Press releases on Payments & markets
- 2 October 2020
- ECB intensifies its work on a digital euro EnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (22) +
- 24 July 2020
- ECB announces public consultation on the publication of compounded €STR rates
- 2 July 2020
- ECB welcomes initiative to launch new European payment solution
- 16 June 2020
- Working group on euro risk-free rates recommends voluntary compensation for legacy swaption contracts affected by the discounting transition to the €STR
- 3 April 2020
- Sweden joins ECB’s instant payments settlement platform
- 13 March 2020
- Working group on euro risk-free rates seeks feedback on Swaptions impacted by transition from EONIA to the €STR
- 27 February 2020
- Major European financial infrastructures join forces against cyber threats
- 19 February 2020
- Working group on euro risk-free rates issues recommendations to support smooth transfer of EONIA’s liquidity to €STR
- 21 January 2020
- Central bank group to assess potential cases for central bank digital currencies
- 12 November 2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates recommends fallback arrangements for users of €STR
- 6 November 2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates issues high level recommendations for fallback provisions in contracts referencing EURIBOR
- 5 November 2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates issues recommendations to address accounting impact of euro risk-free rates transition
- 17 October 2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates issues recommendations to address impact of euro risk-free rates transition on risk management
- 19 August 2019
- Private sector working group issues recommendations on the transition from EONIA to €STR for cash and derivatives products
- 26 July 2019
- As market matures central banks conclude that a formal gold agreement is no longer necessary
- 31 May 2019
- ECB provides a one-off spread between €STR and EONIA
- 15 May 2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates seeks feedback on EONIA to €STR legal action plan
- 14 March 2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates recommends transition path from EONIA to €STR and €STR-based forward-looking term structure methodology
- 14 March 2019
- ECB announces start date for euro short-term rate (€STR)
- 21 January 2019
- Private sector working group publishes “Guiding principles for fallback provisions in new contracts for euro-denominated cash products”
- 20 December 2018
- Working group on euro risk-free rates seeks market feedback on transition from EONIA to ESTER and ESTER-based term structure methodologies
- 3 December 2018
- ECB publishes the cyber resilience oversight expectations
- 30 November 2018
- ECB goes live with pan-European instant payments
- 26 September 2018
- ECB report shows a fall in card fraud in 2016
- 13 September 2018
- Private sector working group on euro risk-free rates recommends ESTER as euro risk-free rate
- 28 June 2018
- ECB announces methodology for calculating Euro Short-Term Rate (ESTER)
- 21 June 2018
- Working group on euro risk-free rates launches consultation on potential successors to EONIA
- 8 May 2018
- ECB supports global strategy to improve security in wholesale payments
- 2 May 2018
- ECB publishes European framework for testing financial sector resilience to cyber attacks
- 15 March 2018
- ECB launches a second consultation on a new euro unsecured overnight interest rate
- 14 December 2017
- Changes to collateral eligibility criteria for unsecured bank bonds
- 7 December 2017
- ECB approves major projects in field of large-value payments and collateral management
- 29 November 2017
- Call for expressions of interest to participate in the Working Group on Euro Risk-Free Rates
- 28 November 2017
- ECB consults on a new euro unsecured overnight interest rate
- 21 September 2017
- Joint press release FSMA, ESMA, ECB and EC: New working group on a risk-free reference rate for the euro area
- 19 September 2017
- Final migration wave of T2S successfully completed
- 26 July 2017
- ECB details approach to implement Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct
- 23 June 2017
- ECB recommends amending Article 22 of its StatuteEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (22) +
- 22 June 2017
- ECB to develop a service for the settlement of instant payments
- 25 May 2017
- ESCB central banks welcome the publication of Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct
- 19 January 2017
- ECB provides further details on APP purchases of assets with yields below the deposit facility rate
- 30 November 2016
- Foundation laid for pan-European instant payment solutions
- 27 November 2015
- Instant payments across Europe by November 2017
- 22 June 2015
- TARGET2-Securities successfully launched today
- 1 June 2015
- TARGET2 turnover stable in 2014, according to annual report
- 29 March 2015
