With the European institutions shut in August, the summer saw few developments on payments policy. Since the September rentrée, there have been a number of appointments in the Parliament on the last key payments files of this Commission’s term. At the same time, various industry stakeholders have now published their positions on the Payment Services legislative package. Prior to the summer break, the Parliament and Council adopted their preliminary negotiating positions for the Cyber Resilience Act. Meanwhile, the digital euro file progresses. The Spanish Presidency of the Council…

The 28th June was a significant day for payments services regulation in the EU. As the Commission races against the clock to publish new legislative proposals to be adopted before the European elections next year, two major packages on Financial data access and payments and on the Single Currency, providing a framework for a Digital euro, were published. On the same day, the Parliament finalised its position on the Instant Payments Regulation, opening the way for final negotiations with the Council. Meanwhile, the European Payments Initiative has reframed…

Ryktet om kontanternas ”död” är en överdrift. Men det är inte utan orsak som både handlare och konsumenter föredrar kortbetalningar. Därför har Betalningsutredningen rätt i att statens roll i första hand bör vara att hjälpa fler att komma in i den digitala betalningsmarknaden, inte att göra det lättare att hålla fast vid ett dyrare och mer opraktiskt betalningssätt. Betalningsutredningen har presenterat sitt slutbetänkande, en gedigen rapport på 891 sidor, med titeln Staten och betalningarna (SOU 2023:16). Läs nyhetsbrevet här:  Card Payment Swedens nyhetsbrev april 2023

NEW REPORT RECOMMENDS CHANGES TO PSD2 Valdani, Vicari & Associati (VVA) and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) published a study on the impact of the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The report will serve as a reference point for the European Commission as it drafts its upcoming changes to the directive, expected to be published on 28 June. The report is advisory and non-binding. The authors find future developments in the market, such as the possible adoption of the digital euro or the uptake of crypto…

POSITION PAPER (UPDATED): Card Payment Sweden Statement on the Proposal for an EU Regulation as regards instant credit transfers in euro 2022/0341(COD) Read as PDF CPS acknowledges the European Commission proposal for a regulation on instant payments in euros published on 26 October 2022. The uptake of instant payments could enable more competition in the area of payments for consumers and merchants where today established payment solutions exist for certain transactions like payments for online or physical shopping and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. For consumers in particular, the choice…

Fri konkurrens och konsumentskydd bör prioriteras – även på betalningsområdet Nu inleds det svenska EU-ordförandeskapet. Möjligheterna att som ordförandeland påverka olika beslutsprocesser ska inte överdrivas, men löftena i programförklaringen om att Sverige ska kämpa för fri konkurrens och konsumentskydd får för den skull inte glömmas bort. Dessa principer bör vara vägledande även inom betalningsområdet. I den svenska programförklaringen inför ordförandeskapet lyfts ”resiliens – konkurrenskraft” fram som en viktig prioritering. Med ”resiliens” avses den långsiktiga förmågan hos ett system att hantera förändringar och fortsätta utvecklas. ”EU måste fortsätta att…

POSITION PAPER: Card Payment Sweden Statement on the Proposal for an EU Regulation on Cyber Resilience Act – (horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020) Read the statement as PDF   CPS acknowledges the European Commission proposal for a regulation on Cybersecurity requirements  for products with digital elements published on 15 September 2022. While CPS supports the Commission’s efforts to enhance cyber security and target vulnerabilities, we strongly believe the requirements should be better aligned with global established security standards and processes…

POSITION PAPER: Card Payment Sweden Statement on the Proposal for an EU Regulation as regards instant credit transfers in euro 2022/0341(COD) Read the statement as PDF   CPS acknowledges the European Commission proposal for a regulation on instant payments in euros published on 26 October 2022. The uptake of instant payments could enable more competition in the area of payments for consumers and merchants where today established payment solutions exist for certain transactions like payments for online or physical shopping and peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. For consumers in particular,…

PNA Card Service AB (PNA) is looking for a Vice President. In this role you will be expected to support our members, achieving the benefit from the above-mentioned bullet points – within a wide range of cards related activities within security, standardization, scheme rules, regulations, and public relation activities. You must understand the scheme rules from the major card schemes as your direct responsibility will be to administrate and support a pan-nordic committee related to card payment-based activities. You will also be supporting our two domestic card payment…

Vi får aldrig glömma bort den idé som Europasamarbetet vilar på, att fri rörlighet och utbyte mellan länder skapar förutsättningar för fred och ekonomisk utveckling. Även möjligheterna att använda olika betalningsformer har betydelse för att förverkliga visionen om ett fredligt och blomstrande Europa. Det märks kanske nu mer än någonsin. Betalningsmöjligheter ger frihet Också när det gäller betalningsfrågor präglas nyhetsflödet av Rysslands anfallskrig mot Ukraina. EU har infört kännbara ekonomiska sanktioner mot Ryssland och mot individer med kopplingar till Putin-regimen. Ett antal ryska och belarusiska banker har blivit…