December 10, 2010
EU Antitrust Enforcement in 2025: Why Wait? Full Appellate Jurisdiction,...
Damien Gerard, Dec 09, 2010 In a series of speeches delivered over the past few weeks, EU Competition Commissioner Almunia and DG COMP Director General Italianer engaged various audiences on...
December 10, 2010
Regulation Round-Up: Date Set for Fed Debit Meeting; Visa Europe/EU...
Debit card transaction fees dominated headlines Thursday around the payments world. In the United States, the Federal Reserve made the long-awaited announcement that debit card transactions would be the topic...
November 16, 2010
Transcript: Working to Make a Single Euro Payments Area a...
Click here to listen to the audio interview. DAVID S. EVANS: I’m David Evans. Today, I’m fortunate to have Gerard Hartsink, who’s the CEO of the European Payment Council. We’re...
October 18, 2010
Introduction to Canada
As the world has struggled to regain its footing in the midst of the current financial crisis, Canada’s economy seems to be recovering faster than others. Not only did its...
September 29, 2010
General Court’s AstraZeneca Judgment Set to Embolden Commission
Patrick Harrison, Kristina Nordlander, Sep 30, 2010 Five years and two weeks is a long time to wait for a judgment on appeal. For many, it is too long. However,...
September 15, 2010
The Impact of the Draft EC Horizontal Guidelines on Intellectual...
Richard Taffet, Sep 15, 2010 The European Commission’s Draft Guidelines on the Application of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to Horizontal Co-Operation Agreements...
August 06, 2010
Competition aspects of new mobile payment networks: The case of...
December 2008 Introduction This note reviews the Spanish experience with regulating the competition aspects of new mobile payment networks in the absence of formal technical standards. The saga is...
August 03, 2010
Introduction
Until two years ago, foreign banks wanted desperately to gain exposure in China, hoping to take advantage of the rise of a credit culture among the fast growing Chinese middle...
June 14, 2010
Europe’s Reform of the Regulatory Framework of Motor Vehicle Distribution
Gregory Pelecanos, Jun 14, 2010 On May 27, 2010 the Commission adopted Regulation (EU) No. 461/2010 “on the application of Article 101 (3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of...
Real-time payments in the EU are on the verge of achieving their instantaneous promise, with a new rule from the European Council requiring instant fund transfers to be available within 10 seconds. In this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores this development along with other advancements unfolding across the global real-time payments landscape.