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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9644

17 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/banking
Commission says it was “informed” about project to set up new banking card network

Brussels, 16/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 16 April, the European Commission said that it had been “informed” about the project by several banks in the EU to create a debit card network to rival those of Visa and MasterCard. According to certain media sources, the French banks Société Générale and BNP Paribas, and the German banks Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank, may decide to launch a new card network in the next few months. The “Monnet” project takes the name of the...

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