Press releases on Payments & markets
- 13/03/2020
- Working group on euro risk-free rates seeks feedback on Swaptions impacted by transition from EONIA to the €STR
- 27/02/2020
- Major European financial infrastructures join forces against cyber threats
- 19/02/2020
- Working group on euro risk-free rates issues recommendations to support smooth transfer of EONIA’s liquidity to €STR
- 21/01/2020
- Central bank group to assess potential cases for central bank digital currencies
- 12/11/2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates recommends fallback arrangements for users of €STR
- 06/11/2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates issues high level recommendations for fallback provisions in contracts referencing EURIBOR
- 05/11/2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates issues recommendations to address accounting impact of euro risk-free rates transition
- 17/10/2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates issues recommendations to address impact of euro risk-free rates transition on risk management
- 19/08/2019
- Private sector working group issues recommendations on the transition from EONIA to €STR for cash and derivatives products
- 26/07/2019
- As market matures central banks conclude that a formal gold agreement is no longer necessary
- 31/05/2019
- ECB provides a one-off spread between €STR and EONIA
- 15/05/2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates seeks feedback on EONIA to €STR legal action plan
- 14/03/2019
- Working group on euro risk-free rates recommends transition path from EONIA to €STR and €STR-based forward-looking term structure methodology
- 14/03/2019
- ECB announces start date for euro short-term rate (€STR)
- 21/01/2019
- Private sector working group publishes “Guiding principles for fallback provisions in new contracts for euro-denominated cash products”
- 20/12/2018
- Working group on euro risk-free rates seeks market feedback on transition from EONIA to ESTER and ESTER-based term structure methodologies
- 03/12/2018
- ECB publishes the cyber resilience oversight expectations
- 30/11/2018
- ECB goes live with pan-European instant payments
- 26/09/2018
- ECB report shows a fall in card fraud in 2016
- 13/09/2018
- Private sector working group on euro risk-free rates recommends ESTER as euro risk-free rate
- 28/06/2018
- ECB announces methodology for calculating Euro Short-Term Rate (ESTER)
- 21/06/2018
- Working group on euro risk-free rates launches consultation on potential successors to EONIA
- 08/05/2018
- ECB supports global strategy to improve security in wholesale payments
- 02/05/2018
- ECB publishes European framework for testing financial sector resilience to cyber attacks
- 15/03/2018
- ECB launches a second consultation on a new euro unsecured overnight interest rate
- 14/12/2017
- Changes to collateral eligibility criteria for unsecured bank bonds
- 07/12/2017
- ECB approves major projects in field of large-value payments and collateral management
- 29/11/2017
- Call for expressions of interest to participate in the Working Group on Euro Risk-Free Rates
- 28/11/2017
- ECB consults on a new euro unsecured overnight interest rate
- 21/09/2017
- Joint press release FSMA, ESMA, ECB and EC: New working group on a risk-free reference rate for the euro area
- 19/09/2017
- Final migration wave of T2S successfully completed
- 26/07/2017
- ECB details approach to implement Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct
- 23/06/2017
- ECB recommends amending Article 22 of its StatuteEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (22) +
- 22/06/2017
- ECB to develop a service for the settlement of instant payments
- 25/05/2017
- ESCB central banks welcome the publication of Foreign Exchange Global Code of Conduct
- 19/01/2017
- ECB provides further details on APP purchases of assets with yields below the deposit facility rate
- 30/11/2016
- Foundation laid for pan-European instant payment solutions
- 27/11/2015
- Instant payments across Europe by November 2017
- 22/06/2015
- TARGET2-Securities successfully launched today
- 01/06/2015
- TARGET2 turnover stable in 2014, according to annual report
- 29/03/2015
- European Central Bank and Bank of England announce measures to enhance financial stability in relation to centrally cleared markets in the EU
- 04/03/2015
- ECB takes note of General Court judgment on location policy for CCPs
- 09/12/2014
- ERPB to address instant payments in euro and remaining SEPA issues
- 20/10/2014
- ECB and EBA step up cooperation to make retail payments safer
