Examples of systems operated by private providers include: Points of sale (POS) for debit and credit cards, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), the Switch and mobile payment systems. The mobile money services have especially experienced an exponential growth. At the regional level, the East African Payments System (EAPS) has been implemented to facilitate cross-border payments within the East African Community (EAC) Region.
Confidence in the euro has remained high, also in the Netherlands, as the Eurobarometer survey shows. However, confidence in the ECB has declined sharply, especially during the crisis years. The situation in which the ECB was the only player that was still solving problems did it no favours, because people expected too much from us.