Customers can now make payments using SEPA accounts in Five EU countries

Customers in UK, Spain, Netherlands and Belgium can now create an AWS Account using their bank account. Upon signup, customers with a billing address in these countries can now securely connect their bank account which supports the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) standard.

SEPA direct debit is a popular payment method in Europe, widely used to make payments for utility bills. Until today, this feature was available only for customers in Germany. Customers in other countries needed to provide credit or debit card details to complete the sign up. With this launch, customers in 4 additional countries can sign and pay using their SEPA bank accounts.

If you’re a customer signing up for AWS from any of these 5 countries, you can choose "Bank Account" from AWS sign up page, followed by "Link your bank account". Select your bank from the list of available banks and sign in to your bank using your online banking credentials. Signing in to your bank allows you to securely add your bank account to your AWS account and verifies that you are the owner of the bank account. By default, this bank account will be used when paying for your future AWS invoices. Signup with Bank Account is available in Germany, the first country where this feature is available.

To learn more, See Verify and link your bank account to your AWS Europe payment methods.