Category Archives: Single Euro Payments Area

Gearing up for the 2012 WSBI Congress

Our first post in a series on the 2012 WSBI Congress “Good for you – The savings and retail banking model”, 10-11 May, in Marrakech, Morocco In today’s world, with the acceleration of just about everything, from the vibrations of … Continue reading

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Electronic payments: Latin America just overtook EU in terms of transaction volumes

This could well be the title of a 2020 press release. Indeed massive European legislation in the field of payments during the first 10 years of the SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) project left the European Union limping behind more … Continue reading

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SEPA Migration Regulation: far away from the original intent

For several years now European policymakers and legislators have been promising to set an end date for the existing, national euro credit transfer and direct debit schemes – in order to facilitate the adoption of pan-European ones – and kick-start … Continue reading

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The draft SEPA migration Regulation: What is the cost of a fiction?

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Since the dawn of mankind societies have thrived on myths: Gilgamesh, Prometheus, Sisyphus and many others have populated the imagination of millions, and inspired many to act. The digital age’s most common version of myths takes the form of bold … Continue reading

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