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Global Payments Week 2010

 
Begins:   Sep 20, 2010 
Ends:   Sep 20, 2012 

The World Bank held the biannual event gathering central banks and securities commissions from all over the world on October 19-22, 2010, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

Over 130 participants attended the Global Payments Week 2010, representing 73 countries.
The 19 and the morning of the 20 were entirely dedicated to the parallel meetings of the each regional initiative (Arab Payments Initiative, South Asia Payments Initiative, Western Hemisphere Forum, Commonwealth of Independent States Payments Initiative, Coordination of African Sub-regional Payment System Committees).

Starting from the afternoon of the 20, all the initiatives gathered in the plenary session to discuss the following topics:

  • Updates from International Financial Institutions
  • Defining guidelines for regional and sub-regional payment systems integration
  • European market infrastructure integration
  • Revision of CPSS-IOSCO standards for payment and settlement systems
  • Reforming Payment Systems: lessons learned from recent reforms
  • Enhancing efficiency in remittances market
  • Filling the gap in the use of electronic payment services in emerging markets
  • Challenges in the Oversight of new payment service providers and innovative payment instruments

Global Payments Week 2010 Agenda 

Global Payments Week presentations

DAY 1 - Tuesday, October 19 | DAY 2 - Wednesday, October 20 | DAY 3 - Thursday, October 21 | DAY 4 - Friday, October 22  

DAY 1 - Tuesday, October 19

Presentations from regional sessions (AFRICA, API-SAPI, CISPI, LAC) are available upon request (please contact Marco Nicoli mnicoli1@worldbank.org)

DAY 2 - Wednesday, October 20 

PSDG Program Update
by M. Cirasino

Financial Sector Assessment Program: An Update
by M. Guadamillas & C. Sampic 

CPSS - IOSCO Review of the Standards for Financial Market Infrastructures
by D. Heller 

Toward Defining Guidelines for Payment System Integration
by S. O' Connor 

Arab Payment Systems Integration Project – Outcome of the Feasibility Study
by H. Oubrik 

The East African Payment System (EAPS) 
by J. B. Sebabi

Global Payment Systems Survey 2010. Preliminary Outcomes
by A. Zanza & M.T. Chimienti 

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DAY 3 - Thursday, October 21 

Target2-Securities
by M. Bayle

The Oversight of SWIFT. A Case Example of "An Evolving Oversight Framework"
by N. Boeckx 

Integrated Central Bank Collateral Management Services
by A. Bonara & R. Derksen 

Assessment Methodologies Sub-Group
by M. Cirasino 

An Evolving Oversight Framework
by N. de Seze 

CPSS - IOSCO Review of the Standards for Financial Market Infrastructures
by D. Heller 

Integration of the Euro Area & European Market Infrastructure - An Overview
by T. Kokkola 

An Evolving Oversight Framework
by K. M. Löber

The CPSS-IOSCO Work for the General Review of the Standards
by D. Russo 

European Retail Payments Market Integration: Cooperation vs. Competition
by W. Ruttenberg 

Central Counterparties: Understanding Risks and Risk Transformation
by L. M. Sweet

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DAY 4 - Friday, October 22 

Reforming Palestine Payment Systems 
by R. Awwad

Guidelines for Retail Stocktaking 
by H. Baijal 

Reforming Payment Systems - Lessons Learned: el Caso Paraguayo
by M. E. Gonzalez De Rodriguez

Increasing the Efficiency in the Remittance Market
by C. Corazza 

How to Regulate Mobile Money
by M. C. Malaguti 

New Rules for Retail Payment Services in Europe
by P. Marullo Reedtz

Mexico’s Financial Inclusion Strategy
by R. Medina & C. Moctezuma 

Enhancing Efficiency in Remittance Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
by P. Monroy

Retail Payments Strategy
by H. Natarajan 

Lecciones Aprendidas de Reformas Recientes del Sistema de Pagos. Caso Uruguayo
by P. Oro
ño

Reforming Payment Systems - Lessons Learned
by C. Pereira

Regulation of Innovative Payment Services
by N. Ramteke

Reforms in the Rwandan Payment Systems
by J. B. Sebabi 

Workers' Remittances
by M. White 
 

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