Showing posts with label RBA - OFT - NMa - etc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RBA - OFT - NMa - etc. Show all posts
Saturday, June 22, 2019

Perspectives on Ca-Libra # 1. Getting rid of three smokescreens

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This week the world has witnessed the announcement by Facebook of Calibra , a digital currency wallet and company. The wallet holds Libra...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Interchange fees: do the FED know what they're up to...?

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I've just read the FED's speech on interchange fees . Most striking, in my view, was the conclusion that this is a complex issue. No...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Mastercard to reconsider ad valorem based fee plan in UK...

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See the website of the British Retail Consortium to read that Mastercard planned for a new approach to debit card interchange charging but ...
Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Dutch SEPA website online

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This week De Pers points to the Dutch SEPA.NL website , informing the public about SEPA. The site has got a bunch of material and backgrond...
Sunday, August 05, 2007

Yes, there is an interbank compensation mechanism (interchange fee) for POS in the Netherlands

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For some unknown reason, I noticed that quite some websurfers seem to be interested in the question whether or not an interchange fee (for P...
Thursday, August 02, 2007

Interchange complaints are just a call for lower merchant fees..?

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Here's an interesting article on the Javelin Strategy and Research site . It ends with the open remark that all the fuss about interchan...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

UK banks under fire for overdraft penalties..?

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The Dutch AD.nl has the news that there will be test case before the UK courts as to overdraft penalties. This relates to Tom Brennan's...
Sunday, July 29, 2007

Brussels agrees on roaming regulation and closes competition investigations ....

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Sometimes, the news comes in bits of pieces and only makes sense if you put the two together on a later date. Take for example the EU regula...
Sunday, July 15, 2007

Answers to MP-questions on liability shift

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While in considerable parts of the world chip and pin (and liability shift) is underway, the Dutch developments are a bit slower. Our move t...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Rabobank adapts Minitix to penetrate m-payments market

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See the news of last week on zibb.nl and Emerce , explaining that Rabobank is adapting its e-purse application Minitix (10.000 users and 10...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Retailers continue gallery play for low bank fees while overcharging consumers themselves

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Last week I noted that members of Dutch parliament (quite obviously prompted by retailer-lobby organisations) started asking questions in ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The battle for ABN AMRO continues: bid from Fortis, Santander and RBS

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While last week mr Wellink, the governor of the Dutch central bank (also bank supervisor) really annoyed the EU commission by stating that h...
Sunday, April 22, 2007

Continued retailer battle in the US via the competition authorities

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See the news-article onn National Retail Federation website. It shows how regulators call upon state legislators to do something about cred...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

Dutch Competition authority moving in on large banks lending... but does so with an completely outdatet mindset

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This week the Dutch competition authority has entered the larger banks (without notice) to demand information and archives on price setting ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

MasterCard sheds light on (low) SEPA awareness

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See this article in Banking Business review: MasterCard sheds light on SEPA awareness - Banking Business Review to find out that awareness ...
Saturday, March 31, 2007

Currence investigation update: perhaps a lovers quarrel?

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Today the financieele dagblad reports that it has somehow 'gotten hold of' a secret letter by the Dutch competition authority to Cu...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Dutch competition authority rounds up investigation of Currence

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See their press release ( in Dutch ) to discover that: * former commissioner Jorritsma and former director van der Veer of Currence had comp...
Friday, February 02, 2007

Boober.nl: Dutch peer to peer lending via Internet

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Boober.nl a peer-to-peer lending service was launched today, according to planet multimedia . Undoubtedly these guys will soon be confronte...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Polish competition authority bans interchange fees

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Interesting topic, those interchange fees. The Polish competition authority decided to fine some 20 polish banks for using it, at least for ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Dutch competition authority pleased with competiton for POS-switching but concerned/monitoring competition side-effects of evolution towards SEPA

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Today the Dutch competition authority released their financial monitor 2006 ( in Dutch ) which contained two chapters on payments. One chapt...