SEPA and European Payments

The Single Euro Payments Area, the Payments Services Directive, the Eurosystem, TARGET2, STEP2, the Euro and related matters.

Retired Member 

Connectivity is about the Business, not the technology

I have a friend who has spend most of his life getting the latest technology. He is always rushing around downloading the latest drivers, getting the newest hardware and always raving about the latest standard and device that will make his life better. The problem is that technology has become his life! The time he saves and the convenience he h...

15 October 2007 /payments /retail

Bob Ford Vice President at Barcays Bank plc

Euro Debit Cards for UK Account Holders

I have some fun over the past year with my Bank (nameless at this point for various reasons) discussing with them SEPA and my needs as a customer. My first problem came when I wanted to pay for my attendance at the EBA Day. The requirement was to pay EUR840 from my Euro Account in the UK to the Finestra Euro Account at Coutts and Co. I know that t

23 March 2007 /payments

Elton Cane Digital product delivery at News Corp Australia

The road to payments clearing consolidation in Europe

Today's news saw an announcement that's likely to become more commonplace over the next two years: the merger of two European payment infrastructures. The merger of Voca and Link doesn’t fit as neatly with the European Commission’s vision as last year’s merger of Dutch payments body Interpay and Germany's Transaktionsinstitut to create Equens. The ...

06 March 2007 /payments