The European Commission announced a 6 month transition period for SEPA compliance. The deadline for migration still remains as 1st February 2014, however banks will now accept non-SEPA type euro payments & direct debits for a further 6 months. From 1st August 2014, all payments not made via a SEPA XML format will be blocked. If you have B4B for SunSystems or Microsoft GP Dynamics and have not yet upgraded to SEPA compliance, you are urged to upgrade immediately.

For the full press release from the Commission, read here.