- European Central Bank and Bank of England announce measures to enhance financial stability in relation to centrally cleared markets in the EU
- 4 March 2015
- ECB takes note of General Court judgment on location policy for CCPs
- 9 December 2014
- ERPB to address instant payments in euro and remaining SEPA issues
- 20 October 2014
- ECB and EBA step up cooperation to make retail payments safer
- 21 August 2014
- ECB identifies systemically important payments systems
- 1 August 2014
- Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) reaches major milestone for retail paymentsEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (22) +
- 22 May 2014
- Annual report shows TARGET2 processed a greater total volume of payments in 2013
- 25 February 2014
- New report on card fraud shows online fraud increased in 2012
- 10 February 2014
- ECB supports new European directive for electronic payments
- 4 February 2014
- New ECB guide will help assess security of internet payments
- 20 January 2014
- New statistics show SEPA migration gathers pace in December
- 9 January 2014
- Statement of the Eurosystem on SEPA Migration End Date
- 19 December 2013
- New Euro Retail Payments Board will reinforce market governance
- 20 November 2013
- ECB launches public consultation on Recommendations for the security of mobile payments
- 24 October 2013
- ECB publishes second SEPA migration report
- 27 September 2013
- ECB establishes new framework for assessment of securities settlement systems and links
- 9 September 2013
- ECB modifies loan-level reporting requirements for some asset-backed securities
- 16 July 2013
- ECB report shows fall in card fraud
- 15 July 2013
- ECB publishes study comparing collateral eligibility requirements
- 7 June 2013
- ECB consults on draft regulation on oversight requirements for systemically important payment systems
- 24 May 2013
- TARGET 2012 Annual Report shows increase in volume and value of payments processed
- 30 April 2013
- New ECB survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets
- 8 April 2013
- ECB publishes survey on correspondent banking in euro
- 22 March 2013
- ECB announces changes to the use as collateral of certain uncovered government-guaranteed bank bonds
- 21 March 2013
- ECB publishes first SEPA Migration Report and warns against risks of late migration
- 31 January 2013
- ECB releases final Recommendations for the security of internet payments and starts public consultation on payment account access services
- 29 November 2012
- Oversight expectations for links between retail payment systems
- 1 October 2012
- New ECB report examines the costs of making payments in the European Union
- 25 July 2012
- First ECB report on card fraud shows chips have increased the security of physical transactions
- 19 July 2012
- ECB Governing Council appoints members of the new T2S Board
- 3 July 2012
- Fourteen additional Central Securities Depositories sign the T2S Framework Agreement
- 15 June 2012
- Eurosystem collateral management services and systems
- 31 May 2012
- ECB publishes TARGET Annual Report 2011: the system functioned smoothly and registered a higher turnover
- 8 May 2012
- Eurosystem signs T2S Framework Agreement with first Central Securities Depositories
- 20 April 2012
- Consultation announcement: Recommendations for the security of internet payments
- 19 April 2012
- ECB publishes the Eurosystem Oversight Report 2011
- 5 April 2012
- Assessment of a new direct link between securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 23 March 2012
- Consultation announcement - Oversight expectations for links between retail payment systems
- 1 December 2011
- Assessment of new direct and relayed links between securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 22 July 2011
- ECB's Governing Council sets deadline for finalisation of the T2S Framework Agreement with CSDs
- 19 May 2011
- ECB publishes TARGET Annual Report 2010: the system functioned smoothly and registered a higher turnover
- 13 May 2011
- ECB and OeNB call for a faster implementation of the Single Euro Payments Area
- 29 April 2011
- ECB introduces loan-by-loan information requirements for CMBSs and SME transactions
- 31 March 2011
- ECB announces the suspension of the rating threshold for debt instruments of the Irish government
- 16 March 2011
- ECB encourages comments on CPSS-IOSCO consultation on principles for financial market infrastructures
- 19 November 2010
- ECB Governing Council decides on TARGET2-Securities pricing policy
- 22 October 2010
- ECB publishes 7th SEPA Progress Report: Migration continues but requires realistic but ambitious regulatory end dates
- 13 October 2010
- Eurosystem publishes oversight frameworks for credit transfer and direct debit schemes
- 16 September 2010
- Governing Council appoints members to the T2S Programme Board
- 13 September 2010
- Statistics on payments - Data for 2009
- 8 September 2010
- ECB report shows high standards for business continuity arrangements of payment systems
