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The Q4 edition includes two more guest articles. One of these, from Sigmar, highlights the benefits of electronic payments over cheques and the other, from the National Transport Authority, discusses how the integrated ticketing project will bring the convenience of cashless public transport payments to Dublin.

Also this edition looks at some key questions about how the Irish debit card market is evolving and how interbank settlement risk has been eliminated thanks to the successful launch of the STEP2 Irish service.

Contents: STEP2 Irish Service Successfully Launched Did you know? Ireland is Unique Cheque Guarantee Card Scheme to Close on Dec 31st Ireland’s Changing Debit Card Landscape Financial Crime Investigators Sigmar Prefers Paperless A Giant ‘Leap’ for Dublin Transport Other Headlines (In Brief)

• A look at the changing face of payments in Ireland
• Chris Skinner (Financial Services Club) gives his view on the ‘Future of Retail Payments’
• Details of a successful collaboration between IPSO and the Gardaí
• The Revenue Commissioners explain how they have been modernising their payment collection systems

• How the Courts Service automated its payments processes
• The rise of debit cards in Ireland
• Sentenial explores the challenges facing Irish businesses in the changeover to SEPA
• An informative article on payment card data security standards

• A statistical and expert analysis of the payment landscape in Ireland and Europe
• The latest on card fraud prevention
• Details of the closure of the Cheque Guarantee Card Scheme
• A look at welfare payments going electronic both in Ireland and the USA
• An editorial contribution from the Department of Agriculture’s Colm McKiernan on how the Department switched to electronic for all farmers’ payments