Single Euro Payment Area, or SEPA, has finally entered into the migration phase on January 28, 2008. As the first step of the migration, the European banking industry has started to offer SEPA-compliant credit transfer services across the SEPA region, which includes 27 European Union countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. The new SEPA-compliant services will co-exist with existing non-SEPA compliant ones until the latter are finally replaced by the end of 2010, according to the SEPA timeline. Direct debit services will follow later next year. However, in the area of payment cards which is directly related to consumers and merchants among the three payments services covered by SEPA, progress has been slow and a lot of uncertainties remain. (PRWeb Feb 16, 2008)

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Interaction Associates (IA) has been named once again as one of the top providers of leadership development programs in a national survey by Leadership Excellence magazine. The magazine annually surveys nearly 600 U.S.-based organizations known for excellence in developing leaders to determine its list of top providers. (PRWeb Feb 16, 2008)

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During the 2008-2009 Budget speech today, Singapore government announced a series of new tax benefits in a move to attract more foreign investments and share wealth with people. (PRWeb Feb 16, 2008)

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Blue Prairie Group's human resource practice continues to grow with the addition of Rachael McCalla to the company. Rachael draws from a background in industrial psychology and extensive experience working with personnel related issues. (PRWeb Feb 16, 2008)

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