One of the common views about Europe is how highly fragmented the regional market — 44 countries, multiple languages, and a myriad of payment methods...
Although Europe lacks a pan-regional scheme to rival international card networks, building and igniting one means giving consumers and merchants a reason to get on...
A digital euro may provide Europe with greater resiliency and autonomy. So said European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde during a virtual event hosted by...
The way people pay for things is changing as the nature of money itself transforms. Fearing they may one day be left behind as digital,...
A digital euro should complement, not replace, other electronic payment methods or cash. So said European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board Member Fabio Panetta in...
Central banks around the world have diverged in the design of CBDCs. As the investigation phase of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) digital euro project...
In a video address as part of a high-level conference on the digital euro earlier this month, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB),...
Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), central banks in Sweden, Norway and Israel have teamed up to test central bank digital currency...
While the Treasury Department report on “The Future of Money and Payments” was as carefully neutral as ever about the need for and desirability of...