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SARB investigated stress testing: Mboweni
South African Reserve Bank’s Tito Mboweni says the central bank looked closely on stress-testing methods used by banks and the central bank
Palestine launches hybrid payments system
Palestine Monetary Authority’s new interbank payments system described as development towards statehood
Danes set to avoid euro vote – report
Report says Copenhagen will not hold euro referendum on waning support for single currency
Harmonised card schemes crucial for Sepa success: Tumpel-Gugerell
European Central Bank's Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell says more card schemes needed to foster competition
First consultations held on currency for East Africa
Bank of Tanzania hosts first meetings on plans for East African Monetary Union
Card payments continue to soar
Latest World Payments Report sees non-cash payments growing to 250 billion
Banks agree to expand central clearing for derivatives
Fifteen banks commit to more central clearing for certain derivatives in bid to fix industry’s tarnished reputation
Payments between healthy and unhealthy banks
Bank of England research investigates how settlement banks in CHAPS, the UK's large-value payment system, deal with operational risk
Bernanke victim of identity fraud
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s bank account hit by fraudsters after his wife’s purse is nabbed
RBA upholds interchange fee freeze
Reserve Bank of Australia keeps interchange fees regulate, saying industry has not sufficient progressed in increasing the competition
Clearing and settlement not keeping up: SNB’s Hildebrand
Swiss National Bank’s Philipp Hildebrand says system must develop apace to reflect innovation
Bank of Canada - Summer Review
Bank of Canada publishes the latest issue of its economic review
India moves to cut out counterfeiting
Reserve Bank of India proposes raft of measures to stamp out fake banknotes
Dubai to set up new Middle East payments system
Dubai enacts law to enable the establishment of real-time payments system for the Middle East and North Africa
ECB consults on payment scheme oversight
Eurosystem publishes draft standards for assessing direct debit and credit transfer schemes
New ECB payments head to chair eurosystem committee
Daniela Russo to head Payment and Settlement Systems Committee as well as ECB department
Nigeria to support electronic payments: Sanusi
Central Bank of Nigeria’s Lamido Sanusi on reforming the national payment system
Basel-based CPSS broadens membership
Central banks of Australia, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and South Korea to join the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS)
Payments end-users bemoan lack of Sepa dialogue
Payment Systems End User Committee (EUC) labels consultation on the Single Euro Payments Area insufficient
Yam on payment links beyond Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s leading central banker on extending the reach of the territory’s financial infrastructure
Eurosystem signs T2S MoU with settlement providers
Central banks and central securities depositories commit to work on T2S
Forged euro notes surge by 17%
Counterfeit banknotes seized in first half of this year have face value of €19.3m
Buba’s Fabritius questions Berlin’s commitment to Sepa
Bundesbank’s Hans Fabritius queries Berlin’s commitment to Single Euro Payments Area
Foreign demand for euro banknotes on the rise
European Central Bank shows that 2008 saw a strong increase in the demand for euro-cash outside the euro area