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Amazon land a blow against PayPal and co

As I've been talking about the internet this week, it's noteworthy that Amazon have just launched two new simple payments services. Checkout by Amazon allows you to take all the payments functionality that Amazon offer –auto calculation of payment, shipping and taxes, promotion codes, customer feedback reviews – and place these on your own website. Amazon Simple Pay…

The Payment Services Directive will cost banks €6 billion

This is according to a survey performed by PSE Consulting and published on Euractiv yesterday. The Payment Services Directive (PSD) is the bit of integrating Europe’s low value payments systems that provides the legal support for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).  The only thing is that it goes a lot further in its wordings,…

The Payment Services Directive will cost banks €6 billion

This is according to a survey performed by PSE Consulting and published on Euractiv yesterday. The Payment Services Directive (PSD) is the bit of integrating Europe’s low value payments systems that provides the legal support for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).  The only thing is that it goes a lot further in its wordings,…

The Payment Services Directive will cost banks €6 billion

This is according to a survey performed by PSE Consulting and published on Euractiv yesterday. The Payment Services Directive (PSD) is the bit of integrating Europe’s low value payments systems that provides the legal support for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).  The only thing is that it goes a lot further in its wordings,…

A borderless, neutral single market for securities across Europe

The phrase “a borderless, neutral single market for securities across Europe” is one that appears regularly throughout all communications on settlements services from the European Central Bank (ECB) and European Commission.  In fact, it appeared a lot last Friday, when the ECB released two key documents: the TARGET2 for Securities (T2S) User Requirements and Collateral…

A borderless, neutral single market for securities across Europe

The phrase “a borderless, neutral single market for securities across Europe” is one that appears regularly throughout all communications on settlements services from the European Central Bank (ECB) and European Commission.  In fact, it appeared a lot last Friday, when the ECB released two key documents: the TARGET2 for Securities (T2S) User Requirements and Collateral…

What’s the solution for Clearing & Settlement?

The International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs) of Euroclear and Clearstream are very competitive with and against each other and, as mentioned yesterday, there are many other services that CSDs offer other than just settlement. The Linked Up Markets group and other activities are starting to change the landscape of these end game post-trade activities but,…

What’s the solution for Clearing & Settlement?

The International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs) of Euroclear and Clearstream are very competitive with and against each other and, as mentioned yesterday, there are many other services that CSDs offer other than just settlement. The Linked Up Markets group and other activities are starting to change the landscape of these end game post-trade activities but,…

What’s the solution for Clearing & Settlement?

The International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs) of Euroclear and Clearstream are very competitive with and against each other and, as mentioned yesterday, there are many other services that CSDs offer other than just settlement. The Linked Up Markets group and other activities are starting to change the landscape of these end game post-trade activities but,…

What’s the problem with Clearing and Settlement then?

In the context of Clearing and Settlement, we have an issue. The issue is one of transparency, access, interoperability and accounting. The European Commission, Alberto Giovannini, the Code of Conduct and the Monitoring Group have all tried to change this, but it is not changing fast enough. What’s the problem? The problem is that you…