- 6 September 2010
- ECB publishes book on the payment system and the role of the Eurosystem in this field
- 7 June 2010
- SEPA Council meets for the first time, discusses migration end dates and future of SEPA for cards
- 10 May 2010
- ECB decides on measures to address severe tensions in financial markets
- 23 April 2010
- Eurosystem launches preparatory work on the establishment of loan-level information requirements for ABSs in its collateral framework
- 19 April 2010
- ECB publishes report on the lessons learned from the financial crisis with regard to the functioning of European financial market infrastructures
- 23 December 2009
- ECB launches consultation on loan-by-loan information for asset-backed securities
- 1 December 2009
- ECB publishes glossary of payment, clearing and settlement terms
- 20 November 2009
- ECB amends rating requirements for asset-backed securities in Eurosystem credit operations
- 12 November 2009
- Publication of the Eurosystem Oversight Report
- 11 September 2009
- Statistics on payments and securities trading, clearing and settlement - data for 2008
- 14 August 2009
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems and their links
- 10 August 2009
- Eurosystem consults on draft oversight frameworks for credit transfer and direct debit schemes
- 22 July 2009
- New relayed link and underlying direct link approved
- 16 July 2009
- Eurosystem signs Memorandum of Understanding on T2S with 27 central securities depositories
- 23 June 2009
- ESCB and CESR issue recommendations to increase safety and soundness of the post-trading infrastructure
- 15 May 2009
- Publication of the TARGET2 Oversight Assessment Report
- 15 May 2009
- Publication of the TARGET Annual Report 2008
- 23 April 2009
- Governing Council appoints members of the T2S Programme Board
- 2 April 2009
- Governing Council sets up T2S Programme Board
- 31 March 2009
- ESCB and CESR consult on draft recommendations for central counterparties as amended for OTC derivatives
- 27 March 2009
- The expectations of the Eurosystem as regards the future of SEPA
- 24 March 2009
- Commission and ECB provide further clarification to ensure timely launch of SEPA direct debit scheme
- 20 February 2009
- Publication of the Eurosystem oversight policy framework
- 19 December 2008
- Update of the list of eligible securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 26 November 2008
- Statistics on payments and securities trading, clearing and settlement- data for 2007 -
- 24 November 2008
- SEPA: Significant progress made but concerns need to be addressed without delay (Sixth SEPA progress report)
- 23 October 2008
- ESCB and CESR consult on recommendations for securities clearing and settlement systems and central counterparties in the European Union
- 22 October 2008
- Evolution of the custody arrangement for international debt securities and their eligibility in Eurosystem credit operations
- 17 October 2008
- Relayed link between Clearstream Banking Frankfurt via Clearstream Banking Luxembourg to Euroclear France approved
- 30 September 2008
- Announcement of a consultation: glossary of terms related to payment, clearing and settlement systems
- 4 September 2008
- Payments: Commission and ECB support launch of pan-European SEPA Direct Debit; provide guidance to industry
- 17 July 2008
- Launch of the CCBM2 project
- 17 July 2008
- Launch of the TARGET2-Securities project
- 11 July 2008
- Publication of the ECB Payment Systems and Market Infrastructure Oversight Report 2007
- 23 May 2008
- CSDs invited to join the TARGET2-Securities initiative
- 19 May 2008
- Final migration group connects to TARGET2
- 9 May 2008
- TARGET2: Confirmation of go-live date for migration group 3
- 29 April 2008
- Publication of the report on financial integration in Europe - April 2008
- 28 April 2008
- Publication of the TARGET Annual Report 2007
- 26 February 2008
- Launch of a public consultation on the CCBM2 User Requirements
- 18 February 2008
- Second migration group connects to TARGET2
- 8 February 2008
- TARGET2: confirmation of the go-live date for migration group 2
- 28 January 2008
- Joint statement by the European Commission and the European Central Bank welcoming the formal launch of SEPA payment instruments by EU banksEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (21) +
- 21 January 2008
- SEPA goes live - official launch of the single euro payments area
- 11 January 2008
- Oversight Framework for Card Payment Schemes - Standards
- 28 December 2007
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 18 December 2007
- Launch of a public consultation on TARGET2-Securities
- 19 November 2007
- TARGET2 successfully launched
- 16 November 2007
- Statistics on payments and securities trading, clearing and settlement - data for 2006 -
- 12 November 2007
- Oversight of payment systems: the Eurosystem's common methodology
- 9 November 2007
