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News/European monetary union
The European Commission is planning a crackdown on the high costs associated with cross-border currency transfers in and out of the euro.
25 July 2017
The European Central Bank is working with a steering committee of major European banks on plans to develop a person-to-person mobile payment network for funds transfers across the Eurozone.
02 February 2016
The European Commission has publicly confirmed plans for a new Directive on payment services across the EU, and proposals to cap interchange fees for domestic card-based transactions.
24 July 2013
A core group of seven German banks are to use EBA Clearing's pan-European Automated Clearing House Step2 for processing Sepa-compliant domestic payments in euros.
21 May 2013
Registration has opened for EBAday 2012, the pre-eminent annual event for the European payments industry, which will run for two full days from 15-16 May at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Scotland.
24 February 2012
An Irish artist has built a house out of bricks made from shredded euro notes worth EUR1.4 billion.
25 January 2012
The European Commission will next week present a paper outlining obstacles hindering further integration in the European market for card, Internet and mobile payments and how these could be resolved.
06 January 2012
Finextra TV/European monetary union
Göran Fors, Global Head of GTS Banks at SEB comments on the Target2Securities pessimism and preparing for the massive changes it will bring to the European post-trade space.
13 December 2011
Somebody at the European Central Bank must have a warped sense of humour. Amid desperate calls for the ECB to step in and do more to help alleviate the euro zone crisis, social media wonks at the bank turned to Twitter to trumpet the arrival of an important new monetary policy game for the iPhone and iPad.
17 November 2011
Financial stability within the EU is at risk unless decisive and swift action is implemented by all authorities, according to a warning issued by the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), the EU's super-watchdog.
21 September 2011
Kojo Asakura of KBC Securities talks with Finextra about the emerging challenges of trading in the developing markets at SunGard Frankfurt City Days 2011.
22 May 2011
Registration has opened for EBAday, the pre-eminent annual event for the European payments industry, which this year will run for two full days from 15-16 June at the North Convention and Congress Centre, Madrid.
11 March 2011
Gary Wright, business development director at the Sepa Consultancy talks with Finextra about how the Swift network is at the centre of transformational change for transaction banking and their corporate customers.
02 March 2011
In what she describes as a "shot across the bow of the dark markets", Kay Swinburne, Conservative MEP for Wales says that the European Parliament is working on regulation that will actively encourage all trades to be executed in the lit markets.
25 November 2010
A project run by central banks of the 15-member Southern African Development Community aims to complete a pilot project harmonising the payment infrastructures of the four Rand Monetary Area countries within two years.
26 October 2010
Ruth Wandhofer, Head of payments strategy & market policy, EMEA talks about the EU payments integration - 'A new hope'?
25 October 2010
Gerard Hartsink, Chairman of the European Payments Council. Europe demands end dates, mandate or not.
Fundtech and Aite Group explain their recent research into corporate demand for mobile banking solutions.
Western Union urges banks to partner for money transfers.
Adam Kennedy of Vocalink says the public are willing to pay for Immediate Payments.
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