European Commission: Legislative proposal on instant payments
26 October 2022
The Commission adopted today a legislative proposal to make instant payments in euro, available to all citizens and businesses holding a bank account in the EU and in EEA countries.
The proposal aims to ensure that instant payments in euro are affordable, secure, and processed without hindrance across the EU.
Instant payments allow people to transfer money at any time of any day within ten seconds.
This is much faster compared to traditional credit transfers, which are
received by payment service providers only during business hours and
arrive at the payee’s account only by the following business day, which
could take up to three calendar days.
This proposal aims to remove the barriers that prevent instant payments and their benefits to become more widespread.
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