Review of developments in payment systems 2010: SEPA and PSD

The development of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) continues to be of more importance to banks than to companies. For most companies, at this stage, SEPA is almost irrelevant, offering few benefits of any significance now or for some time.

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Cheques
SEPA and PSD
Mass payments and collections
Payment cards
Mobile phones/Cellphones
Online micropayments
Future of payment systems


The SEPA Credit Transfer system, which was a launched on 28 January 2008, is used for fewer than 5% of all credit transfers in SEPA. In addition, for most companies, there has been little if any improvement in the pricing of payment card services in SEPA, which is a mess as the European Central Bank (ECB) keeps changing the rules. The ECB is failing to understand that payment cards are ubiquitous and continues to encourage banks to develop a Europe-only debit card.

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