- not least with respect to the auditing by the Belgian central bank. Overall, I am optimistic that SWI.F.T. will also master future challenges, such as the year-2000 problem.
Outlook BIS Review 84/1998  -6-  However pressing and topical the centennial project of EMU may be, the example of the year-2000 problem makes us realise - if we have not done so already - that cooperation in the field of payments must not stop at Europe’s borders. Europe must look beyond its own immediate concerns in order not to become isolated.