EBA CLEARING announced a partnership agreement with CBI and Nexi to enable the transmission of “request to pay” messages between Italian citizens and public administrations, allowing public administration payment notices to be delivered and paid through customers’ bank channels. The arrangement combines the CBI Globe infrastructure, EBA CLEARING’s R2P Service and Nexi’s technology, using pan-European rules, ISO 20022 messaging and real-time message exchange. Payments to the public administration are positioned as the first Italian use case for request to pay, following testing in 2025, and the set-up is intended to support additional national and SEPA-wide request-to-pay use cases over time.
EBA CLEARING partners with CBI and Nexi to enable request to pay for Italian public administration bills
EBA CLEARING, CBI, and Nexi are enabling "request to pay" message transmission between Italian citizens and public administrations, allowing payment notices via bank channels. The initiative uses CBI Globe infrastructure, EBA CLEARING’s R2P Service, and Nexi’s technology, following pan-European rules and ISO 20022 messaging. This is Italy's first request to pay use case, with plans for national and SEPA-wide expansion.