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News/Sepa
European payments processors Equens and VocaLink have implemented a bilateral link for the exchange of single euro payments area (Sepa) transfers using procedures established under the European Automated Clearing House Association (Eacha) framework.
09 September 2008
EU authorities have called on banks to push ahead with plans to introduce a pan-European direct debit payments system, even if interchange fees are initially charged for cross-border transactions.
04 September 2008
Despite the introduction of the single euro payments area this year, failed cross border transactions are costing European banks EUR21 billion a year, according to Misys.
03 September 2008
ABN Amro has contracted with Ireland-based Sentenial for the provision of a single euro payments area (Sepa)-compliant direct debit processing system.
02 September 2008
Denmark's PBS has bought the payments business of Swedish IT firm Stralfors for an undisclosed sum as it looks to expand its presence in the Nordic region.
28 August 2008
The European Commission and the European Central Bank have welcomed a document published by the banking industry-backed European Payment Council that paves the way for a competitive single market for card payment card schemes by 2010.
22 August 2008
Stewart MacKinnon has resigned as secretary general of the European Payments Council (EPC), citing differences of opinion about the role and direction of the EPC.
24 July 2008
Europe's major banks will spend up to EUR6 billion over the next 18 months in preparing for the Payment Services Directive, according to a survey conducted by consultancy Payment Systems Europe.
07 July 2008
A consortium of French banks, telcos and technology vendors that launched a wide-scale contactless mobile payments trial last year is reporting customer satisfaction rates of above 90% for the scheme.
02 July 2008
The European Payments Council (EPC) says it will work with GSMA - an international trade group of mobile operators - to accelerate the deployment of mobile payment services in the single euro payments area (Sepa).
30 June 2008
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