- 21/08/2014
- ECB identifies systemically important payments systems
- 01/08/2014
- Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) reaches major milestone for retail paymentsEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (22) +
- 22/05/2014
- Annual report shows TARGET2 processed a greater total volume of payments in 2013
- 25/02/2014
- New report on card fraud shows online fraud increased in 2012
- 10/02/2014
- ECB supports new European directive for electronic payments
- 04/02/2014
- New ECB guide will help assess security of internet payments
- 20/01/2014
- New statistics show SEPA migration gathers pace in December
- 09/01/2014
- Statement of the Eurosystem on SEPA Migration End Date
- 19/12/2013
- New Euro Retail Payments Board will reinforce market governance
- 20/11/2013
- ECB launches public consultation on Recommendations for the security of mobile payments
- 24/10/2013
- ECB publishes second SEPA migration report
- 27/09/2013
- ECB establishes new framework for assessment of securities settlement systems and links
- 09/09/2013
- ECB modifies loan-level reporting requirements for some asset-backed securities
- 16/07/2013
- ECB report shows fall in card fraud
- 15/07/2013
- ECB publishes study comparing collateral eligibility requirements
- 07/06/2013
- ECB consults on draft regulation on oversight requirements for systemically important payment systems
- 24/05/2013
- TARGET 2012 Annual Report shows increase in volume and value of payments processed
- 30/04/2013
- New ECB survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets
- 08/04/2013
- ECB publishes survey on correspondent banking in euro
- 22/03/2013
- ECB announces changes to the use as collateral of certain uncovered government-guaranteed bank bonds
- 21/03/2013
- ECB publishes first SEPA Migration Report and warns against risks of late migration
- 31/01/2013
- ECB releases final Recommendations for the security of internet payments and starts public consultation on payment account access services
- 29/11/2012
- Oversight expectations for links between retail payment systems
- 01/10/2012
- New ECB report examines the costs of making payments in the European Union
- 25/07/2012
- First ECB report on card fraud shows chips have increased the security of physical transactions
- 19/07/2012
- ECB Governing Council appoints members of the new T2S Board
- 03/07/2012
- Fourteen additional Central Securities Depositories sign the T2S Framework Agreement
- 15/06/2012
- Eurosystem collateral management services and systems
- 31/05/2012
- ECB publishes TARGET Annual Report 2011: the system functioned smoothly and registered a higher turnover
- 08/05/2012
- Eurosystem signs T2S Framework Agreement with first Central Securities Depositories
- 20/04/2012
- Consultation announcement: Recommendations for the security of internet payments
- 19/04/2012
- ECB publishes the Eurosystem Oversight Report 2011
- 05/04/2012
- Assessment of a new direct link between securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 23/03/2012
- Consultation announcement - Oversight expectations for links between retail payment systems
- 01/12/2011
- Assessment of new direct and relayed links between securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 22/07/2011
- ECB's Governing Council sets deadline for finalisation of the T2S Framework Agreement with CSDs
- 19/05/2011
- ECB publishes TARGET Annual Report 2010: the system functioned smoothly and registered a higher turnover
- 13/05/2011
- ECB and OeNB call for a faster implementation of the Single Euro Payments Area
- 29/04/2011
- ECB introduces loan-by-loan information requirements for CMBSs and SME transactions
- 31/03/2011
- ECB announces the suspension of the rating threshold for debt instruments of the Irish government
- 16/03/2011
- ECB encourages comments on CPSS-IOSCO consultation on principles for financial market infrastructures
- 19/11/2010
- ECB Governing Council decides on TARGET2-Securities pricing policy
- 22/10/2010
- ECB publishes 7th SEPA Progress Report: Migration continues but requires realistic but ambitious regulatory end dates
- 13/10/2010
- Eurosystem publishes oversight frameworks for credit transfer and direct debit schemes
- 16/09/2010
- Governing Council appoints members to the T2S Programme Board
- 13/09/2010
- Statistics on payments - Data for 2009
- 08/09/2010
- ECB report shows high standards for business continuity arrangements of payment systems
- 06/09/2010
- ECB publishes book on the payment system and the role of the Eurosystem in this field
