I look forward to a near future, in which European retailers, businesses and consumers will be even more able to reap the benefits of a safe, robust, socially efficient and innovative payments system. This is in fact also one of the stated objectives of the Economic and Monetary Union.
I sincerely congratulate the signatories, and with them essentially all retailers, consumers and banks, on the start of the innovative European payments era. Thank you for your attention. BIS central bankers’ speeches  3