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Are Libor spreads near the new normal?

A decline in interbank spreads shows confidence is returning. But, the margins at which spreads settle are likely to reveal much about how the crisis has changed the face of finance for years to come, Claire Jones, the editor of CentralBanking.com, says.

France explains Sepa delay

The French National Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) Committee has justified its decision to delay the implementation of Sepa Direct Debit until November 2010, a year after the first available start date.

France bails on Sepa Direct Debit

The French National Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) Committee, set up and chaired by the Banque de France and the French Banking Federation, has opted to delay the implementation of Sepa direct debit by a year to November 2010.

Sepa project must be extended

The scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) project must be extended to include standardisation in the field of value-added services, such as e-invoicing, a new paper from the National Bank of Denmark states.

ECB issues Sepa "expectations"

The European Central Bank (ECB) published a list of expectations on Friday for how it would like to see stakeholders act to implement the Single Euro Payments Area or Sepa, amid concerns that the initiative will be swept aside by the financial crisis.

European banks to drop interchange fees by 2012

The European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) have told European banks to get rid of interchange fees on direct debit transactions by 31 October 2012 under EU antitrust rules.

Ex-Buba's Pohl sees euro threat

Karl Otto Pohl, a former president of the Bundesbank, has said that he believes countries are considering quitting the eurozone and that German politicians are concerned that they will end up shelling out for any member's debt defaults.

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