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# Overview

> Ensure that your payments across the EU and the UK are compliant with local legislation and that payee details can be safely verified before your end user completes the payment.

The SurePay Connector provides connectivity with [SurePay](https://surepay.nl/), designed to fight scammers aiming to take over your customers' accounts.

### Key capabilities

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  <Card title="Verification of Payee" icon="circle-euro">
    Verify in real time whether an individual or business name matches the IBAN provided by the end user before making a payment, in accordance with the [ECP VoP Guidelines](https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/what-we-do/other-schemes/verification-payee) compliance regulation for € payments in the EEA.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Confirmation of Payee" icon="circle-sterling">
    Verify in real time whether an individual or business name matches the account number and sort code provided by the end user before making a payment to a new beneficiary, in accordance with [PayUK CoP guidelines](https://www.wearepay.uk/what-we-do/overlay-services/confirmation-of-payee/) compliance regulation for £ domestic payments.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Supported operations

The SurePay Connector supports the following operations from our Grand Central Unified API:

| Operation                          | Endpoint                                          |
| :--------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------ |
| Verify payment beneficiary details | `POST {baseURL}/parties/beneficiary-verification` |

### Core use cases supported

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  <Card title="Ready-to-use local payment compliance" icon="user-police" />

  <Card title="Ensure safe payment" icon="hand-holding-hand" />
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  For information about the Grand Central Unified API endpoints that support these features, see [Reference](/connectors/payments/surepay/reference).
</Info>

**Want to adopt the journey?** See the [Digital Banking journey](https://backbase.io/documentation/retail-banking-universal/2026.03-LTS/contacts/services/contacts-how-to-verification-of-payee?vc=true).