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euro area: the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Against this background, the present paper examines the fundamental …
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model of spatial bank competition to understand better the economic foundations of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). An … economic research perspective on the mostly informal policy debates about SEPA is developed. The analysis suggests that … expectations about the positive effects of SEPA may be exaggerated as most channels for enhancing public welfare seem rather weak …
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The evolution of retail payments, stimulated by the new European regulation, by competition and innovation, leads banks …
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with the appropriate extension: SEPA, MiFID and Compliance, for instance, will respectively change the banking activity …
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the vision of the single euro payments area (SEPA) was born. The objective was to execute payments in euro as efficiently … single payment account in any Member State is sufficient to make euro payments within the EU. The first article on SEPA was … other institutions participating in payment services) will offer SEPA products, further information campaigns will stimulate …
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seraient développées dans le cadre du nouveau système européen de paiements (SEPA). Un examen attentif des expériences de …
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The authors analyze changes resulting from impacts of the globalization process and the crisis on the financial markets, particularly on the conservative insurance sector, which is forced to accelerate the dynamics of structural changes. The adequacy of the current regulatory measures for the...
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In response to the Second Micro Finance Crisis in Andhra Pradesh, which took place in October 2010, the Ministry of Finance has pro- posed a new Micro Finance Institutions (Development & Regulation) Bill. This paper undertakes a detailed analysis of the draft Bill in terms of both economic...
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Recent events in India have brought a fresh focus on the appropriate regulatory stance towards micro-finance. In this paper, we review facts and recent experience about Indian microfinance. We analyse the puzzles of financial regulation in this field from first principles, and argue that the...
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With governments around the world taking a renewed interest in effective consumer financial protection, this paper focuses on four key pillars: financial literacy, disclosure, advice, and product regulation. Although there is no one ‘silver bullet’ that will provide effective consumer...
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