THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN BANKING INDUSTRY THROUGH THE TARGET PAYMENTS SYSTEM

Lucian Ion Medar and Irina Elena Chirtoc
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Lucian Ion Medar: CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI UNIVERSITY OF TARGU JIU, ROMANIA
Irina Elena Chirtoc: CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI UNIVERSITY OF TARGU JIU, ROMANIA

Annals - Economy Series, 2017, vol. 6, 112-117

Abstract: The creation of the Single Euro Payments Area is in full swing and the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union is the moment of consolidation, of preparing the conditions in all Member States to enable them to cope with the global financial challenges and prosper. The markets for small value payments in euro within the European Union have been very fragmented. There was a need for a project (SEPA) with a major impact on national payment markets in order to unify and standardize them in a single domestic market. Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System (TARGET) is a trans-European automated real-time gross settlement system - which meets the needs of consumers by offering services at a harmonized level in the European Union. Now, however, the banking clientele needs some education about banking operations taking place at the level of the European banking system. The initial project was proposed and promoted by the European Central Bank together with the European Commission and supported by the central banks of the European Union. However, the implementation and continued development of the SEPA-Single Euro Payments Area process is the responsibility of the financial institutions, and the final beneficiaries are indisputably the individuals and legal entities that represent their "clientele". The Eurosystem has cooperated with national central banks to implement standards that facilitate the rapid automation of payment systems by offering TAREGET 2-Securities (T2S) banking clients.

Keywords: SEPA; TARGET2; TARGET2S (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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