- 07/06/2010
- SEPA Council meets for the first time, discusses migration end dates and future of SEPA for cards
- 10/05/2010
- ECB decides on measures to address severe tensions in financial markets
- 23/04/2010
- Eurosystem launches preparatory work on the establishment of loan-level information requirements for ABSs in its collateral framework
- 19/04/2010
- ECB publishes report on the lessons learned from the financial crisis with regard to the functioning of European financial market infrastructures
- 23/12/2009
- ECB launches consultation on loan-by-loan information for asset-backed securities
- 01/12/2009
- ECB publishes glossary of payment, clearing and settlement terms
- 20/11/2009
- ECB amends rating requirements for asset-backed securities in Eurosystem credit operations
- 12/11/2009
- Publication of the Eurosystem Oversight Report
- 11/09/2009
- Statistics on payments and securities trading, clearing and settlement - data for 2008
- 14/08/2009
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems and their links
- 10/08/2009
- Eurosystem consults on draft oversight frameworks for credit transfer and direct debit schemes
- 22/07/2009
- New relayed link and underlying direct link approved
- 16/07/2009
- Eurosystem signs Memorandum of Understanding on T2S with 27 central securities depositories
- 23/06/2009
- ESCB and CESR issue recommendations to increase safety and soundness of the post-trading infrastructure
- 15/05/2009
- Publication of the TARGET2 Oversight Assessment Report
- 15/05/2009
- Publication of the TARGET Annual Report 2008
- 23/04/2009
- Governing Council appoints members of the T2S Programme Board
- 02/04/2009
- Governing Council sets up T2S Programme Board
- 31/03/2009
- ESCB and CESR consult on draft recommendations for central counterparties as amended for OTC derivatives
- 27/03/2009
- The expectations of the Eurosystem as regards the future of SEPA
- 24/03/2009
- Commission and ECB provide further clarification to ensure timely launch of SEPA direct debit scheme
- 20/02/2009
- Publication of the Eurosystem oversight policy framework
- 19/12/2008
- Update of the list of eligible securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 26/11/2008
- Statistics on payments and securities trading, clearing and settlement- data for 2007 -
- 24/11/2008
- SEPA: Significant progress made but concerns need to be addressed without delay (Sixth SEPA progress report)
- 23/10/2008
- ESCB and CESR consult on recommendations for securities clearing and settlement systems and central counterparties in the European Union
- 22/10/2008
- Evolution of the custody arrangement for international debt securities and their eligibility in Eurosystem credit operations
- 17/10/2008
- Relayed link between Clearstream Banking Frankfurt via Clearstream Banking Luxembourg to Euroclear France approved
- 30/09/2008
- Announcement of a consultation: glossary of terms related to payment, clearing and settlement systems
- 04/09/2008
- Payments: Commission and ECB support launch of pan-European SEPA Direct Debit; provide guidance to industry
- 17/07/2008
- Launch of the CCBM2 project
- 17/07/2008
- Launch of the TARGET2-Securities project
- 11/07/2008
- Publication of the ECB Payment Systems and Market Infrastructure Oversight Report 2007
- 23/05/2008
- CSDs invited to join the TARGET2-Securities initiative
- 19/05/2008
- Final migration group connects to TARGET2
- 09/05/2008
- TARGET2: Confirmation of go-live date for migration group 3
- 29/04/2008
- Publication of the report on financial integration in Europe - April 2008
- 28/04/2008
- Publication of the TARGET Annual Report 2007
- 26/02/2008
- Launch of a public consultation on the CCBM2 User Requirements
- 18/02/2008
- Second migration group connects to TARGET2
- 08/02/2008
- TARGET2: confirmation of the go-live date for migration group 2
- 28/01/2008
- Joint statement by the European Commission and the European Central Bank welcoming the formal launch of SEPA payment instruments by EU banksEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (21) +
- 21/01/2008
- SEPA goes live - official launch of the single euro payments area
- 11/01/2008
- Oversight Framework for Card Payment Schemes - Standards
- 28/12/2007
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 18/12/2007
- Launch of a public consultation on TARGET2-Securities
- 19/11/2007
- TARGET2 successfully launched
- 16/11/2007
- Statistics on payments and securities trading, clearing and settlement - data for 2006 -
- 12/11/2007
