Brussels, 05/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 4 May, the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) issued a joint statement on their shared common vision for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and the process leading to its realisation. They back industry self-regulation under the European Payments Council (EPC) and the programmes it adopted on 8 March 2006, 'but given the importance and the size of the social and economic benefits of SEPA, the Commission expressly...