Inside SSI | Landscape | 2
Inside SSI | Landscape week | 2 EMEA spotlight 🇪🇺🌍 ✅ SEPA & TARGET2 enable straight‑through euro settlement at minimal cost and virtually zero FX spread....
**Inside SSI | Landscape week | 2
EMEA spotlight 🇪🇺🌍**
✅ SEPA & TARGET2 enable straight‑through euro settlement at minimal cost and virtually zero FX spread. PSD2 promotes fee transparency and competition.
⚠️ Outside the euro zone, exotic currencies (e.g. Nigerian naira, South‑African rand, Egyptian pound) still rely on correspondents and fees remain 2-3× higher.
🌍 PAPSS is now live in > 10 African central banks, offering local‑currency cross‑border clearing; adoption is growing but still early.
Why it matters: Keep your euro SSIs lean but invest in exotic‑currency corridors where spreads and operational risk remain rich.
💬 Drop the corridor that still hurts your wallet: 🇳🇬 NGN | 🇿🇦 ZAR | 🌍 Other