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NEWS: European Commissioner for Financial Services says Ukraine war fallout has been a ‘wake-up call’ about importance of payments in times of crisis

By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi

European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union, Mairead McGuinness has labelled recent geopolitical events as a “wake-up call” for the financial sector.

Speaking at the European Conference of Banking and Financial Services, Commissioner McGuinness said the current crisis with the Ukrainian invasion from Russia, has been a “wake-up call about the strategic importance of payments, particularly in times of crisis.”

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