Payment Card Systems in Europe: Convergence or Disappearance?

Marianne Verdier
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Marianne Verdier: Telecom ParisTech, Paris

Communications & Strategies, 2008, vol. 1, issue 69, 127-150

Abstract: This article provides a descriptive overview of the payment card industry in Europe and compares the various forms of organization of payment card systems in European countries. This synthesis helps to understand the paradoxes and the challenges entailed in the creation of the Single Euro Payments Area.

Keywords: SEPA; payment cards; payment systems; banks; payment instruments. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E42 E52 G21 N10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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