The main focus of development in 2023 is on 3I retail payment system infrastructure (BI-FAST, SKNBI, GPN) and wholesale infrastructure (BI-RTGS). The initial phase of development will be carried out in 3I between BI-FAST and BI-RTGS, followed by 3I between BI-FAST, BI-RTGS and GPN.
The second step was to reflect on how the strategy has contributed to the debate within the ECB decision making bodies, naturally with a particular focus on the Council. In the decade leading up to the EMU, a broad consensus on the principles of sound monetary policy making emerged among the NCB’s now forming the monetary union.