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14 Mar 22 @ 13:22
Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the resulting economic sanctions have already impacted European banking in several ways, many of which are indirect. One potential impact is in the form of... read more
23 Feb 22 @ 13:04
Just as the European banking sector started to see some attractive tail winds pushing it along, the first since the crisis in 2008, Europe is now on the brink of... read more
01 Feb 22 @ 13:12
The latest version of the European Central Bank fraud report is now available. The report, Seventh report on card fraud, analyses trends in card fraud in 2019 as reported by... read more
26 Jan 22 @ 16:35
Launched in 2009 as a key pillar of the Single Euro Payments Area, SEPA Direct Debit (SDD) is an EU initiative that aims to make cross-border direct debits in Europe... read more
17 Nov 21 @ 12:28
The planned European Payments Initiative a pan-European payments network backed by 22 banks which aims to set up as serious competition to Mastercard and Visa has launched an official appealed... read more
18 Oct 21 @ 12:04
There are now some 479 e-money institutions (EMIs) across the European Union and a further 235 in the UK. EMIs store cash for their customers in a digital format for... read more
01 Oct 21 @ 12:00
A group of seven central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Sveriges Riksbank and Swiss National Bank), together with the Bank... read more
14 Sep 21 @ 15:54
A majority of Europeans want their own governments to regulate cryptocurrency while a growing number would also support the creation of national digital currencies in order to assert some monetary... read more
13 Sep 21 @ 08:27
Central banks should move forward with CBDC projects to avoid falling behind comparable private sector payment initiatives that are already taking root, Benoît Cœuré, Head of Innovation at Bank for... read more
24 Aug 21 @ 09:03
There are now some 479 electronic money institutions (EMIs) across the European Union and a further 235 in the UK. EMIs store cash for their customers in a digital format... read more
02 Aug 21 @ 18:16
In a recent speech by Mr Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, at the Frankfurt Euro Finance Summit in Frankfurt, the seasoned banker made clear that Europe’s... read more
23 Jun 21 @ 15:37
Even before the pandemic, the future of cash was being discussed as the use of digital payments accelerated. But the pandemic has raised the volume of that debate significantly. It... read more
21 Jun 21 @ 13:04
The introduction of a digital euro would boost consumers’ privacy and protect the eurozone from the “threat” of competing cryptocurrencies that could undermine the bloc’s monetary sovereignty, according to the... read more
14 Jun 21 @ 15:22
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could ease current frictions in cross-border payments – and particularly so if central banks factor an international dimension into CBDC design from the outset. Based... read more
11 Jun 21 @ 15:03
The last time the banks and infrastructure providers in the European payments market tried to build a payments network capable of taking on the US companies that dominate the sector,... read more
10 Jun 21 @ 14:48
The Banque de France, Swiss National Bank and the BIS Innovation Hub have announced they will trial a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC). The trial aims to use the digital Swiss... read more
21 May 21 @ 11:06
The ECB has taken aim at major EU banks for the prices they are setting for Instant Payments. In a speech given by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board... read more
17 May 21 @ 16:04
Amid rising hype about mobile wallets, P2P FinTech challengers and QR-code payments, this year’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks show a card segment in robust health, with business growing strongly.... read more
30 Apr 21 @ 12:23
As part of its strategy for addressing fraud risks in the context of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payment schemes the European Payments Council (EPC), has elected to develop... read more
21 Apr 21 @ 09:44
According to the European Central Bank, demand for business loans in the eurozone fell and banks tightened credit standards in Q1 of 2021, a toxic combination that challenges the bloc’s... read more
16 Jun 26 @ 18:17
Financial fraud losses in the UK climbed to their highest level in four years during 2025, highlighting the growing sophistication of criminal networks and rais... more
11 Jun 26 @ 16:00
A landmark legal battle that has shaped the economics of card payments in the United States for more than twenty years has taken another significant step toward... more
23 Jun 26 @ 18:52
The European Payments Initiative (EPI) has secured a significant boost to its ambitions of creating a pan-European payments network, with Austria’s largest ba... more
