Development of Bank Payment Systems
As there is no single recipe for effective development of a national payment system, countries undergoing a reform process are frequently faced with questions relating to issues such as involvement and initiative for development of national payment systems, infrastructures needed and the supporting institutional arrangements, areas of priorities and so on. In order to give the necessary assistance and advice on the planning and implementation of reforms in national payment systems to the concerned authorities, the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) has brought out a Report on Payment Systems Development (final Report in Jan 2006). The Report underlines that payment system development is a complex process that should be principally needs-based, not technology-based. Payment system reforms depend on parallel development of the banking system, institutional arrangements for payment services and payment infrastructures, and should therefore be a cooperative effort among the banking sector, regulatory agencies and other relevant Continue reading