ECB: Announces independent review of payments system outage

  • ECB will launch an independent review of an incident that affected its real-time gross settlement system TARGET2
  • Independent review to launched on payments infrastructure
  • An initial investigation determined that a software defect in a network device was the specific technical cause of the incident
  • The independent review will also take into account other incidents that affected TARGET Services during 2020
  • The main findings of the review shared with market participants and made public by the second quarter of 2021
  • The Eurosystem committed to identifying lessons learned from the recent incidents in full transparency
Laura M
Laura M
Laura is a financial reporter, editor, and researcher with a particular interest in fintech innovation, capital markets, and the evolving global banking landscape.

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