Analysing Pan-European Payment Initiatives

Attempts at creating a pan-European payment system have been ongoing for nearly two decades. Whilst past initiatives have struggled to achieve their ambitious goals, the payments industry continues to evolve, driven by various cross-border, transformative projects. 

From mobile transactions to the digital euro, the acceleration toward digital payments shows no signs of slowing. These developments could help to unite the underlying technology and fragmented infrastructure that has acted as one of the main barriers to the harmonisation of European payments. However, solving the interoperability issue continues to remain a challenge for the sector and as past payment initiatives have demonstrated, taking a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach is not always the most effective.

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