Latest EBAday News: Finextra Research

Sepa-related payment data errors to cost European firms billions - Experian

As Europe nears the Sepa migration deadline, the continent's businesses risk losing billions of euros thanks to simple payment errors, according to a report from Experian.

04 October 2012

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Irish bank community selects Sentenial to run Sepa conversion service

Sepa specialist Sentenial has won a deal with the Irish banking community to provide a BIC and Iban conversion service for corporate customers.

27 September 2012

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Live: EBAday 2012, day two

Payments professionals from banks across Europe are gathering in Edinburgh this week for EBAday, hosted by the Euro Banking Association and Finextra. We're liveblogging events here.

16 May 2012

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EBA Clearing sends first test transactions for pan-European e-payment scheme MyBank

EBA Clearing has performed the first test transaction between two banks of the MyBank online payment scheme at the annual EBAday event in Edinburgh.

15 May 2012

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Banks see corporates as key to Sepa success

With a deadline for Sepa migration finally confirmed, Europe's banks are now scrambling to develop systems and services that will attract the all-important corporate customers, according to a survey from Finextra and Clear2Pay on the eve of EBAday.

14 May 2012

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Record turn-out expected at EBAday 2012

The Euro Banking Association and Finextra are preparing for a record turn-out at EBAday 2012, Europe's pre-eminent annual payments event, with a sold-out exhibition floor and conference agenda featuring more than 50 of Europe's leading banks, market operators and industry utilities.

04 May 2012

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HSBC selects Dovetail for Sepa processing

HSBC has selected technology from Dovetail for its European volume payments system as it prepares for the upcoming Sepa migration deadline.

01 March 2012

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Edinburgh to host EBAday 2012

Registration has opened for EBAday 2012, the pre-eminent annual event for the European payments industry, which will run for two full days from 15-16 May at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Scotland.

24 February 2012

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EBAday 2011: the Sepa journey nears its end

An upbeat EBAday conference in Madrid this week saw hundreds of payments professionals from banks across Europe finally prepare to put the Sepa saga to bed and look forward to new opportunities and challenges.

16 June 2011

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EBA Clearing makes online shopping play with pan-European e-payments initiative

EBA Clearing has outlined plans to launch a pan-European electronic payments service for online shopping, enabling buyers and sellers to complete transactions through their e-banking portals.

15 June 2011

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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.

15 June 2011

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Fundtech confirms takeover talks

Payments technology outfit Fundtech has said that it is in talks with a potential suitor over a possible acquisition of the company.

15 June 2011

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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).

13 May 2011

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EPC sets out Sepa mobile payments guidelines

Banking representative body the European Payments Council (EPC) has released a set of guidelines for mobile contactless transactions in the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa).

05 May 2011

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EPC warns Brussels to keep its nose out of payments business

The European Payments Council has warned the European Commission not to abuse its executive powers and take on a standards-setting role in the push to create a Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa), arguing that banks must retain their primacy in the development of payment systems.

14 March 2011

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European payments industry to convene in Madrid

Registration has opened for EBAday, the pre-eminent annual event for the European payments industry, which this year will run for two full days from 15-16 June at the North Convention and Congress Centre, Madrid.

11 March 2011

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Southern Africa plans Sepa-style payments harmonisation

A project run by central banks of the 15-member Southern African Development Community aims to complete a pilot project harmonising the payment infrastructures of the four Rand Monetary Area countries within two years.

26 October 2010

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Spanish processors Sermepa and Redes propose merger

Spanish card payments network processing operators Sermepa and Redes y Procesos have agreed a merger deal designed to pool resources and compete in a Sepa-based European market.

30 June 2010

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Sepa migration deadlines: dates floated but no decision

With Sepa-compliant transaction volumes still weak, Harcus Cooper of Barclays is forecasting the introduction of phased end-dates for mandatory conversion to the new EU-wide payment instruments, with credit transfers expected to get the nod in 2013 and direct debits by 2015.

10 June 2010

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Sepa Council established to kickstart EU payments convergence

The European Commission and European Central bank have hosted the first meeting of the Sepa Council, a new body created to guide the future development of the Single Euro Payments Area project.

07 June 2010