First meeting of Payment System Committee

The Payment System Committee, initiated by the Riksbank as a forum for discussing payment system issues at a general policy level, held its first meeting today.

The Committee currently consists of executive representatives from Föreningssparbanken, Merita Nordbanken, SEB, Svenska Handelsbanken, OM and the Central Securities Register (VPC), as well as the Riksbank. The Committee is chaired by Deputy Governor Lars Nyberg.

 

Matters discussed at the meeting were the future construction and organisation of the central payment system, altered arrangements for settling transactions in Swedish interest-bearing securities in order to eliminate certain systemic risks, and measures for making more efficient use of liquidity in the payment system.

 

For further information, please contact:
Svante Bågstam, Head of Division and secretary to the Committee, phone: +46 8 787 02 85.