{"id":931,"date":"2023-02-24T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=931"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:13:48","slug":"epc-country-profile-dutch-payments-eu-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/epc-country-profile-dutch-payments-eu-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"EPC country profile: how do Dutch payments compare with the EU as a whole?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Gijs Boudewijn, managing director of the Dutch Payments Association, discusses collective payments in the Netherlands in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu\/news-insights\">series of country profiles published by the European Payments Council <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (EPC). He addresses questions such as: \u201cWhat are the main features of the Dutch payments landscape and its recent development?\u201d and \u201cHow do you envisage Dutch payments developing over the next five years?\u201d The profile also covers Instant Payments, the IBAN Name Check, and the costs and revenues of payment services in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/EPC-logo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Logo of the European Payments Council, used to identify the European Organization for the Coordination of Payment Standards.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/EPC-logo.jpg 876w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/EPC-logo-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/EPC-logo-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu\/news-insights\/insight\/how-dutch-became-frontrunners-payment-transformation\">Read the full EPC country profile on the Netherlands <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, including comparative charts on electronic payments such as debit card payments, credit transfers and direct debits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incidentally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/point-of-sale-online-payments-combined-above-pre-pandemic-levels\/\">debit card payments at physical retail tills in the Netherlands account for 80% of all point-of-sale payments<\/a>, while 70% of Dutch online payments are made using iDEAL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An EPC country profile by Gijs Boudewijn examines the Dutch payments landscape, Instant Payments, the IBAN Name Check and payment service economics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"btv_subject_tax":[30,13,14,29],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-account-to-account-payments","btv_subject_tax-european-legislation","btv_subject_tax-iban-and-bic","btv_subject_tax-market-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - 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