German Central Bank payment transaction statistics: Can you solve these riddles?
Do you prefer paragraphs or numbers? Both can lead to pretty contradictory results. This is a good thing…
PayTechTalk 58 – Deposit business | PayTechLaw advent calendar #12
Payment institutions and e-money institutions collect funds from their customers and hold these funds – sometimes for longer…
Payment cards | PayTechLaw advent calendar #9
In terms of the number of transactions, payment cards are by far the most widely used non-cash payment…
EPI: The destination is clear but now how we get there (part 2)
Update on the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and the EU Retail Payments Strategy (RPS) In the first part…
The EPI: The destination is clear but not how we get there (part 1)
New information on the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and the EU’s Retail Payments Strategy (RPS) On 2 July,…
Interchange Fee Regulation: a stimulus package for acquirers?
EU Regulation 2015/751 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions – more commonly known as the Interchange Fee…
Corona vouchers
Would you prefer a Corona bond or a Corona voucher? If you ask me, I would prefer the…
PEPS-I: Monnet 2.0 or SCT Inst?
Since mid-2019, around 20 banks from 9 eurozone countries have been discussing behind closed doors a concept for…
The trials and tribulations of the ECB payment statistics
Before I begin, I’d just like to set the scene by establishing a few things: Just as lawyers…
Interchange Fee Regulation: Good things come to those who wait?
PayTechLaw already had a look at the Interchange Fee Regulation last year. Back then, I looked into queer…