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Payments
Payments: steady, safe, sovereign
The emergence of EU-wide cross-border instant payment solutions
European policymakers are particularly keen on ensuring that future developments in the field of instant payments lead to the emergence of EU-wide cross-border instant payment solution(s) in euros, due to fears that foreign governments could hold leverage over the EU if global companies from non-European countries, as service providers with global market power, will not necessarily act in the best interest of European stakeholders.
Payment Accounts Directive
It is very easy for consumers to change accounts due to the account switching services, especially since the implementation of the Payment Account Directive 2014/92, which specifies the requirements for account switching services within the European Union.
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Call to EBA for equal treatment of actors when accessing consumer payment accounts
The European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the public consultation from the European Banking Authority (EBA) on the amendment of its Regulatory…
ESBG response to consultation on Pillar 3 disclosure of IRRBB
ESBG proposes to further delay the disclosure of the net interest income (NII) risk measures until the EBA requirements for these NII risk measures are specified.
ECB and ESBG committed to a successful Digital Euro
BRUSSELS, 15 July 2021 – ESBG welcomes the decision of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) to launch the investigation phase of the digital euro project as announced by the…
ESBG analyses digital euro’s main challenges
BRUSSELS, 6 July 2021 – Since the publication of the report on a digital euro in October 2020, ESBG and its members have been following closely and with great interest the developments made by the…
ESBG’s Head of Payments appointed as member of EU Commission Expert Group
BRUSSELS, 1 June 2021 - The European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG)’s Head of Payments and Innovation, Diederik Bruggink, 52, has been appointed as member of the European Commission’s…
Remittances
During the next five years, US$1 trillion in worker remittances will flow to rural areas, dwarfing official development aid by a 4-to-1 ratio – and rural areas only represent half of worldwide…