- Oversight of payment systems: the Eurosystem's common methodology
- 09/11/2007
- TARGET2: Confirmation of the go-live date for migration group 1
- 29/10/2007
- Fifth Progress Report on TARGET2
- 26/10/2007
- Progress report on TARGET2-Securities
- 14/08/2007
- Publication of the fourth edition of the “Blue Book”
- 01/08/2007
- 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
- 31/07/2007
- Assessment of relayed links between securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 31/07/2007
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 20/07/2007
- “SEPA: from concept to reality” (fifth progress report)
- 22/06/2007
- Fourth Progress Report on TARGET2
- 25/05/2007
- Amendment to the criteria for assets eligible as collateral for eurosystem credit operationsEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (21) +
- 25/05/2007
- Amendment to the calendar for the phasing-out of marketable tier two assets eligible as collateral for eurosystem credit operationsEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (21) +
- 14/05/2007
- Consultation announcement - Oversight of Payments Infrastructures: Eurosystem common methodology for the assessment of euro systemically and prominently important payment systems against the Core Principles
- 03/05/2007
- Consultation announcement: oversight framework for card payment schemes
- 26/04/2007
- TARGET2-Securities and the CCBM2 - Launch of a Public Consultation
- 24/04/2007
- Payment Services DirectiveEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (21) +
- 08/03/2007
- TARGET2-Securities
- 15/02/2007
- Remarks by the European Central Bank on a resolution passed by the European Parliament relating to the operations of SWIFT
- 01/02/2007
- Remarks by the European Central Bank on the oversight of SWIFT
- 29/12/2006
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 22/12/2006
- Publication of the “Blue Book” statistical addendum incorporating 2005 data
- 21/11/2006
- 3rd High-level Seminar of Central Banks in the East Asia-Pacific Regions and the Euro Area
- 20/11/2006
- Third progress report on TARGET2
- 09/11/2006
- Update of the assessment of links between securities settlement systems in the euro area
- 20/10/2006
- TARGET2-Securities
- 20/10/2006
- Assessment of the Slovenian securities settlement system
- 20/10/2006
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems
- 21/07/2006
- Communication on TARGET2
- 07/07/2006
- The Eurosystem is evaluating opportunities to provide settlement services for securities transactions
- 13/06/2006
- Assessment of the new global note arrangement for international debt securities
- 09/06/2006
- Business continuity oversight expectations for systemically important payment systems (SIPS)
- 19/05/2006
- Publication of the Target Annual Report 2005
- 04/05/2006
- Single Euro Payments AreaEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (19) +
- 21/10/2005
- Second progress report on TARGET2
- 02/08/2005
- Blue Book entitled “Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union”
- 28/06/2005
- Update of the assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 25/05/2005
- Publication of the TARGET Annual Report 2004
- 28/02/2005
- Blue Book entitled “Payment and securities settlement systems in the accession countries” - Addendum incorporating 2003 figures
- 08/02/2005
- TARGET2 Progress ReportEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (19) +
- 31/01/2005
- Publication of a report on Banking structures in the new EU Member States
- 14/01/2005
- New procedures for the transfer of securities used as collateral for Eurosystem credit operations
- 05/01/2005
- The European Central Bank invites the market to participate in the SWIFT public consultation on removing technical barriers to market integration
- 02/12/2004
- Towards a Single Euro Payments Area - third progress report
- 26/10/2004
- Public comments announcement ‘E-payments without frontiers' - issues paper
- 22/10/2004
- 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)
- 29/07/2004
- Communication on clearing and settlement - the Eurosystem's response
- 12/05/2004
- Publication of the TARGET Annual Report 2003
- 10/05/2004
- Review of the Eurosystem's Collateral Framework: First step towards a Single List
- 26/04/2004
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems
- 15/04/2004
- Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union and in the accession countries - addenda incorporating 2002 figures
- 08/03/2004
- Joint Statement on Gold
- 28/01/2004
