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And what have we done?
Another year over and what have we done in the international payments industry? By far the most important issue affecting the market is the single euro payments area (Sepa), the deadline of which is rapidly approaching.
From a slow start, where some..
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Payments week gets new twist
The draft programme for the 15th International Payments conference in London has been issued. Sepa, new business models for payments and new technology environment are on the agenda
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Lazaro Campos, Swift
Lazaro Campos, head of the banking industry division at Brussels-based Swift, looks back on Sibos 2006
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Calculating the cost of Sepa
Confirming industry-level figures on the financial impact of the single euro payments area is no easy task. Bob Lyddon
looks at the available evidence and concludes the savings may not be radical enough
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Latvia’s payment system
As a new entrant to the European Union, former Soviet state Latvia has reformed its payments and securities systems. The result is a modern infrastructure that will take the country into the euro zone
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Cutting a bigger slice of the cake
Banks have been slow to act in the international remittance arena, but Philip McCarthy-Clarke
says it’s not too late
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French companies seek Sepa ROI
Corporates should be starting work on their Sepa strategies in the coming months, but Fabien Buliard
discovers that in France, many large corporates remain in the dark about the European initiative
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Industry faces moment of truth
Speaking at a Sepa Congress for Euro Finance Week in Frankfurt on 13 November, Charlie McCreevy
, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, sought to reassure delegates about progress on Sepa. The following is an extract
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Citigroup wins Banking Technology Award
Citigroup won the prize for Best Payment and Transaction Banking Achievement at this year’s European Banking Technology Awards with its Integrated SwiftNet Services Access (Issac) service.
A concentrator for the SwiftNet IP network, Issac..
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ABN updates cash management handbook
The impact of increased regulation and changing market infrastructure has been reflected in an updated edition of International Cash Management, a guide published by Dutch consultancy RiskMatrix and ABN Amro.
The book is intended for professionals..
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Atos Origin completes Belgian acquisitions
Atos Origin, a Paris-based IT services company, has completed the acquisition of Belgium’s Banksys and Bank Card Company from their Belgian bank owners. The acquisition will create a company with combined 2006 revenues of €630..
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German banks make Sepa move
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The Sparda Group of banks will become the first financial institutions in Germany to adopt a single euro payments area (Sepa) compliant debit scheme. In the first half of 2007, the 12 Sparda banks will start replacing the “ec”..
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