SEPA CONFERENCE PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Resolving contradictions in the Payment Services Directive

Keynote Addresses from the European Central Bank; the European Commission; The European Payments Council and the SEPA End Users Committe Read more.
Is SEPA going to meet the needs of consumres, SMEs and larger corporates? Read more.
 The future of SEPA for payments cards Read more.
Will electronic and mobile SEPA unlock the potential of the internal payments market? Read more.
Resolving contradictions in the Payment Services Directive Read more.
Latest developments in SEPA Credit Transfers and SEPA Direct Debits Read more.
Collaboration between stakeholders to move SEPA forwards  Read more.

How the ECB thinks we can turn European payments harmonisation from dream into reality

Achieving a comprehensive migration to SEPA Read more.

does the European Commission believe an end date is necessary?

 

The End Users Committee's perspective Read more.

is the SEPA Council the right place to shape the future?

Realsiing the SEPA opportunity in Europe Read more.

what must the banking industry do now?

The role of public admisistrators Read more.

in turning SEPA into the major public policy initiative envisaged by the Lisbon agenda

What will payments infrastructures look like   Read more.

in a fully migrated SEPA world?

Beyond SEPA - what other regulations are set to change the payments business?  Read more.

How will the response to the financial crisis drive the regulatory agenda? 

Find out more Read more.

View the Agenda for this year's SEPA Conference

Key Speakers

Herman Segers Secretary General EUROPEAN PAYMENTS COUNCIL	Wiebe Ruttenberg Head of the Market Integration Division, DG Payments and Market Infrastructure EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK	Mike Thom Retail Issues, Consumer Policy & Payments Systems EUROPEAN COMMISSION	Hartmut Bremer SEPA Project Manager, Global Transaction Banking DEUTSCHE BANK
Mark Hale Director PRICEWATER-HOUSE COOPERS LLP	Ruth Wandhöfer Head of Payments Strategy, Treasury and Trade Solutions EMEA, GTS CITI	Bjorn Flismark Chair of the Working Group on PSD and SEPA Compliance EURO BANKING ASSOCIATION	Dermot Turing Partner, International Financial Institutions and Markets Group CLIFFORD CHANCE
Simon Newstead Head of Financial Institutions Advisory Group, Global Transaction Services ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND	Gary Wright Head of Corporate Product Strategy, Global Transaction Services ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC	Tony Richter Strategic Business Development, Global Payments and Cash Management HSBC	Ruth Milligan Legal Adviser on Payment Systems EUROCOMMERCE
Raffi Basmadjian Head of Global Treasury FRANCE TELECOM	James Lockyer Head of Training THE ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE TREASURERS	Pierre Petit Deputy Director General Payments and Market Infrastructure EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK	Jad Khallouf Chief Executive STET

Gerard Hartsink Chairman EUROPEAN PAYMENTS COUNCIL	Chris Skinner Chief Executive BALATRO	Olivier Brissaud Chairman of the Board EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE TREASURERS	Ruth Wandhöfer Head of Payments Strategy, Treasury and Trade Solutions EMEA, GTS CITI
Massimo Battistella Board Member ITALIAN ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE TREASURERS	Wouter De Ploey Senior Partner, Business Technology Office MCKINSEY & COMPANY	Kevin Brown Chairman Legal Group EUROPEAN PAYMENTS COUNCIL	Chris Skinner Chief Executive BALATRO
Samee Zafar Director EDGAR, DUNN & COMPANY	Tony Richter Strategic Business Development, Global Payments and Cash Management HSBC	Dermot Turing Partner, International Financial Institutions and Markets Group CLIFFORD CHANCE	Soledad Nunez Ramos General Director Of The Treasury and Financial Policy STATE TREASURY
Monique Goyens Director General BEUC: THE EUROPEAN CONSUMERS' ORGANISATION	Ugo Bechis Chairman, Cards Working Group & Head of SEPA Payments EUROPEAN PAYMENTS COUNCIL & UBI BANCA	Herman Segers Secretary General EUROPEAN PAYMENTS COUNCIL	Simon Newstead Head of Financial Institutions Advisory Group, Global Transaction Services ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND