EPC, a new card for Europe DDA, the new generation card! Retallers and the CB bankcard ERIDANE: the future of networks Cartes Bancaires, challenges for 2003 CB daily transactions: record broken! The Single European Payment Area Single European Payment Area, the keys to success EPC, a collective dynamic Brief overview of card and terminal deployment in Europe For a Europe with smart cards Parallel and converging work Harmonise without "over-regulating" EMV, pilot tests build up steam 2002, a good year!

With a total of 40 million transactions on the two Saturdays, 7 and 14 December 2002 (up 10% compared with the same period a year earlier), there was a record in the offing: that of the number of CB transactions in a single day. On Saturday, 21 December, the record was beaten with 25 million card transactions recorded (twice as many as on a normal day). Retail purchases and ATM withdrawals accounted for 85% and 15% of the total, respectively. Back to top of page

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