This section contains general information on national and cross-border payment processing as well as the terms and conditions applicable to the payment systems provided and/or used by the OeNB. Moreover, you will find an online form for exchanging Austrian schillings into euro.
Payment Processing
Payment Processing – A Dynamic Field of Activity for the OeNB
International Payment Services
The OeNB’s Payment Systems Division looks back on decades of valuable experience and professional know-how in managing international payment services.
The EBA STEP2 Access via the OeNB
The European Commission’s decision that, as of July 1, 2003, the same fees were to be charged for domestic and for intra-EU payments, was a milestone on the way toward the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).
TARGET2 – Single Shared Platform
The Single Shared Platform (SSP) will replace the different national RTGS components with one single platform in Europe from 2007 onward.
Cards and Payment Transactions
Seven million Austrians hold a Maestro debit card (bankcard, savings bank card), i.e. nearly every Austrian aged between 18 and 80. In the year 2006 Austrians carried out 226 million cashless transactions with debit cards in Austria; at 87500 point of sale terminals a …
Here you will find online forms for exchanging Austrian schillings into euro and for the indirect participation in EBA STEP2 via the STEP2 access of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank.