In the United Kingdom, Banks can join the Payment market infrastructures for the Pound sterling, but since UK belongs to the SEPA Area, UK Banks can join Euro Payment market infrastructures as well. Which impact does this have on banks in the UK and how can we model that? You will get the answer to […]
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Payment Market Infrastructures in the World – United Kingdom Part I
In our last videos, we spoke about the payment market infrastructures in Sweden. In today’s video, we will consider the payment market infrastructures of the United Kingdom. As before, we first look at the generic model that you can use to study the market infrastructures of your own country.Like Sweden, the UK has its own […]
Secrets to understand Payment Market Infrastructures – Sweden part 1
Is there a secret to easily understand payments systems in any country? Do you know the payment market infrastructures of your country and how they are structured? This is the first of a series of videos where we will examine payment market infrastructures of a few countries in the world. And we begin with Sweden. […]

The Four Corner Model for bills of exchange
The different parties involved in bills of exchange as well as their roles were presented in the previous article. In this article we consider two other parties that play an important role in bills of exchange: the drawer’s bank and the drawee’s bank. Banks are involved in the settlement of bills of exchange since they […]

The Four Corner Model for Promissory Notes
We saw in the previous article that numerous parties are involved in promissory notes. The different parties were presented as well as the role they have. In this article we consider two other parties that play an important role in promissory notes: the drawer’s bank and the drawee’s bank. At the end of the day, […]

ISO 20022 Messages for the e-Mandate service in SDD Schemes
In the previous article, we analyzed the messages for SDD schemes available in the SDD implementations guidelines except the ones used in the e-Mandate service. We will complete our analysis now by looking at the e-mandate service and the messages exchanges within. But before that, it is What is the purpose of the e-mandate service? […]

Payment card processing fees and their distribution
Payment card processing involves many steps and processes carried out by the parties involved. Merchants pay fees to accept payment cards and for the services provided to them by acquiring banks and processors. Acquirers and issuers must set up and maintain systems for the card processing and messages exchange through the card networks. Building and maintaining […]

The Four Corner Model for cheque payment
After introducing the cheque (check in US english) in the previous article, the next question to explore is: how does cheque payment work? To answer this question, we will use one of the precious tools to analyze a mean of payment: the Four Corner Model. The diagram below shows the Four Corner Model for cheque […]

The Four Corner Model for Card Payments
The Four Corner Model, also called Four-party scheme, is fundamental in payments. It is the model under which the vast majority of payment systems in the world operate. The Four Corner Model for card payments shows the different actors presented in the introductory article and the links between them. For this article, it is important to say in the […]