2007 news coverage

Here you will find the coverage we received in the trade press and national media during 2007.

GT News: SEPA - better for business
December 2007: Corporates have much to gain from the new payments environment that SEPA will introduce but what are the real business benefits and how can they prepare for them effectively.

Voices in Business (December 2007)
Listen to Martin Kearsley's podcast interview on the wide range of initiatives VocaLink is undertaking to offer continued improvements in the payments industry. http://www.paymentspodcast.com/

International Banking Systems Journal: VocaLink's Euro CSM takes shape
November 2007: Partners and recruits emerge for corporate access solution
 
FX&MM Magazine: VocaLink has plans to launch a strategic partnership
November 2007: VocaLink will work with BGC to provide payment services and handle the processing of its domestic automated payment schemes
 
Sibos Daily News: VocaLink signs corporate
October 2007: VocaLink has signed up a corporate to pilot its SWIFT corporate access programme following its joint special interest group session with Eiger at Sibos

Financial News: Banks to compete for payment volumes as SEPA deadline looms
September 2007: As the first SEPA deadline approaches, banks and payment service providers are re-engineering their strategies to accommodate new criteria

International Payments: VocaLink and 10 banks launch SEPA service
August 2007: VocaLink has launched what it calls the first independent pan-European payment service in partnership with 10 banks from across Europe
 
Finextra: What are the practicalities of building a SEPA payments business?
August 2007: Finextra is partnering with VocaLink to assess the strategic concerns of European payment professionals as they prepare for the introduction of a Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)

Finextra: VocaLink inks SEPA agreement with Seceti
July 2007: VocaLink and Seceti to work together to provide SEPA reach

Banking Technology: VocaLink signs 10 banks for Euro clearing service
July 2007: VocaLink merger announced in Banking Technology

Channel 4: Voca's take home pay index
June 2007: Coverage received on Voca's take home pay index

Banking Technology Magazine: Martin Wilson interview on SEPA, May 2007

Banking Technology Magazine: OFT approves Voca and LINK merger
May 2007: Coverage received on the OFT approval of the VocaLINK merger.

International Payments: Voca and EBA to provide Step2 connectivity
May 2007: Voca and EBA announce a memorandum of understanding to create connectivity to the Step2 platform.

Dialogue/SWIFT's Magazine, "2007: The SEPA landscape unfolds"
April 2007: Martin Wilson's article on how banks are approaching SEPA

March 2007: Podcast with Marion King on Voca and LINK merger, courtesy of Finextra 

Pay Magazine, faster payments service
February 2007: Article in Pay Magazine on what the faster payments service will mean for payroll departments

Financial Times, the importance of Voca in the banking sector
January 2007: Article in the FT highlights the recent technology renewal programme, and our leading SEPA position.

Banking Technology, annual review 2006
January 2007: Martin Wilson, Chief Commercial Officer at Voca, reviews how 2006 has been a turning point for banks' SEPA strategies.