Events
[ London, UK : 31.01.2012 ]
STET joins the Financial Services Club to discuss SEPA matters
José M Beltrán, STET's Director of SEPA Development, will join the Financial Services Club gathered at The City IOD to debate SEPA issues.
"Is SEPA happening and does it matter?"
Tuesday 31st January 2012 from 18.00 until 20.45
The City IOD, New Broad Street House, 35 New Broad Street, London, EC2M 1NH
Chris Skinner, Chairman of The Financial services Club, will chair the Discussion.
Background: Started in 2002, in response to the Lisbon Agenda and Regulations on fees for cross-border cash withdrawals, the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) has been in the planning for a long time. In fact, it has been discussed for so long by so many that, for a lot of people, it’s become as dull as dishwater. This view may be wrong though as, after seven years of gestation, SEPA Direct Debits (SDDs) were finally born in November 2009 and the Payment Services Directive (PSD), which legally supports SDDs, was transposed and implemented in most European countries. So all is good is it not? Or maybe it is not as discovered in the annual European Payments survey of the Financial Services Club. What is the truth? Is SEPA here? Even if it is, does it actually matter? To find out the truth, the Financial Services Club has gathered some of Europe’s most preeminent commentators and activists in the SEPA discussion to provide insight and understanding.