SurePay accelerates European VOP rollout with Belgium first in line
Source: SurePay
Belgian banks are the first in the Eurozone to go live with Verification Of Payee (VOP), well ahead of the October 2025 deadline set by the EU Instant Payments Regulation. With this milestone, SurePay, Europe’s largest VOP vendor, officially welcomes Belgium into its rapidly growing European VOP community.
Thanks to this expansion, banks in Belgium and the Netherlands can now perform mutual VOP checks. This provides enhanced protection for cross-border payments within the EU—including for customers of these banks with accounts in other European countries.
Like the Netherlands and Denmark, Belgium has opted for an extended version of the standard VOP service. This enhanced approach provides clearer notifications to payers, more data for banks to detect fraud early, and support for country-specific needs such as multilingualism (French, Dutch and German) and special characters. The result: 30% more effective fraud prevention, higher customer satisfaction, reduced liability for banks, and a safer payment experience for consumers.
SurePay now processes 200 million VOP checks per month. Once batch payment verification is added, this figure is expected to double.
“This is a major step forward in creating a more secure European payment landscape,” says David-Jan Janse, chief executive officer of SurePay.
“We are the first vendor live with VOP in Belgium and are seeing strong and growing demand in the market – including for fallback solutions. A successful implementation and go-live sends a clear signal: SurePay is ready to support Europe with VOP compliance and beyond.”
“This successful launch was made possible through excellent collaboration with CEC, Febelfin and the participating Belgian banks. Their efforts ensured a smooth and timely implementation, positioning Belgium as a model for other European countries”.
To date, over 200 banks across Europe – including 17 Belgian institutions – have selected SurePay as their trusted provider for UK Confirmation of Payee (CoP), EU Verification Of Payee (VOP) and Swift Beneficiary Account Verification (BaV).
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