

Building Blocks of a Financial Centre
Europe Without Borders – Also for Payment Transactions
A unified eurozone for cashless payment transactions has been a reality since 2008 – only that it is not mandatory and is therefore little used. Now SEPA direct debits and transfers are to become obligatory. This will require investment in new infrastructure and present many opportunities. By Michael Steinbach

Financial Centre Data
CFS Financial Center Index at a stable level
The CFS Financial Center Index dropped by only 0.9 point to 107.5 since the last reporting. This demonstrates that business climate in the German financial sector remains stable in the first quarter of 2012. Both the assessment of the performance in the last quarter, as well as the outlook for the current developments indicate a stable situation in all surveyed enterprises.

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News
- Deutsche Börse: Tenth bond listed on the Entry Standard 28 hours ago
- Deutsche Börse: Eurex and IFM announce joint educational initiative 46 hours ago
- Deutsche Börse: Two new db X-trackers equity index ETFs launched on Xetra 01/25/2012
- Deutsche Börse: Milestone for BTP futures reached with five million traded contracts 01/25/2012
- Deutsche Börse: Deutsche Börse launches algo news feed in Brazil 01/25/2012
Knowledge
- DB Research: Greece, Ireland, Portugal: More growth via innovation 38 hours ago | reports & analyses
- DB Research: US car market: Returning to its previous size 01/19/2012 | reports & analyses
- DB Research: Income convergence and the rise of the Indian Ocean economies 01/19/2012 | reports & analyses
- No. 1414: Has the Euro affected the choice of invoicing currency?, by Jenny E. Ligthart, Sebastian E. V. Werner 01/18/2012 | reports & analyses
- ECB: uro affected the choice of invoicing currency?, by Jenny E. Ligthart, Sebastian E. V. Werner 01/17/2012 | reports & analyses

