The complexity, sophistication and finesse associated with it gave the financial sector a larger than life profile. Lulled by the seemingly benign economic environment, we deluded ourselves into believing that for every real life problem, no matter how complex, there is a financial sector solution.
In the area of large-value payments as in the other procedures of electronic BIS Review 91/1998  -3-  access, the Bundesbank is offering interface tests for verifying year-2000-compatibility in interbank settlements. The electronic access test-centers are also available for the tests. Customers and software manufacturers can make direct arrangements with the relevant test center for the tests to be conducted.