Processing Services inEurope: Interbanking infrastructures will be effective players

In Europe for many years card payments processing has been perceived as one of those essential but routine activities irregularly debated across the table. Recently, however, Europeans' decision makers are more and more considering card processing the glue that holds together an infrastructure that handles over 30 billion transactions per year. Payments play a significant role in the life of European citizens and every country still has a domestic market, with specific business models, …