  While solving the supersymmetric flavour problem, a U(2) flavour symmetry
might be at the origin of the pattern of fermion masses and mixings. The
consequences of this hypothesis are spelled out concerning the parameters of
the CKM matrix and their observability in B- and K-physics. The relevance of
searching for lepton flavour violation and for the electric dipole moments of
the electron and the neutron is also emphasized.
