European Central Bank (ECB)

337 results about this entity

Period: 16 Feb 2007 - 20 Mar 2025

UK to sue European Central bank over clearing rules

The British government is to sue the European Central Bank over draft regulations that would force major clearing houses to relocate their operations away from the City of London.

ECB sets T2S framework agreement deadline; UK looks to opt out

The European Central Bank has set an October deadline for its final offer to central security depositories (CSDs) on a framework agreement for the Target2Securities (T2S) system. However, the UK now seems certain to turn its back on the project.

T2S connectivity licences come up for grabs

Europe's central banks have begun the process of picking network service providers for the Target2Securities (T2S) system, with telecoms firms expected to challenge inter-bank co-operative Swift for the two licenses up for grabs.

The next step in the Sepa journey

Michael Thom, retail issues, consumer policy and payment systems, European Commission and Wiebe Ruttenberg, head of market infrastructure division, European Central Bank comment on the next steps for Sepa in this special mini-webcast.

EU banks ready to break Visa/MasterCard duopoly

A group of 24 European banks planning to establish a rival card network to Visa and MasterCard have called on the European Commission to provide clarification over the level of multilateral interchange fees for the Single Euro Payments Area.

ECB calls for chip-only cards

To cut fraud, cards issued in the single euro payments area (Sepa) should only use chips, not mag-stripes, says the European Central Bank (ECB).

European Central Bank warns of Sepa failure in the absence of binding legislation

The European Central Bank has called on Brussels to impose concrete end-dates for the imposition of new payments instruments under the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) project.

ECB's Tumpel-Gugerell sets out Sepa resolutions

The European Central Bank's Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell has set out a list of New Year Resolutions for the EU payments industry, including the imposition of a Sepa migration end-date and the creation of a third card payment scheme to compete with Visa and MasterCard.

ECB settles on T2S pricing

The European Central Bank has settled on a delivery-versus-payment price of 15 cents per instruction for the Target 2 Securities system.

T2S winning wider industry acceptance

The European Central Bank's (ECB) plan to create a single settlement process for all European securities, Target 2 Securities (T2S), appears to have gained more industry acceptance at last, although significant issues still remain about the eventual cost of the service and its governance.

ECB issues price plan and revised timetable for T2S

The European Central Bank has published its latest pricing proposal for the Target 2 Securities initiative, which sets a tariff for a delivery versus payment (DvP) instruction at 15 cents.

ECB calls for mandatory Sepa migration deadline

The European Central Bank (ECB) says self-regulation on Sepa has not achieved the expected results and is calling on legislators to now set a mandatory migration timeline.