Based on the results of the cost study and aimed at enhancing social benefits, the Hungarian central bank has started a more active communication, as a neutral position would not facilitate the fast realisation of cost savings. In our view, all stakeholders should seek together the ways to influence payment habits and thus intervene into the individual decisionmaking on the choice of payment instruments.
The Hungarian central bank has therefore launched a social dialogue. The very first step in this direction has been a recent domestic conference held on the presence and future of the domestic payment industry, where we presented the results of the studies and ideas for influencing payment habits.