On 7 May 2024, the Council of the EU published the European Central Bank’s opinion on the proposed Regulation on payment services in the internal market and the proposed Directive on payment services and electronic money services repealing Directives 2015/2366/EU and 2009/110/EC. A technical working document produced in connection with the ECB opinion has also
On 27 October 2023, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ) Guideline (EU) 2023/2415 of the European Central Bank of 7 September 2023 amending Guideline (EU) 2022/912 on a new-generation Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system. Guideline (EU) 2023/2415 amends Guideline (EU) 2022/912 (ECB/2022/8). The amendments:
On 16 November 2023, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs published a draft report (dated 13 November 2023) on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services and electronic money services in the Internal Market amending Directive 98/26/EC and repealing Directives 2015/2366/EU and 2009/110/EC.
On 16 November 2023, the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs published a draft report (dated 13 November 2023) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010. The rapporteur is Marek Belka MEP.
On 11 November 2023, the Council of the EU announced that it had reached a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament on the instant payments proposal, which will improve the availability of instant payment options in euro to consumers and businesses in the EU and EEA countries. The initiative comes in the context of
On 18 October 2023, the Bank for International Settlement’s Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) published an interim report to the G20 on linking faster payment systems (FPS) across borders: considerations for governance and oversight.
Interlinking arrangements among fast payment systems (FPS) are one of the most promising
On 17 October 2023, the Bank for International Settlement’s Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) published a report to the G20 on harmonised ISO 20022 data requirements for enhancing cross-border payments.
The increased adoption of ISO 20022 by payment systems around the world is a major opportunity to improve their interoperability. But
On 16 October 2023, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) published for comment a draft Q&A on supervisory boards at payment institutions and electronic money institutions (EMIs). The draft Q&A provides firms with guidance on the circumstances DNB requires a supervisory board at a payment institution or EMI.
On 18 September 2023, the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) launched a public consultation on the draft ‘Good Practices Intra-Group Relationships’ applicable to e-money institutions and payment institutions. The consultation is open until 17 November 2023.
According to DNB, intra-group financial relationships, arrangements and positions between e-money institutions and