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Czech bank Ceská sporitelna selects TietoEnator for e-invoicing

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Czech bank Ceská sporitelna selects TietoEnator for e-invoicing

Ceská sporitelna, the largest commercial bank in the Czech Republic, is introducing a business-to-business electronic invoicing service based on technology supplied by Nordic vendor TietoEnator.

EBAday: Sepa vision blighted without corporate input

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EBAday: Sepa vision blighted without corporate input

The European quest to create a true single payments area will not be achieved unless the banking industry looks beyond short-term compliance requirements and takes a strategic perspective that incorporates the views of all stakeholders, including corporates, delegates attending the EBAday payments conference in Rome have been told.

La Caixa implements Microsoft's BizTalk for Sepa and Swift transactions

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La Caixa implements Microsoft's BizTalk for Sepa and Swift transactions

Spanish banking group La Caixa d'Estalvis y Pensions de Barcelona (La Caixa) is using technology from Microsoft to develop a payments platform to support its new single euro payments area (Sepa) and Swift InterAct and FileAct messaging services.

Equens and Seceti ink Sepa clearing services deal

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Equens and Seceti ink Sepa clearing services deal

European payments firm Equens has signed a reciprocal deal with Italian card processor Seceti to provide clearing services to clients following the introduction of the single euro payments area (Sepa) in 2008.

EAPS members to set up Brussels-based company

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EAPS members to set up Brussels-based company

The founding members of the Euro Alliance of Payment Schemes (EAPS) - an initiative established with the aim of linking national debit card systems to process cross-border transactions - are setting up a not-for-profit company in the second half of 2007, which will be headquartered in Brussels.

Equens bags OP Bank payments outsourcing mandate

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Equens bags OP Bank payments outsourcing mandate

Pan-European payments processor Equens has won a contract to provide outsourced payments transaction services to Finland's OP Bank Group.

EU banks discuss debit rival to MasterCard and Visa

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EU banks discuss debit rival to MasterCard and Visa

A group of Europe's largest banks are holding secret discussions to establish a pan-European debit card scheme that would challenge those operated by MasterCard and Visa, according to banking consultancy Lafferty Group.

ECB proposes new legal framework for card schemes

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ECB proposes new legal framework for card schemes

The European Central Bank is proposing to establish a new cross-border legal framework to oversee all card payment schemes operating in the euro zone.

European savings banks hit out at Payments Directive

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European savings banks hit out at Payments Directive

European savings banks have criticised the recently approved text of the Payment Services Directive for undermining electronic payments at the expense of hard cash.

Failed Sepa transactions to cost banks EUR1.3bn

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Failed Sepa transactions to cost banks EUR1.3bn

New research released by LogicaCMG indicates that the cost to banks of dealing with failed Sepa transactions could rise as high as EUR1.3 billion immediately following the introduction of the single euro payments area in January 2008.

European corporates unimpressed by bank payments initiatives

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European corporates unimpressed by bank payments initiatives

Large European corporate treasuries are largely unmoved by the shift to a single euro payments area (Sepa) and are unimpressed by other banking-led connectivity initiatives such as direct access to SwiftNet, according to a study by consulting firm Treasury Strategies.

LogicaCMG partners with Voca for Sepa testing

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LogicaCMG partners with Voca for Sepa testing

LogicaCMG has launched the Sepa Test Factory, designed to reduce the cost for banks of preparing and managing a test environment for credit transfer and direct debit programmes under the forthcoming single euro payments area.

Revitalised Mobey Forum adds banks and mobile operators

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Revitalised Mobey Forum adds banks and mobile operators

The Mobey Forum, a bank-backed mobile payment consortium, has signed up Dutch banks ING and Rabobank and mobile operators Telenor, TeliaSonera and SK Telecom as new members.

European payments industry to converge on Rome for EBAday2007

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European payments industry to converge on Rome for EBAday2007

Finextra Research and the Euro Banking Association will this year hold their annual European payments forum - EBAday 2007 - over two days in Rome in June, with the support of lead sponsors Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Banca Intesa Sanpaulo, LogicaCMG and Sap/Accenture.

Atos Origin wins Equens outsourcing contracts

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Atos Origin wins Equens outsourcing contracts

European payment processor Equens – created from a merger of the Dutch Interpay and Germany’s Transaktionsinstitut - has outsourced its mainframe operations and office workstation automation in the Netherlands to Atos Origin.

EU ministers agree on payment services directive framework

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EU ministers agree on payment services directive framework

European Union finance ministers have agreed on the final terms of the payment services directive (PSD), which will set a new legal framework aimed at cutting costs for cross-border cash transations in the European Union.

European cardholders unmoved by Sepa - Mastercard

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European cardholders unmoved by Sepa - Mastercard

Over three quarters (80%) of debit cardholders in Europe want to be able to use their debit cards uniformly across the euro zone, but fewer than one in ten are aware that the introduction of the single euro payments area (Sepa) in 2008 will allow them to do so, according to research commissioned by MasterCard.

Denmark's PBS outsources IT to IBM

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Denmark's PBS outsources IT to IBM

Danish payments body Payment Business Services (PBS) has signed a seven year deal to outsource the operation and management of its IT infrastructure to IBM. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

EU meddling in interchange threatens to derail Sepa project warns MasterCard

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EU meddling in interchange threatens to derail Sepa project warns MasterCard

MasterCard has warned the European Commission that further interference in the setting of interchange fees runs the risk of derailing the single euro payments area (Sepa) timetable.

EC abandons retailers and backs down on interchange fees

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EC abandons retailers and backs down on interchange fees

Despite accusing retail banks and credit card companies of maintaining artificially high fees, the European Commission will not recommmend overhauling the controversial interchange fee structure when it publishes its report on the European retail banking markets.

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