- Assessment of accession countries' securities settlement systems against the standards for the use of EU securities settlement systems in Eurosystem credit operationsEnglishOTHER LANGUAGES (19) +
- 17/12/2003
- Enhancements to the correspondent central banking model (CCBM)
- 03/09/2003
- Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union - Addendum incorporating 2001 figures
- 09/07/2003
- Information Guide for credit institutions using TARGET
- 26/06/2003
- Oversight standards for euro retail payment systems
- 26/06/2003
- Towards a single euro payments area - progress report
- 23/05/2003
- Electronic Money System Security Objectives (EMSSO) report
- 30/04/2003
- Transfer of the electronic Payment Systems Observatory from the European Commission to the European Central Bank
- 14/04/2003
- TARGET Annual Report 2002
- 24/10/2002
- The long-term evolution of TARGET
- 16/09/2002
- "E-payments in Europe": conference and public consultation
- 30/08/2002
- Publication of the second edition of the accession country Blue Book
- 29/08/2002
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems
- 31/07/2002
- Payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union - Addendum incorporating 2000 figures
- 25/04/2002
- TARGET Annual Report 2001
- 28/02/2002
- Derogation for Greece from the long-term calendar for TARGET closing days
- 22/11/2001
- Towards an integrated infrastructure for credit transfers in euro
- 25/10/2001
- Joint work between the CESR and the ECB on securities clearing and settlement systems
- 27/09/2001
- The Eurosystem's policy line with regard to consolidation in central counterparty clearing
- 04/07/2001
- Update on the assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 29/06/2001
- Publication of the third edition of the "Blue Book"
- 15/05/2001
- TARGET Annual Report
- 02/04/2001
- Memorandum of understanding on cooperation between payment systems overseers and banking supervisors in stage three of economic and monetary union
- 21/02/2001
- Update of the assessment of securities settlement systems
- 28/12/2000
- CBISSO (Ireland), CAT (Italy) and LDT (Italy) withdrawn from the list of securities settlement systems eligible for Eurosystem credit operations
- 18/12/2000
- Information guide for credit institutions using TARGET
- 14/12/2000
- Long-term calendar for TARGET closing days
- 18/10/2000
- Updated assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 14/09/2000
- Improving cross-border retail payment services - Progress report
- 21/06/2000
- Statement on the role of the Eurosystem in the field of payment systems oversight
- 25/05/2000
- TARGET closing days in 2001
- 10/05/2000
- Updated assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 29/02/2000
- Blue book addendum - 1998
- 03/02/2000
- Updated assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 16/11/1999
- Cross-border payments in TARGET: A users' survey
- 07/10/1999
- Updated assessment of links between securities settlement systems
- 27/09/1999
- Demonstration of TARGET year 2000 compliance
- 13/09/1999
- Improving cross-border retail payment services in the euro area - the Eurosystem's view
- 13/09/1999
- New fee structure for the correspondent central banking model (CCBM)
- 31/08/1999
- Publication of the Blue book on EU accession countries
- 15/07/1999
- TARGET closing days in 2000
- 28/05/1999
- Assessment of links between securities settlement systems and updating assessment of securities settlement systems
- 21/04/1999
- The Correspondent Central Banking Model
- 31/03/1999
- Year 2000 - Closing of TARGET on 31 December 1999
- 11/02/1999
- Payment systems in the European Union: Addendum incorporating 1997 figures
- 11/01/1999
- TARGET: temporary extended service window
- 04/01/1999
- Successful launch of TARGET
- 17/12/1998
- TARGET testing completed
- 01/12/1998
- The correspondent central banking model
- 12/11/1998
- Third progress report on the TARGET project
- 03/11/1998
- Policy statement on euro payment and settlement systems located outside the euro area
- 29/09/1998
- Assessment of EU securities settlement systems against the standards for their use in ESCB credit operations
- 03/09/1998
- Calendar of TARGET operating days for 1999
- 31/08/1998
- Report on electronic money
- 08/07/1998
- Conditions for the participation of non-euro area EU national central banks and credit institutions in TARGET
- 01/07/1998
- Release of the TARGET general information brochure and of the TARGET service level document
- 10/06/1998
- TARGET price structure
- 04/06/1998
- 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