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Launched in summer 2006, Settlements, Payments, E-money & E-trading Development (SPEED), a quarterly journal from Central Banking Publications, reports and analyses policy developments affecting financial market infrastructures at national and international levels. As the plumbing of the financial system, settlements, payment and trading systems are crucial mechanisms, enabling players from individuals to investment banks to participate in a modern market economy. Now, at a time when policymakers increasingly recognise the vital role these systems play, when financial regulators are rewriting the rules for how they operate and rapid innovation is transforming their scope and reach, SPEED provides a forum for the global community of private and public-sector experts to debate oversight policy, operational efficiency and risk management in financial market infrastructure.
It is widely acknowledged that payments, clearing and settlement systems withstood the financial crisis, though that does not mean they can stand still – as operators, users and overseers know.
SPEED contributes to the dialogue between the official sector, system operators and private and public-sector users about the regulation, operation and risk management of financial market infrastructure.
The financial crisis highlighted – as if it was needed – the important role financial market infrastructures play in ensuring resilience in financial markets, and that risks are managed effectively. Today, policymakers worldwide acknowledge this, and are driving change through payment, clearing, trading and settlement systems.
SPEED’s editorial team analyses the impact the next wave of regulation, technological progress and user demand will have on these systems, which are critical to the everyday financial functioning of banks, corporates and governments.
News analysis, in-depth interviews, expert opinion-editorial and industry features bring the viewpoints of users, providers and regulators into sharper focus, especially on important policy and regulatory issues. SPEED delivers unparalleled analysis of the latest developments in large-value payment systems, cards and socially important payment systems, among them Sepa, T2S, e-money, clearing and settlement, e-trading, risk management and banking technology.
Feature-length articles drill down into regulatory proposals, considering their wider implications or reporting on emerging trends in payment services and technology, drawing out what they mean for users and the management of risks. Forums present industry and regulatory perspectives on controversial issues such as interoperability, liquidity and interchange.
Few publications set out to analyse changes across the entire financial infrastructure; they stay in their silos. Yet, increasingly interconnected markets mean what happens in one area has far-reaching implications in other markets, sectors and jurisdictions. The recognition of this reality lies at the heart of SPEED’s editorial agenda and the contribution the journal makes to policy debates.
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