Latest Sepa News: Finextra Research

Southern Africa plans Sepa-style payments harmonisation

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

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Irish banks to move domestic payments to EBA Clearing Step2 platform

The Irish banking community is to move its domestic payments processing to the Euro Banking Association's Step2 platform as part of the nation's preparations for the advent of a Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa).

25 October 2010

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Sepa stories, EU payments integration - 'A new hope'?

Ruth Wandhofer, Head of payments strategy & market policy, EMEA talks about the EU payments integration - 'A new hope'?

25 October 2010

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Sepa Innovative? Europe demands end dates, mandate or not

Gerard Hartsink, Chairman of the European Payments Council. Europe demands end dates, mandate or not.

25 October 2010

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Sepa migration milestones

Giorgio Ferrero stresses EBA Clearing's crucial role in achieving the euro payments area vision.

25 October 2010

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Corporates want mobile banking

Fundtech and Aite Group explain their recent research into corporate demand for mobile banking solutions.

25 October 2010

Finextra TV/Sepa

Mainstream remittances

Western Union urges banks to partner for money transfers.

25 October 2010

Finextra TV/Sepa

Embracing the payments hub

Warren Gardiner of Clear2Pay on the trends driving payments infrastructure modernisation.

25 October 2010

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World Payments Report

Capgemini and RBS discuss the finding from the World Payments Report released at Sibos.

25 October 2010

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RBS comments on Sibos and the payments industry

RBS' Newstead comments on Sibos and what it means for the payments industry.

25 October 2010

Finextra TV/Sepa

Immediate payments

Adam Kennedy of Vocalink says the public are willing to pay for Immediate Payments.

25 October 2010

Finextra TV/Sepa

Banks need to improve liquidity management.

Banks need to improve liquidity management for themselves and corporate customers, according to Sungard.

25 October 2010

News/Sepa

ECB calls for mandatory Sepa migration deadline

The European Central Bank (ECB) says self-regulation on Sepa has not achieved the expected results and is calling on legislators to now set a mandatory migration timeline.

22 October 2010

News/Sepa

EPC and GSMA publish mobile contactless payments white paper

The European Payments Council (EPC) and global wireless trade group GSMA have published a while paper on mobile contactless payments and the role of 'trusted service managers' (TSMs).

21 October 2010

News/Sepa

RBS chooses Experian for global payment validation and IBAN conversion services

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has selected Experian to provide its corporate customers with global payment validation and data conversion services, enabling them to make Sepa-compliant transactions.

07 October 2010

News/Sepa

Visa Europe completes EUR500m processing platform

Visa Europe has completed its migration to a new, EUR500 million, processing platform, giving the firm's member banks a dedicated authorisation, clearing and settlement system for the region.

01 October 2010

News/Sepa

EPC explores m-payment and Sepa

The European Payments Council (EPC) has published a white paper on mobile payments and the single euro payments area (Sepa).

06 July 2010

News/Sepa

Spanish processors Sermepa and Redes propose merger

Spanish card payments network processing operators Sermepa and Redes y Procesos have agreed a merger deal designed to pool resources and compete in a Sepa-based European market.

30 June 2010

News/Sepa

Sepa migration deadlines: dates floated but no decision

With Sepa-compliant transaction volumes still weak, Harcus Cooper of Barclays is forecasting the introduction of phased end-dates for mandatory conversion to the new EU-wide payment instruments, with credit transfers expected to get the nod in 2013 and direct debits by 2015.

10 June 2010

News/Sepa

Sepa Council established to kickstart EU payments convergence

The European Commission and European Central bank have hosted the first meeting of the Sepa Council, a new body created to guide the future development of the Single Euro Payments Area project.

07 June 2010