Financial Integration and Common Payment Systems

Bruno Jetin (1) , Dominique Plihon (1)

1 CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord (ancienne affiliation)

Fragmented payment systems are a major obstacle to financial integration at the regional and international levels. The European Union has launched ambitious policies for the ceation of common payment systems among its country members. Significant results have been achieved in some aspects, but one can say that the European Union is still largely caracterised by fragmented payment systems. This means that one of the basic conditions for financial integration is not fullfilled in the European Union. The purpose of this paper is, in the first place, to present the situation of the different payment systems in the European Union (I), and then, to draw lessons from the European experience for financial integration and payment systems in Asia (II).

Mots clés: Financial Integration; payment systems; European Union; Asia

Domaines: Economies et finances

Bruno Jetin, Dominique Plihon. Financial Integration and Common Payment Systems: Lessons from the European and Asian countries Experience. Economic and Financial Regional Integration: Lessons from the East Asian and European experiences, Jun 2005, La Plaine Saint-Denis, France. ⟨halshs-00531806⟩