If the number of words expended on a subject were any indication of the level of awareness, the Single Euro Payment Area (Sepa) would surely be as popular as Korean rapper Psy’s worldwide hit, Gangnam Style. But despite the best efforts of journalists, transaction banks, regulators and business lobby groups, surveys repeatedly demonstrate that corporates are not only unprepared for Sepa but don’t even know what they need to do to be ready for it.
After a decade of painfully slow decision-making by official bodies, Sepa has been a reality since January 2008 when the Sepa Credit Transfer (SCT) launched, joined in November 2009 by the Sepa Direct Debit (SDD).
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