payments. Together, the Clearing & Se ...



10-08-2007

Annual eBIF conference 15 and 16 November 2007
The CEN/ISSS e-Business Interoperability Forum will hold its third annual conference under the title: "Accelerating process improvement and innovation via eBusiness standards” on 15 & 16 November 200 ...



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