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SEPA EBanking upcoming changes

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Summary

What the changes to Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) EBanking mean for you, and how this impacts Sage 200 Standard and Sage 200 Professional.

Description

In 2024, the European Payments Council introduced new guidelines on formatting SEPA Credit Transfer payment files. These changes are part of the move to ISO 20022 standard. 

Resolution

We're also updating our EBanking plugin components, which your software uses to generate files formatted for your bank. 

To continue using SEPA EBanking, you'll need to update your software and your plugin. 

When will the changes come into effect?

Due to upcoming SEPA changes, customers will need to upgrade to version 2025 R1 available June 2025 to access the updated functionality. These changes are not compatible with earlier versions. The upgrade includes additional fields aligned with EPC guidance and a new eBanking plugin, which will be made available for installation. The plugin now uses country code and town information during file creation, so upgrading is essential to benefit from the new SEPA capabilities.

What will Sage 200 customers need to do?

Sage 200 Professional

When a customer is upgrading from Sage 200 versions earlier than 2025 R1.

  1. Go to control panel on the client machines and remove the appropriate ebanking plugin.
  2. Within Sage 200 on each client machine go into the settings cog on the menu
  3. Select Installers then install ebanking components.
  4. For any customer wishing to produce an Ebanking file with the new changes, they would then need to download the new Ebanking components from our Ebanking pages.
  5. If the customer is in the UK and not interacting with SEPA then these changes aren’t required. However, to avoid future issues we’d advise to remove Ebanking and reinstall the new version from the cog in 2025 R1.

Sage 200 Standard

Previously we had shipped the Ebanking components (i.e.. those from the Ebanking pages).

This will change from this newest release, it will not impact any components that have already been installed. Any new components that you need or any new client installs, will need to download and install the relevant component from the Ebanking pages.

If the customer is in the UK and not interacting with SEPA then these changes aren’t required. However, to avoid future issues we’d advise to remove Ebanking and reinstall the new version from the cog.

Download the updated EBanking plugins

Visit our EBanking page and download the plugin for your bank.