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 back to top 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 back to top 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. Oroño 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 back to top |