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SEPA is the new Single Euro Payments Area that enables people to make cashless payments throughout the euro area as quickly, safely and easily as they make national payments. In SEPA all euro payments are considered domestic and made with one set of payment instruments. SEPA is thus a natural progression to the introduction of the euro and another major step in realising the full potential of the single market for Europe.

European Commission: DG Internal Market and Services: Payment Services: Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/payments/sepa/index_en.htm

Wikipedia: SEPA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area

European Central Bank: Payment and Markets: Single euro payments area (SEPA) http://www.ecb.int/paym/sepa/html/index.en.html

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