Some people are of the opinion that, with the guidance given by the European Commission and the ECB on multilateral interchange fees for direct debits and the possible regulation of an end-date for SEPA migration, there is no room for self-regulation any more. Or, in other words, that there is no reason for the EPC to exist any more. I could not disagree more!
Page 3 of 6  PK2 does not signal support for any particular technology, nor does it signal any specific shift in policy direction. The project was not about replicating the status quo. Rather, it was about challenging our thinking around designing for a different future.