Governance of Retail Payment Systems
Governance of Retail Payment Systems

Author: World Bank

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As innovation in retail payments continues and the systems evolve, effective governance of them becomes more complicated and increases in importance. Retail payment systems are essential for the economy to function efficiently, and more and more, they are something on which all individuals rely on in order to participate in economic life. Effective governance arrangements of retail payment systems are critical not just for the stability, reliability, and efficiency of the financial system but also for its capacity to manage and respond to the changing policy and market environment. Governance calls for focused attention, and retail payment systems deserve and require distinct and specific guidance regarding governance. This is because issues related to retail payment system governance go beyond the typical corporate issues, precisely because of the underlying public interest and the broader public policy objectives of safety and efficiency. This paper provides context and considerations regarding the governance of retail payment systems within this changing environment. It provides examples of approaches specific to the governance of retail payment systems and the different factors that influence and guide them. It refers to related legal frameworks, principles, and reference materials that may be useful in conducting reviews. And it draws on and shares examples of the challenges, frameworks, and arrangements of specific countries and systems. The paper provides specific guidance for practical matters, such as the regular assessment and revision of governance arrangements, the importance of acknowledging public interest, maintaining access rules that are in line with market needs and developments, achieving and maintaining a high degree of transparency regarding governance, and in ensuring that the board and management have the right skills and knowledge. The paper concludes with several themes for consideration that will help authorities and other relevant stakeholders navigate the topic of governance for retail payment systems.

Investigating the Design of the Retail Payment System
Investigating the Design of the Retail Payment System

Author: Yuya Sugio

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Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

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Globally, a variety of innovative technologies are emerging and traditional economic activities are gradually shifting to the digital economy. Among these, in the retail payment sector, which deals with customer contact and payment information, a trend to review interbank retail payment systems is occurring in many countries. The UK initiative has led the way, and similar efforts to instantiate and remake retail payment systems into new systems have been underway in various countries. One of the reasons of the reviews is the fact that, from the user's point of view, there are many aspects of payment services provided by companies that are not user-friendly. In the Japanese retail payments sector, there are various issues such as lack of interoperability, and the government and the banking industry are working to improve these issues. This paper focuses on providing recommendations for the Japanese case. It examines the state of the retail payment systems, considering the payment systems as a quasi-public social infrastructure that can affect all industries, rather than simply a system in the financial sector. More specifically, this paper focuses on the interbank retail fast payment systems and mobile payments based on it, while taking a broad view of the retail payment system, including its regulatory framework. There are various stakeholders with different perspectives in the retail payment system, and the central bank has a neutral perspective and can be the best entity that could provide the system. In reviewing the retail payment system, it is desirable for stakeholders to compare multiple design options and make decisions after clarifying the performance and functions they need. In the Japanese case, the best design option in the short term would be to utilize the banking industry's Cotra system while applying regulations to ensure interoperability, and in the long term, the central bank could provide the system, including the issuance of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). This paper aims to provide a new perspective to stakeholders of the Japanese retail payment system and contribute to the discussion on the future review of it.

The Payment System
The Payment System

Author: Tom Kokkola

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 9789289906333

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"This book is designed to provide the reader with an insight into the main concepts involved in the handling of payments, securities and derivatives and the organisation and functioning of the market infrastructure concerned. Emphasis is placed on the general principles governing the functioning of the relevant systems and processes and the presentation of the underlying economic, business, legal, institutional, organisational and policy issues. The book is aimed at decision-makers, practitioners, lawyers and academics wishing to acquire a deeper understanding of market infrastructure issues. It should also prove useful for students with an interest in monetary and financial issues."--Introduction (Pg. 20, para 8).

Payment Systems
Payment Systems

Author: David B. Humphrey

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780821331118

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World Bank Technical Paper No. 260. An efficient payment system is a necessary precondition for business development. This study outlines the basic operating principles of a payment system and reviews its benefits, costs, risks, and problems. It examines in detail the systems currently in place in the developed economies of Europe and the United States and draws from the analyses to support recommendations for restructuring those systems in developing countries. The study reviews the various types of payment practices that exist in mature systems including cash, check, GIRO, debit and credit card, direct debit, and large-value wire transfers. A range of short- and long-term improvements in payment systems are recommended for developing countries. There is a special focus on the Russian payment system and the problems it faces in transition from a centrally planned to an market economy.

Money, Payment Systems and the European Union
Money, Payment Systems and the European Union

Author: Gabriella Gimigliano

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2016-12-14

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 144385719X

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When the term “governance” is associated with money, the mind goes directly to the traditional regulatory paradigm, i.e. the nation State-Central Banking-Currency. However, over time, there has been a steady erosion of the nation states’ sovereignty, also in the area of monetary law. This process of erosion is still working from within and externally to the nation State or, in other words, from upwards to downwards and vice versa. Moving from upwards to downwards, highly interconnected financial markets have urged the national competent authorities to improve the global level of coordination in terms of sharing regulatory standards, supervisory models and risk-monitoring procedures. In the downwards-upwards direction, the concept of sovereignty is critically revised from the perspective of new and alternative means of payment, thanks to the growth of e-commerce and mobile commerce and new complementary currency projects. The European Union is a feasible institutional context in which to investigate the development of the governance of money. Indeed, the EU, considered as a “unique economic and political partnership”, has not laid down a clear-cut definition of money, but the Member States have been carrying on a varying transfer of sovereignty and, in particular, of monetary sovereignty. This book examines money as a means of payment and a reserve of value within the framework of the European Union, with particular attention to community-based currencies. This book will prove an interesting and informative read for academics, students and policymakers with an interest in the development of monetary and financial systems.

Governance of Payment Systems
Governance of Payment Systems

Author: Bruce J. Summers

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Published: 2014

Total Pages: 36

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We develop and test the effectiveness of a theoretical governance model for general purpose payment systems (GPPS), systems that are used by individuals, businesses and merchants, and state, local and federal government entities to make and receive payments. We test for effective governance across six reference countries using measures that are based on evolving regulatory norms, finding that governance in Australia, the European Union, and the United Kingdom aligns with the theoretical model, and that their governance is effective. Payment system governance in Japan, Canada, and the United States does not align with the theoretical model, and is shown not to be effective according to the measures. Our findings indicate that national government is being called on increasingly to set and oversee the accomplishment of public policy objectives, and that their involvement is consistent with effective governance.