European Central Bank (ECB)

342 results about this entity

Period: 16 Feb 2007 - 15 May 2025

Euro Board to fix post-Sepa focus on mobile and 'innovative' payments

The newly-convened Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) is to set up two working groups to explore the role of mobile and 'innovative' payments methods, as Europe begins the transition to a Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa).

ECB steps up Sepa for cards plans

With direct debits and credit transfers finally out of the way, the European Central Bank (ECB) is turning its attentions to Sepa for cards.

Internet drives growth in European card fraud - ECB

Card fraud in the Single euro payments area (Sepa) increased in 2012 for the first time in four years, hitting EUR1.33 billion, European Central Bank figures show.

ECB backs guide for better Internet payments security

The European Central Bank (ECB) has given its backing to a new guide for assessing the security of Internet payments across the EU.

Fresh stats show Sepa migration accelerating

New statistics released by the European Central Bank (ECB) show that migration to the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) gathered pace strongly in December.

European Central Bank sets up Euro Retail Payments Board

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the creation of a new Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) to oversee the integration of the bloc's retail payments market in a post-Sepa environment.

ECB sets out draft mobile payments security recommendations

The European Central Bank has set out draft recommendations on mobile payments security, covering everything from customer authentication to data protection.

HFT makes markets more efficient - ECB paper

As European law-makers close in on a deal to tighten rules on high-frequency trading, a new paper from the ECB warns that curbing the practice could make markets less efficient.

European card fraud losses fall

ATM and POS-based card fraud are on the retreat in Europe, thanks in large part to technological advances such as EMV, but online losses remain stubbornly high, according to figures from the ECB.

ECB tells firms to buck up Sepa migration efforts

The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that many companies are leaving Sepa migration too late, leaving themselves open to serious problems when the February 2014 deadline arrives.

Back office costs for T2S to run as high as EUR27 million

European banks and broker-dealers are lagging in their understanding of the impact of the European Central Bank's plans for harmonising settlement under the Target2Securities platform, with migration costs for back offices estimated at anywhere between seven million euros and EUR27 million.

ECB signs for Thomson Reuters Eikon

The European Central Bank has signed a three year deal to roll out Thomson Reuters' Eikon desktops across the ECB and 18 participating national central banks.