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Living definition

What is EU Instant Payments Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/886)?

Digital Payments & Real-Time RailsAgentic Commerce & Payments

As of
2026-10-21
Revision
2026-10-06.1
Method
v1.4.0

Definition

The term, in context

AI-assisted draft · approved dataset

The EU Instant Payments Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/886) requires euro-area payment service providers to offer ten-second credit transfers priced at parity with ordinary transfers, and to check the payee's name against the account identifier before a transfer is confirmed.

Live readiness status

Status as of the current dateline

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

As of 2026-10-21, verified readiness is 60 (claimed 75, reported 65, gap 15) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Use instant euro payments in production where provider coverage and operational controls are confirmed.

The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for EU Instant Payments Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/886).

Dataset approval

Human editorial release

Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)

Dataset
2026-10-06.1
Hash
sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
Approved
2026-10-06

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