- TARGET2: Confirmation of the go-live date for migration group 1
- 29 October 2007
- Fifth Progress Report on TARGET2
- 26 October 2007
- Progress report on TARGET2-Securities
- 14 August 2007
- Publication of the fourth edition of the “Blue Book”
- 1 August 2007
- Adherence of the central banks of the new Member States, Bulgaria and Romania, to the Memorandum of Understanding on high-level principles of co-operation in crisis management situations and the memorandum of understanding on cooperation between payment systems overseers and banking supervisors
- 31 July 2007
- Assessment of relayed links between securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 31 July 2007
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 20 July 2007
- “SEPA: from concept to reality” (fifth progress report)
- 22 June 2007
- Fourth Progress Report on TARGET2
- 25 May 2007
- Amendment to the criteria for assets eligible as collateral for eurosystem credit operationsEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (21) +
- 25 May 2007
- Amendment to the calendar for the phasing-out of marketable tier two assets eligible as collateral for eurosystem credit operationsEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (21) +
- 14 May 2007
- Consultation announcement - Oversight of Payments Infrastructures: Eurosystem common methodology for the assessment of euro systemically and prominently important payment systems against the Core Principles
- 3 May 2007
- Consultation announcement: oversight framework for card payment schemes
- 26 April 2007
- TARGET2-Securities and the CCBM2 - Launch of a Public Consultation
- 24 April 2007
- Payment Services DirectiveEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (21) +
- 8 March 2007
- TARGET2-Securities
- 15 February 2007
- Remarks by the European Central Bank on a resolution passed by the European Parliament relating to the operations of SWIFT
- 1 February 2007
- Remarks by the European Central Bank on the oversight of SWIFT
- 29 December 2006
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 22 December 2006
- Publication of the “Blue Book” statistical addendum incorporating 2005 data
- 21 November 2006
- 3rd High-level Seminar of Central Banks in the East Asia-Pacific Regions and the Euro Area
- 20 November 2006
- Third progress report on TARGET2
- 9 November 2006
- Update of the assessment of links between securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 20 October 2006
- TARGET2-Securities
- 20 October 2006
- Assessment of the Slovenian securities settlement system
- 20 October 2006
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems
- 21 July 2006
- Communication on TARGET2
- 7 July 2006
- The Eurosystem is evaluating opportunities to provide settlement services for securities transactions
- 13 June 2006
- Assessment of the new global note arrangement for international debt securities
- 9 June 2006
- Business continuity oversight expectations for systemically important payment systems (SIPS)
- 19 May 2006
- Publication of the Target Annual Report 2005
- 4 May 2006
- Single Euro Payments AreaEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (19) +
- 21 October 2005
- Second progress report on TARGET2
- 2 August 2005
- Blue Book entitled “Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union”
- 28 June 2005
- Update of the assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 25 May 2005
- Publication of the TARGET Annual Report 2004
- 28 February 2005
- Blue Book entitled “Payment and securities settlement systems in the accession countries” - Addendum incorporating 2003 figures
- 8 February 2005
- TARGET2 Progress ReportEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (19) +
- 31 January 2005
- Publication of a report on Banking structures in the new EU Member States
- 14 January 2005
- New procedures for the transfer of securities used as collateral for Eurosystem credit operations
- 5 January 2005
- The European Central Bank invites the market to participate in the SWIFT public consultation on removing technical barriers to market integration
- 2 December 2004
- Towards a Single Euro Payments Area - third progress report
- 26 October 2004
- Public comments announcement ‘E-payments without frontiers' - issues paper
- 22 October 2004
- Approval of the report entitled 'Standards for securities clearing and settlement in the European Union' by the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR)
- 29 July 2004
- Communication on clearing and settlement - the Eurosystem's response
- 12 May 2004
- Publication of the TARGET Annual Report 2003
- 10 May 2004
- Review of the Eurosystem's Collateral Framework: First step towards a Single List
- 26 April 2004
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems
- 15 April 2004
- Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union and in the accession countries - addenda incorporating 2002 figures
- 8 March 2004
- Joint Statement on Gold
- 28 January 2004
