Working groups

The Working Groups, formed by experts designated by the member Banks of the Board of Governors and by representatives of Interbank Technical Processors and Bank-owned service providers, are put together and coordinated in their activity by Head of the Technical Secretariat.

Working Group on SEPA and Domestic Business

The Working Group on SEPA and Domestic Business deals with "domestic" issues within the field of SEPA.

Working Group on Cross Border Business

The WG on Cross Border Business deals with cross border issues beyond SEPA, with particular regard to

Working Group on Standards

The WG on Standards intervenes upon request of the SEPA and Domestic Business WG and the Standards WG.

P.A. & Tax Payments F24 WG

Taking into account the uniqueness and the importance of the current Tax Payment F24 CBI service, the ad hoc WG deals with the maintenance of the relative technical specifications, as well as the analysis of possible further improvement both in terms of functionality and process.

Working Group on Governance

The WG on Governance has the main task to define the rules for managing the right implementation of the standards defined by the Service (e.g., rules of conduct, guaranteed levels of Service, etc.) and the consequent processes.

Working Group on Architecture

The main task of the WG on Architecture is to define the evolutionary trends of the CBI architectural components...

Legal Support Working Group

The Legal Support WG manages all the activities of due diligence and compliance from a legal point of view, working also with the surveillance authorities.

Task Force ad hoc

The Technical Secretariat is entitled to summon Task Forces ad hoc for taking charge of specific problems that could arise crosswise the WGs and sorting them out as soon as possible. These groups shall have limited validity and shall work upon mandate of the WGs..