Payment Services
Payment Services

What the EU is doing and why

An efficient market for retail payment services in Europe should guarantee

- the same rules all over the EU
- clear information on payments
- fast and instant payments
- consumer protection
- a wide choice of payment services

The EU is aiming to create a single payment area

- which lets citizens and businesses make cross-border payments as easily and safely as they would in their own countries
- where cross-border payments are subject to the same charges as domestic payments