- Assessment of accession countries' securities settlement systems against the standards for the use of EU securities settlement systems in Eurosystem credit operationsEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (19) +
- 17 December 2003
- Enhancements to the correspondent central banking model (CCBM)
- 3 September 2003
- Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union - Addendum incorporating 2001 figures
- 9 July 2003
- Information Guide for credit institutions using TARGET
- 26 June 2003
- Oversight standards for euro retail payment systems
- 26 June 2003
- Towards a single euro payments area - progress report
- 23 May 2003
- Electronic Money System Security Objectives (EMSSO) report
- 30 April 2003
- Transfer of the electronic Payment Systems Observatory from the European Commission to the European Central Bank
- 14 April 2003
- TARGET Annual Report 2002
- 24 October 2002
- The long-term evolution of TARGET
- 16 September 2002
- "E-payments in Europe": conference and public consultation
- 30 August 2002
- Publication of the second edition of the accession country Blue Book
- 29 August 2002
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems
- 31 July 2002
- Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union - Addendum incorporating 2000 figures
- 25 April 2002
- TARGET Annual Report 2001
- 28 February 2002
- Derogation for Greece from the long-term calendar for TARGET closing days
- 22 November 2001
- Towards an integrated infrastructure for credit transfers in euro
- 25 October 2001
- Joint work between the CESR and the ECB on securities clearing and settlement systems
- 27 September 2001
- The Eurosystem's policy line with regard to consolidation in central counterparty clearing
- 4 July 2001
- Update on the assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 29 June 2001
- Publication of the third edition of the "Blue Book"
- 15 May 2001
- TARGET Annual Report
- 2 April 2001
- Memorandum of understanding on cooperation between payment systems overseers and banking supervisors in stage three of economic and monetary union
- 21 February 2001
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems
- 28 December 2000
- CBISSO (Ireland), CAT (Italy) and LDT (Italy) withdrawn from the list of securities settlement systems eligible for Eurosystem credit operations
- 18 December 2000
- Information guide for credit institutions using TARGET
- 14 December 2000
- Long-term calendar for TARGET closing days
- 18 October 2000
- Updated assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 14 September 2000
- Improving cross-border retail payment services - Progress report
- 21 June 2000
- Statement on the role of the Eurosystem in the field of payment systems oversight
- 25 May 2000
- TARGET closing days in 2001
- 10 May 2000
- Updated assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 29 February 2000
- Blue book addendum - 1998
- 3 February 2000
- Updated assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 16 November 1999
- Cross-border payments in TARGET: A users' survey
- 7 October 1999
- Updated assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 27 September 1999
- Demonstration of TARGET year 2000 compliance
- 13 September 1999
- Improving cross-border retail payment services in the euro area - the Eurosystem's view
- 13 September 1999
- New fee structure for the correspondent central banking model (CCBM)
- 31 August 1999
- Publication of the Blue book on EU accession countries
- 15 July 1999
- TARGET closing days in 2000
- 28 May 1999
- Assessment of links between securities settlement systems and updating assessment of securities settlement systems
- 21 April 1999
- The Correspondent Central Banking Model
- 31 March 1999
- Year 2000 - Closing of TARGET on 31 December 1999
- 11 February 1999
- Payment systems in the European Union: Addendum incorporating 1997 figures
- 11 January 1999
- TARGET: temporary extended service window
- 4 January 1999
- Successful launch of TARGET
- 17 December 1998
- TARGET testing completed
- 1 December 1998
- The correspondent central banking model
- 12 November 1998
- Third progress report on the TARGET project
- 3 November 1998
- Policy statement on euro payment and settlement systems located outside the euro area
- 29 September 1998
- Assessment of EU securities settlement systems against the standards for their use in ESCB credit operations
- 3 September 1998
- Calendar of TARGET operating days for 1999
- 31 August 1998
- Report on electronic money
- 8 July 1998
- Conditions for the participation of non-euro area EU national central banks and credit institutions in TARGET
- 1 July 1998
- Release of the TARGET general information brochure and of the TARGET service level document
- 10 June 1998
- TARGET price structure
- 4 June 1998
- Statement by the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB)on the distribution of responsibilities among its members for the businessareas of the ECB